It’s very exciting to join a new program and start fresh.
Whether we’re a young coach or a wily veteran, head coach or assistant, there are still some important things to remember as we begin this new job.
9 Barriers Coaches Face When Communicating
Communication is perhaps the most important skill you can possess. It can make or break your relationships, friendships, and partnerships — and it’s the difference between your team reaching their potential or not.
Billionaire businessman Richard Branson says “Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.”
Getting Athletes to Buy Into Backup Roles
There are no small parts — only small actors!
This phrase has been uttered countless times when it comes to acting, but it also applies beautifully to your team. You could easily say there are no small roles, only small athletes.
A car is made up of many parts, from the chassis to the motor to the tires to the lug nuts. Even though some may appear more important than others, each component of a car plays a vital part to its’ operation. An expensive luxury car doesn’t get very far if the $5 spark plug isn’t working properly.
5 Ways to Create More Trust Within Your Coaching Staff
A strong culture requires trust and chemistry among all the team members. As coaches, we usually think of this in terms of our athletes. We look at team-building as something they do, as opposed to something we do.
If you’re trying to maximize the potential of your athletes, the coaching staff must be a cohesive unit that’s on the same page. You can’t expect our athletes to trust one another, communicate effectively with one another, or support one another if you’re not doing that as well.
Will Roleson of College Sports Communicators
Will Roleson is today’s guest on the “Success is a Choice” podcast, hosted by Jamy Bechler. Will is the Associate Executive Director of the College Sports Communicators (formerly CoSIDA). Before working with CoSIDA, Will was an Associate Commissioner with the Horizon League and Sports Information Director at Kent State University.
Connect with Will Roleson …
✅ CollegeSportsCommunicators.com
✅ Linkedin.com/in/will-roleson
✅ Full Bio: CollegeSportsCommunicators.com/staff.aspx?staff=3
Goal of a Conversation
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Desmond Tutu used to say, “Don’t raise your voice, rather just improve your argument.”
I love that thought. [Read more…]
Oh?!?
“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion it has taken place.” (George Bernard Shaw)
A man and his wife had been arguing all night, and as bedtime approached neither was speaking to the other.
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It was not unusual for the pair to continue this war of silence for two or three days. However, on this occasion the man was concerned; he needed to be awake at 4:30am the next morning to catch an important flight and being a very heavy sleeper, he normally relied on his wife to wake him.
Cleverly (so he thought), while his wife was in the bathroom, he wrote on a piece of paper: “Please wake me at 4:30am – I have an important flight to catch.”
He put the note on his wife’s pillow, then turned over and went to sleep.
3 Ways to be a Verbal Leader
They may take our lives . . . BUT THEY’LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!!!
Most of the time when we think of verbal leadership, we think of Hollywood speeches with the hero inspiring countless individuals to follow him into battle like the movies Braveheart, Gladiator, or 300.
We also might think of Tim Tebow giving the “Promise” speech and then backing it up on the way to a national championship.
We may not be Michael Jordan, Tim Tebow, Kobe Bryant, or William Wallace in Braveheart, but we all can be verbal leaders.
In fact, as long as we have a tongue, we should be verbal leaders.
Let me say that again for the people in the back…
Not only can we all be verbal leaders but we all should be verbal leaders.
BORED Yet?
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” (Albert Einstein)
You’ve stocked up on more toilet paper than one person should own at one time.
You’re starting to wonder if your hands will ever smell like something other than hand sanitizer.
You’re binge-watching shows you would never be caught dead admitting to viewing.
You’re watching all of ESPN’s 30 for 30’s again.
Sound familiar?
BORED yet?
Episode 137: Mark Immelman, PGA Broadcaster
Mark Immelman is currently the host of the “On the Mark” podcast on pgatour.com. He also covers live golf for the PGA TOUR on their live-streaming mobile app, PGA TOUR Live, on SiriusXM PGA TOUR Radio and for Golf Channel and CBS Sports. In addition to his broadcasting career, he’s also the Director of Golf at Columbus State University and the author of Scandalously Simple: The Easy Way to Accurate Golf Shots. Mark is the older brother of 2008 Masters champion, Trevor Immelman and son of former South African Sunshine Tour commissioner, Johan Immelman.
Immelman believes in a holistic approach to the game. Having coached two Masters Champions, Larry Mize and younger brother Trevor Immelman, Mark understands what it takes to get to the top of the game, and he shares these “trade secrets” with listeners around the globe on the PGA Tour’s “On The Mark” podcast. As a player, Mark Immelman was a four-time All American and played on two NCAA championship-winning teams. He was also the 2009 NCAA-II National Golf Coach of the Year.
Click here to see Mark’s full bio on the Columbus State website.
In today’s episode, we discuss:
- Transitioning from the national office to becoming the NAIA’s first-ever female conference commissioner
- Challenges facing today’s student-athletes
- Qualities of good leaders
- How to advance in college athletics
- … and so much more!!!