CHALLENGE POINT - Motor Learning for Coaches

1:37 - How have Andy and the Pirates held up so far, especially through the hottest part of the summer.3:12 - After accepting and validating the struggles that athletes and coaches voice during the toughest parts of the season, what are the next steps?4:20 - Checking in with Kasey - how has the beginning of the season gone for him so far?5:55 - Traditionally the beginning of the volleyball season consists of “double days”, but what does Kasey do instead?9:24 - Introducing the topic of this episode: “challenge point”13:09 - Is there an appropriate level of the ability to complete certain skills at which athletes can be considered successful ?16:15 - How can emotional responses be used to gauge the challenge point?17:56 - When addressing teams based sports, should coaches consider the entire team’s challenge point focus, or each individual’s?20:41 - Comparatively, how is the previous idea applied in baseball?21:37 - Should coaches be pushing athletes slightly out of their comfort zone and at the edge of their challenge point?22:46 - At what times should coaches push athletes to the edge of their challenge point vs. below it, and why?25:49 - What are the downsides of constantly pushing players to the edge of their challenge point?28:05 - Using a volleyball example, with limited resources and the challenge point constraint, how can coaches make their players reach the highest level of play at the sweet spot of their zone?33:23 - In a similar, but baseball oriented scenario, how can coaches achieve that same effect as described in the previous example?Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching VolleyballThe Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a ChampionBecome a Patron to support the show.