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YOUTH COACHING with John O'Sullivan - Part 1
Season 5 · Episode 172

YOUTH COACHING with John O'Sullivan - Part 1

John O'Sullivan is the founder of Changing The Game Project and host of the amazing coaching podcast Way of Champions. John shares his advice for coaching youth athletes (and their parents).

Coach Your Brains Out

November 4, 202128m 53s

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Show Notes

  • 0:27 - John’s podcast and development of the Changing the Game project.
  • 1:56 - John’s main advice for youth sports coaching.
  • 3:04 - Examples of negative coaching that drives off young athletes from playing sports.
    • 3:27 - Importance of having fun and encouraging genuine enjoyment of sports.
  • 6:57 - Differentiation between seriousness and having fun, and maintaining both.
  • 7:39 - John’s “ideal practice” scenario + his advice on running an effective practice.
  • 8:54 - How to effectively interact with parents in the early coaching stages.
    • 9:29 - One of the most effective forms of practice - interleaved practice.
    • 10:36 - Showing parents that learning is messy, and that effective practices are not necessarily organized.
    • 13:07 - Building trust and connections with athletes and parents.
  • 13:39 - What happens once coaches establish trust with parents?
  • 15:16 - Dealing with parents coaching off the sidelines of games.
  • 17:13 - Advice for parents to help their children grow as athletes.
  • 20:44 - Establishing a healthy dynamic between parents and children in the context of sports.
  • 24:01 - Do development and learning of fundamentals come before playing games, or do they emerge from playing experience?
  • 26:51 - Why isolated, “fundamentals first” training is widely practiced.

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