11 - "They're not just athletes. We're not just coaches." Coach Nate Williams 🏈⚾️ High School Football & Baseball

Today we talk to Coach Nate Williams of SoCal, where he grew up, and now is coaching high school baseball at El Toro High School and Football at San Clemente High School in California. Coach Williams offers insight into: Which Coaches he had growing up influenced his life positively and ultimately guided him into coaching The importance of being disciplined but having fun in order to earn the respect of your players How communicating (and lack thereof) between the coaching staff can elevate an entire program and reflect positively for the kids How to get to know your players better, so that you can coach them the best way possible Using social media to stay in touch with players in his programs and show his pride/excitement for them How knowing and explaining the 'why'  behind a strategy, technique, or game plan generates confidence and autonomy in players Why continuously learning and improving yourself as a person allows you to coach your team better Soaking up as much wisdom, as many books, and all the resources you can as a young coach, to grow and learn from others' wisdom and mistakes and victories Coach Williams offers these resources to other coaches to help them improve their craft: Leadership: John Gordon  Cody Alexander- MatchQuarters.com Chris Fore- eightlaces.org Randy Jackson- coachrandyjackson.com Joe Daniel Football- joedanielfootball.com Coach Vass - CoachVass.com If you'd like to learn more about Coach Williams, you can find him on Twitter at @Coach_NW