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The Coaching Life Podcast — 216 episodes
211: The Hidden Skill That Separates Good Players From Great Ones
210: When Sports Seasons Overlap
209: Athlete Mindset: An Underrated Difference Maker
208: Feed Yourself, Coach – Bring the Energy!
207: The Coaching Life "12 Tips of Christmas"
206: The Over-Coached Athlete
205: Inside the Chaos of Coaching Changes, NIL, and What We Don’t Understand
204: Are Athletes Today Softer… or Are They Just More Honest?
203: What Fans Don’t See – The Invisible Details That Define Outcomes
202: Playing for an Audience of One – Ohio Volleyball Libero Kendall Hickey
BONUS: Eastern Volleyball Talk (Chris)
201: They Should Already Know That… Shouldn’t They?
200: Life After Sports – Guest Brennan Meadows
199: Staying Ready! The Resilient Journey of Delaney Crawford
198: Discipline, Standards, and Second Chances
197: Coaching With AI – Can AI Be Helpful For Coaches, Athletes, and Parents
196: Coaching the "Middle-Bottom" Players
195: Little Things – In-Between Moments That Impact Teams
194: Rethinking Practice – Are We Doing It Right?
193: Season 12 – New Conversations in The Coaching Life
192: LOVE The Game, LOVE Your Team
191: Game Week! Marauders vs. Eagles
190: Behind the Scenes – First Week of Baseball
189: Comparing Yourself To Others Isn't Always Bad
188: Lifelong Learners and Used To Be NFL Fans
187: Fire Ryan Day!!! (Okay, um... maybe not.)
186: New Year. New Season. New Growth.
185: Parker Navarro, QB of the MAC Champion Ohio Bobcats
184: Home-Grown Coaching! Special Guest, Coach Billy Roper
183: Beware of Groupthink
182: Keep A Ball In The Pocket
181: Are They Really Cheering For Injury??
180: Let's Talk About Pete Rose (1941-2024)
179: Guest Brooks McKeller, Ohio Bobcats Golf – A Deeper Purpose In Sports
178: Creating A Winning Mindset
177: Student-Led Teams Are The Best Teams
176: Remembering the Tragedy and the Faithfulness (9/11)
175: Communication – The Most Important Skill
174: Body Language, Discipline, Sportsmanship
173: The "Perfect" Sport, and the Winner Is...
172: Savannah Bananas – Is It Baseball?
171: How Are Cockiness, Confidence, Swagger, and Class Related? Can Teams Have Them All?
170: Creating New Opportunities
169: Back To Basics (Team Fundamentals)
168: The Experience of a Lifetime
167: Post-Season Check-In
166: Genuine Joy For the Successes of Others
165: The Greatest Pleasure In Life (ft. Lukas Moore)
164: Yes, Do Play Multiple Sports!
163: Change is Not a Four-Letter Word
162: Creating a Memorable Experience for All
161: Coaching Life Culture – The Post Interview
160: Coaches Learning from Coaches (OHSBCA Clinic Preview)
159: New Year, New Season!
158: Flush It and Control Your Response
157: How Sports Change Your Life
156: Top 10 Attributes of a Great Coach
155: Who's Going to Fill the Gap? (A Tribute to Dave Boyd)
154: Development = "The Process of Winning"
153: Winning a Mental Game with Guest Morgan Rodgers, Ohio University Golf
152: Is Pressure a Figment of Your Imagination?
151: Coaching Means Doing Stuff You Might Not Realize You Had To Do
150: Parent/Coach Collaboration Because We Have a Common Goal – the Player's Success
149: Guest Parker Navarro, OHIO University QB – Lead From Whatever Role You're In
148: Guest Jon Hanlon and the Officials Shortage in High School Sports
147: Response to Poor Performance
146: Boys To Men
145: What You Say Matters
144: Youth Sports vs Church
143: Don't Go Broke! (and more Do's and Don'ts)
142: There IS a Way When It Seems There Is No Way
141: Do's and Don'ts For Sports Parents (Part 1)
140: Stories From The Diamond
139: Cringeworthy Things Heard From the Stands
138: The Welcome Back Show – Season 8 Begins!
137: An Update From Chris and Pat
136: Kurtis Rourke, Ohio University QB - His Own Legacy
135: "Believe-In" Over "Buy-In"
134: Justin Roush - Think You Deserve It? Prove It!
133: Coach Sam Smathers – Discovering Joe Burrow
132: Do You Know What You Don't Know?
131: Let's Talk About Playing Time
130: Playing Through Injury
129: How Youth And Varsity Programs Are Connected
128: Heart – A Tribute To Bernard Hussell
127: What do you WANT?
126: Summer Calendars Gone Wild
125: Hug It Out... Or Not
124: Season 7 - We Want To Be Useful
123: Mid-Season Check-In
122: Pivot and Stay Positive
121: Game Week!
120: How We Can All Help Save Youth Sports
119: Core Values and Principles that Define Your Team
118: Setting Expectations and Standards
117: Twenty Square Feet of Relentless Effort
116: Differences of Opinion
115: How Champions Think
114: Jimmy Burrow - Raising An Unstoppable Athlete
113: Shake Or No Shake?
112: New Season Means Getting Better!
111: Good Is The Enemy Of Great
110: Good Player But Not A Good Teammate
109: Future Focus Can Rob The Present Experience
108: Another Special Coaching Life Announcement
107: How To Get Ready, Stay Ready, BE READY!
106: Finding Joy
105: Hustle vs False Hustle
104: Leadership That People Want To Follow
103: I Don't Want To Play Anymore
102: World's Worst Mom
101: Coulter Cleland – A Journey From High School To The Next Level
100: Highlights From The First 100
99: Matthew Blanchard – Discipline and Determination
98: Responding to Our Failures
97: When Kids' Passion Does Not Match Ours
96: Get Stronger To Get Better
95: The Power of Roles, Expertise, and Relationships
94: Welcome Back!
93: A Community Champion
92: Don't Worship the Heartache
91: The Final Inning
90: The In-Between Moments
89: Opening Day
88: Cancelled No More and Mentally Stronger
87: You Have To Love It Or You Won't Do It
86: Steve Miller – A Culture of Winning
85: A Special Coaching Life Announcement
84: Throw It As Hard As You Can
83: Brody Rodgers – Earn It! From Walk On To Scholarship
82: New Year Renewed Purpose
81: Be a Coach or Have Friends?
80: What We CAN Do
79: Positive Energy Teammates
78: How To Be A Great Teammate
77: Oh Crap! What Next?
76: Getting the Most Out of the Tryout Experience
75: How To Handle Success
74: Tough Times Tougher People
73: The Struggle
72: You Win Some You Learn Some
71: FYI... Random Thoughts
70: The Most Overlooked Factor In Development
69: Let It Go
68: The "It" Factor
67: Simplify Your Focus
66: SEASON 3 – It's All About The Kids
65: One Year Anniversary of Coaching Life
64: Should Unwritten Rules Be Followed?
63: Being Elite, For Real
62: Helping Players Take Ownership
61: Self-Evaluation Process for Players
60: You Create Your Opportunity
59: The Importance of Wearing One
58: The Car Ride Home
57: Return To Play Perspective
56: Play Ball!
55: Revisiting Mistakes
54: Fred Gibson (Gibby) Part 2 – Sharing Is The Most Important Thing
53: Fred Gibson (Gibby) - A Lifetime of Coaching, Part 1
52: Butch Chaffin - Coaching Is Life
51: What We Are Missing Most With No Sports
50: Kevin Wilson - Hitting Is A Conversation
49: Coach Mike Deegan - Denison University Baseball
48: Luke Steiner – The Adapting and Changing World of Sports
47: Micaiah Branch – Building Strength With Less Resources
46: Your Response Is The Difference-Maker
45: Word of 2020 - CANCELED
44: The Adultification of Youth Sports
43: How To Be A Great Assistant Coach
42: Parents Are Crazy
41: Habits That Kill Teams
40: Embracing Discomfort
39: Brendan Leister - Pro Football Focus
38: What Can We DO?
37: Just A Kid From Athens – What We've Always Known About Joe Burrow
36: Discipline and Significance
35: Coach Brett Shimek - Waynesburg University Softball
34: One Word for 2020
33: Day 12 – Communication
32: Day 11 – Adaptability
31: Day 10 – Running As Punishment
30: Day 9 – Butt Chewings
29: Day 8 - Know Your Role, Everyone
28: Day 7 - Running Up The Score
27: Day 6 - Technology, Data and Analytics
26: Day 5 - Sport Specialization
25: Day 4 - Stealing Signs
24: Day 3 - Failure
23: Day 2 - Social Media Use
22: Day 1 - Know Your Why
21: Making Cuts
20: Nathan Carroll – An Official's Perspective
BONUS Episode - Gratitude and Thanksgiving!
19: Nathan Rourke – Ohio University Football QB
18: Tough In Your Face Coaching
17: Kaylee Stewart – Being a Multi-Sport Athlete
16: Getting In The Zone
15: What Really Matters
14: Lukas Moore - Dedication. Passion. Punctuality.
13: Rick Dobnak – Living The Dream!
12: Myth-Busting at the Youth Ballpark
BONUS Episode - Where Excellence Begins
11: Coach Kenzie Roark - Ohio University Softball
10: Helicopter Parents
9: Coach Austin Dunfee - Getting Recruited to Play In College
BONUS Episode - Strength Training Young Athletes
8: Brock Stewart - From Youth to College
7: PDP - Calendar Year In Player Development (November-July)
6: PDP - Calendar Year In Player Development (August-October)
BONUS Episode - Mistake Avoidance
5: PDP - Unstructured Free Play and Other Practice Ideas
4: PDP - Coach Collaboration, Working Together for the Kids
3: PDP - Practice Coaching vs Game Coaching
2: PDP - Training the Coach
1: Introduction to The Coaching Life