Two Smiles, Two Bodies: What Your Face Does to Your Athletes

from Coaching Research to Results · host Beth Barz, The Coach Developer

Care to share your thoughts? Send a message...This episode examines Furley & Thrien's 2024 paper called "A Smile Can Go a Long Way: The Effects of Dominant and Rewarding Smiles of Coaches on Athletes in an Evaluative Performance Context." The big ideas from the paper are Two Smiles, Two Bodies, The Mood Thief, and The Silent Signal. All three of these big ideas contribute to the two - actually three in this episode - immediately applicable actions for coaches. The show notes for this episode can be found here: https://thecoachdeveloper.com/coaching-research-to-results-podcast-notes/Support the show

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