Coaching is a progressive process that requires patience. Typically, coaching interventions take weeks, if not months to impact a team’s performance. However, in the case of their team’s temporary behaviors that are situational reactions, coaches can influence performance in real time. These temporary behaviors are a product of a team’s mood state. Research suggests there […]
To maximize the potential of an athlete, coaches must learn to nurture the athlete’s nature. In other words, coach’s must know their athlete’s strengths and use that information to tap into what innately makes them tick. Applying this “nurture nature” thinking is imperative for maximizing the potential of an athlete. Particularly when it comes to […]
There is a dirty little secret in youth and high school wrestling practice that’s uncomfortable for parents to talk about. Unfortunately, wrestling coaches have their favorites. Moreover, most teams don’t have the resources to have enough coaches to monitor every athlete on the team. So, when one of a coach’s favorites makes a mistake in […]