The Nick Anthony Show

Do you ever think that you are doing all the big stuff right, but still not getting the results you believe you deserve? This show is for you!   Nick and Anthony discuss what a space shuttle O-ring and your team have in common.

Do you struggle to get everything done?  Do your days seem too short? This show is for you! Nick and Anthony share tools that will help you get the most important tasks done.

Do you want to stop being the kind of coach that talks "at" your players?  Do you want to be more relatable? This show is for you!  Nick and Anthony discuss tools and perspectives that help you be a more impactful communicator, coach, and person.

Are you sometimes not sure which way to look?  This show is for you! Nick and Anthony invite you to use Nick's Mirror & Windows system.  You will see things differently - more clearly and with a healthier perspective - after this episode.

Do you have a question that you don't know who to ask? This show is for you! This episode introduces a special series within the show... Ask Nick!  Once again, Anthony needs help thinking through something that puzzles him.  So, he asks Nick.   Nick and Anthony invite you to Ask Nick anything.  Coaching.  Sports.  Life.

In Part 2 of the conversation with Chris Bates, we discuss drafting players as a professional General Manager vs. roster management as a high school coach at St. Andrews (DE). Chris has been a parent on the sidelines watching his kids while also having the chance to coach them throughout their high school years. With his significant experience as a college coach, Chris delivers a unique and passionate message about the great responsibility he feels as a coach. This episode provides you with real strategies to implement in your daily life.

With over 30 years of coaching at the high school, college and professional levels, Chris Bates joins Anthony and Nick for a passionate discussion about his career as coach and educator. As the head coach at St. Andrews School (DE) and in the Premier Lacrosse League, Chris offers real strategies on communication, accountability and what it means to be an educator.

How do you tackle something you have never done before? How do you systematically take yourself through the steps necessary to learn how to achieve success? Anthony and Nick discuss the process of S.P.A.C.E. and how it can apply to coaches. Great Coaches Never Stop Learning, and this is another tool in the toolkit to achieve real results.

In Part 2 of the conversation with Joe Ceglia, Joe speaks about “foundations of care” and “emotional deposits” in coaching. Joe offers his coaching concepts that he has learned are most important. Joe also shares some of his favorite lessons from The Nick Anthony Show. Anthony and Nick provide their takeaways from their conversation with Joe.

Anthony and Nick welcome Joe Ceglia, a high achieving career athletic administrator, former professional lacrosse player and co-founder of one of the most successful high school lacrosse showcases. He offers his reasons for success and his path from a Division 3 recruit to Division 1 All-American and professional lacrosse champion. Joe discusses the most influential coaches in his life; how they affected him and how he uses their lessons in his position as an Athletic Director.

Are there more components to a coach than most people think? Anthony and Nick share their ideas about the major elements great coaches must address. In-game decision making is all most sports fans see, but Anthony and Nick believe it takes so much more to make a great coach. Do you agree?

In Part 2 with Denise Dillon, Denise discusses how important it is to surround yourself with people who share the same values, even if they differ in basketball strategy. She talks about why it is important to listen and learn from others, especially as a young coach. Denise provides her observations on how parent involvement has changed over the span of her career. There are practical takeaways that Anthony and Nick reflect upon in their wrap up of their discussion with Denise Dillon.

Does Michael Jordan win six titles if he wasn’t vulnerable enough to learn the Triangle offense? Do you challenge yourself to learn new concepts, viewpoints or skills? The answer is probably yes if you listen to The Nick Anthony Show where Great Coaches Never Stop Learning. In this episode, Anthony and Nick discuss how feedback, from players, assistants, administrators and observers, helps coaches with their ability to reflect and grow. By being humble yet self-confident, coaches will absorb new methods or concepts that will help them evolve throughout their coaching journey.

Anthony throws a curve ball at Nick as they take a detour in their journey. Nick proclaims himself as the “Greatest Running back in 4th Grade History” as he explains a coach's influence during his youth football career. Communication is never a straight line. Anthony and Nick show true empathy for the profession of coaching while setting the path for future conversations.

Goal setting is easy if you aren’t doing it right. At least that is what Anthony and Nick believe. Nick explains how Anthony helped him in his current position as an athletic administrator by offering a goal-setting process that he used to clarify his decision-making. Goal setting is a difficult task. It takes deep thought and time to do it right. Winning a championship is an obvious goal, but there is so much more to consider.

Do you know anyone who drains the energy out of a room? Nick offers his fondness for imagery of fountains and how it can help coaches set the team environment. Anthony and Nick discuss the power of positive words and how the language a coach chooses can have a substantial impact on their players. Being a Fountain doesn’t always mean the environment is rainbows and unicorns. But, it does raise the standards of your team’s culture.

Denise Dillon has been a Division 1 Head Coach for over 20 years. Denise is a proven leader and consistent winner. She is recognized in the college basketball world for her professionalism and teaching ability. She is known for developing people who experience lifelong success. She discusses her strategies for success, what success means to her and why she chose coaching as a career.

Have you ever thought about how repetition creates the ability to do a skill or task without thinking about it? Anthony and Nick discuss how understanding the Stages of Competence can help a coach rapidly improve their players’ and team’s growth. The conversation utilizes PKE to facilitate the development of competency. This episode provides you the foundation to move from novice to expert competency.

In the first episode of The Nick Anthony Show, Anthony and Nick break down a system to categorize attributes related to sports, PKE: Physical, Knowledge, and Emotional skills.  The conversation will have you rethink sports and what players you want on your team.  You do not want to miss the first of many conversations structured to help coaches be better.