Blog Radical Coaching You can't shortcut trust. You cannot microwave relationships. How do you develop the trusting relationships you need between your athletes and co-workers?
Decoding Excellence #054 - Vehicle Version: Strategies Behind Agile Organizations In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, we're discussing some of the strategies behind agile startups, tools we utilize to enhance our departmental communication.
Decoding Excellence #049 - Fascinating Podcasts, New Communication Tools, and Using Project Management Software In this episode of the Adam Ringler Show, I'm discussing some of the latest updates surrounding Beautiful Boulder, Colorado.
Blog Six Qualities to Learn as a Coach A collection of six qualities that are essential for every coach to learn and adopt.
Decoding Excellence #042 Volleyball Roundtable with RJ Abella and Eduardo Fiallos In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I'm hosting a volleyball roundtable special featuring two of my good friends and fellow volleyball coaches, University of South Carolina's Beach Volleyball Assistant Coach RJ Abella and University of Colorado's Volleyball Technical Coordinator, Eduardo Fiallos. RJ
Decoding Excellence #037 Intangible Qualities of Exceptional Coach Leaders In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I discuss several qualities that exceptional coach leaders possess. These qualities are often hard to distinguish on resumes, but in my opinion, are a make or break element differentiating world-class coaches.
Decoding Excellence #035 Five Lessons of Effective Leadership In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I discuss five of the most crucial elements an effective leader MUST DO in order to empower the team around them.
Decoding Excellence #033 The Lessons from Introverts and Extroverts In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am sharing many of the lessons you can apply from introverts and extroverts in the coaching world.
Decoding Excellence #032 Leadership Challenges In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am sharing three of the most common challenges new leaders will face when taking over a new leadership position.
Decoding Excellence #031 Productivity Applications In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am sharing many of my most utilized and favorite applications across my phone and computer. My hope is that a few of these recommendation help bring increased productivity, scheduling, communication, continued education, and peace of mind in the new year. As
Blog 5 Qualities of World-Class Leaders In this article, I discuss the five qualities I found in both World-Class Leaders and Coaches. My hopes is this article can provide you a small glimpse to the few things you can do to improve your leadership capabilities.
Blog Advice I Wish I Knew in the Beginning Whether you are a seasoned veteran in this field or just beginning your journey into coaching, this is the advice I wish I knew when I was first beginning my journey. My hope is these words can help guide you towards doing your best work.
Blog 20 Lessons Learned through Coaching As I round out my tenth year of collegiate strength and conditioning coaching, I have found time to sit quietly and reflect on many of the lessons I have learned along my journey.
Decoding Excellence #021 Dr. Joe Eisenmann In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am joined with USA Football's Director of High Performance and Education, Dr. Joe Eisenmann. Dr. Joe Eisenmann is a currently the director of High Performance & Education at USA Football. In this role he oversees the development & implementation
Decoding Excellence #020 Tyler Friedrich In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am joined with Stanford Sports Performance Coach, Tyler Friedrich. Tyler Friedrich is a sports performance coach at Stanford. He is responsible for designing and implementing the sports performance programs for women's volleyball, beach volleyball, women’s rowing and men’
Decoding Excellence #019 Mark Watts In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am joined with educator, former strength & conditioning coach, and frequent contributer at EliteFTS.com, Coach Mark Watts. This episode was a great return of typical fireside conversations with phenomenal guests. I know you will enjoy many of the things we
Blog 5 Useful Apps for Performance Coaches 1. Headspace I've been a long time user of this application well before I hitched my wagon to the Apple ecosystem. If your unfamiliar with meditation or mindfulness practices, then this is a much needed tool for you. You don't have to work within high level
Decoding Excellence #011 Jorge Carvajal In this episode of the Decoding Excellence Show, I am speaking with Jorge Carvajal, a performance coach and consultant who works with elite athletes. Jorge has trained athletes at places like the University of Florida, the University of Nebraska, and the U.S. Olympic Training Center. He currently works with
Decoding Excellence #008 Greg Adamson In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show, I am speaking with Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for the University of Tennessee, Coach Greg Adamson. Coach Adamson to Tennessee after serving as the assistant strength and conditioning coach at Winthrop in 2011-12. While at Winthrop, he developed training regimens
Decoding Excellence #003 Vernon Griffith In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show, I am speaking with Vernon Griffith, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach and Co-Founder of Virginia High Performance. Vernon and I discuss: * How to build confidence in your female athletes. The greatest impact you have as a coach. * Balancing the demands of
Decoding Excellence #002 Brett Bartholomew In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show I am speaking with Brett Bartholomew, Strength & Conditioning coach, Co-Founder of Unbreakable, and newly author of Conscious Coaching. Brett and I discuss: * What "Conscious Coaching" means * How to increase athlete buy-in * How to improve your influence and
Decoding Excellence #001 Matt Shadeed In this episode of the Decoding Excellence show I am speaking with Coach Matt Shadeed, the Director of Strength & Conditioning for Arkansas State University. Matt and I discuss leadership strategies, staff development, and the many lessons learned from navigating his career to his current position. We discuss: * His path
Blog How Our High Performance Team Utilizes Slack Section 1: Introduction to Slack Slack is a fast growing communication tool many are utilizing as an email replacement in Silicon Valley. Slack has enabled our distributed team of performance coaches to be constantly informed and available. The use of Slack within our performance team has been an incredibly valuable
Blog Effective Leadership for Business Empowerment Leadership can be a tricky thing to work with. The conventional model is that that one person possesses it and everybody else wants it. It’s my belief that this is flawed model at best. When possible, you should try to do everything to move decision making abilities to those
Blog Teaching Mastery with Michel Thomas There's No Such Thing as a Poor Student. Only a Poor Teacher. - Michel Thomas Can teaching a squat be similar to teaching a foreign language? Could there be similarities between mastering a business concept and the performance of a deadlift? I would argue there are more similarities than
