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How to Become a Better Coach

Looking to sharpen your coaching skills? This department contains a wealth of professional development ideas for coaches who are always looking to get better.

As John Wooden always said, "When you're done learning, you're done!"

Great Leaders = Great Teams: 10 Ways to Expand Your Leadership - Part 2
Greg A. Shelley, Ph.D.

The article contines with several important considerations for developing self-leadership, effectively leading others, and productively leading teams. Plus TEN additional ways to expand your leadership thinking. . . . keep reading

11 Ways to Think More Successfully - Part 1
Greg A. Shelley, Georgetown and Colgate Leadership

In his book, How Successful People Think, John Maxwell (2009) outlines 11 thinking skills and challenges the reader to assess not only "what" they think, but also "how" they think. . . . keep reading

11 Ways to Think More Successfully - Part 2
Greg A. Shelley, Georgetown and Colgate Leadership

Learn six more ways to of thinking to help you, your athletes, and your program succeed... . . . keep reading

SPEAK UP! 12 Techniques to Get Your Athletes to Talk - Part 1
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center

Frustrated because your athletes are not more vocal during competition and practices? Here are 12 proven techniques to get them to be more talkative when you need them to be. . . . keep reading

SPEAK UP! 12 Techniques to Get Your Athletes to Talk - Part 2
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center

Frustrated because your athletes are not more vocal during competition and practices? Here are seven more techniques you can use to get your athletes to be more vocal. . . . keep reading

8 Great Cutting Edge Ideas from the Nation's Top Colleges - Part 2
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Part 2 of this article features 5 more great innovative ideas from the nation's top colleges. . . . keep reading

8 Great Cutting Edge Ideas from the Nation's Top Colleges - Part 1
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Here are 8 great cutting edge ideas from Michigan, Notre Dame, Illinois, Pitt, and North Carolina to help you succeed on and off the playing fields. . . . keep reading

5 Keys to Motivating Your Athletes (Part I)
Greg Shelley, Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Learn the three categories of motivation as well as five keys to motivating your athletes. . . . keep reading

Discover a Great Post-Competition Analysis Tool for Your Team
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Wonder what your athletes think about after the game? Depending on their commitment, confidence, and competitiveness levels, your athletes' responses will run the gamut. While the competito . . . keep reading

Anson Dorrance on What It Takes to Win: Excerpt from The Vision of a Champion
Anson Dorrance and Gloria Averbuch (Huron River)
Chapter 5: Towards Personal Excellence All of Us Can Be Excellent In 1999, I was invited to lecture on athletic excellence in a freshman . . . keep reading

7 Times When "Addition by Subtraction" Might Add Up for Your Team
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Could your team actually get better by subtracting something from it rather than always adding something to it? Conventional thinking encourages adding to things to make them better. But great coaches and leaders understand that sometimes subtracting something might actually be better in the long run. . . . keep reading

Coaching the Millennial Student-Athlete: Part II (a partial review of Grown up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World, Tapscott, 2008)
Greg Shelley and Colleen Sager

Learn 9 ways to better coach, communicate, and connect with your Millennial generation athletes based on the book Grown Up Digital. . . . keep reading

Discover the One Idea that Determines 80% of Your Success
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Imagine discovering a concept so important that it determines 80% of your success in player development, recruiting, fundraising, staff selection, game planning, and scouting. Discover how to apply this key concept amazingly few coaches use to accomplish significantly more in much less time. . . . keep reading

The Changing of Your Team . . . Are You Ready?
Greg Shelley, Janssen Sports Leadership Center

With all their differences, teammates must learn to consistently perform at a high level. This means that teammates must be mature enough to trust one another, cooperate in difficult times, and develop a "synergy" directed toward a common team goal. But what does this really mean and how does it happen? Read more . . . . . . keep reading

10 Powerful "People Points" for Influencing Your Team
Greg Shelley, Janssen Sports Leadership Center

Leadership is all about influencing others . . . the words you speak, the look on your face, the actions you model, the effort and intensity you show, and your responses to the various situations you face. Read more to make sure your influence is positive! . . . keep reading

SPECIAL REPORT: Discover the 8 Differences Between Coaching Men and Women - Part 1
Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center

Are there differences when it comes to coaching men and women? For which gender is team chemistry more important? Do males or females struggle more with their confidence? What kind of criticism does each gender tend to respond best to? Discover the eight key differences between the sexes that you will need to know to effectively comprehend, coach, communicate, and connect with your team. . . . keep reading

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Bobby Bowden
Florida State Football

Mike Candrea
Arizona Softball

Anson Dorrance
North Carolina Women's Soccer

John Dunning
Stanford Volleyball

Brenda Frese
Maryland Women's Basketball

Gail Goestenkors
Texas Women's Basketball

Carol Hutchins
Michigan Softball

Phil Jackson
Los Angeles Lakers

Mike Krzyzewski
Duke Men's Basketball

Urban Meyer
Florida Football

Tom Osborne
Nebraska Football

Rick Pitino
Louisville Men's Basketball

Tom Renney
New York Rangers

Marty Schottenheimer
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Pat Summitt
Tennessee Women's Basketball

Joe Torre
New York Yankees

Tara VanDerveer
Stanford Women's Basketball

Bill Walsh
San Francisco 49ers

John Whitlinger
Stanford Men's Tennis

Roy Williams
North Carolina Men's Basketball

Mary Wise
Florida Volleyball

John Wooden
UCLA Men's Basketball

Jerry Yeagley
Indiana Men's Soccer

Kay Yow
NC State Women's Basketball