Season 5 · Episode 173
YOUTH COACHING with John O'Sullivan - Part 2
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.
November 11, 202124m 49s
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Show Notes
- 0:39 - Balancing development of athletes, starting from a young age and lasting as they become older.
- 0:42 - David Epstein - “cult of the head start” (balancing long term development and short term development in terms of success).
- 1:55 - John’s thoughts on how playtime should be treated with young athletes.
- 3:45 - Practice planning example: what John would do in one hour of practice.
- 4:05 - “Play practice play” model.
- 6:42 - Helpful advice coaches should give from the sidelines.
- 7:10 - Developing intuition and independent problem solving within young athletes.
- 9:11 - Effective debriefing post match.
- 10:49 - Effectively coaching young kids who are easily distracted or not paying attention.
- 11:07 - Creating standards.
- 11:59 - Quick, rapidly moving games to keep kids attentive.
- 14:37 - Tips for maintaining attention during offtimes where coaches may want to explain or demo a drill.
- 16:03 - Working with kids who demonstrate a lack of effort during practice.
- 17:06 - Trying to figure out why they might be not putting in effort during practice.
- 17:29 - Kids that are not trying vs. kids that are disrupting practice.
- 18:07 - In a situation with a variety of skill levels, challenging kids at a higher level while also not drowning out kids of a lower level.
- 20:39 - The greatest takeaways from all the interviews John has done.
- 20:59 - Importance of humility.
- 21:26 - Understanding that the core tenet of coaching is love (both the sports and the athletes).
- 22:46 - John’s plans on upcoming live and virtual coaching development programs.
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