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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!"

8 Sure-Fire Strategies for Building a Program
Jeff Janssen, M.S. from the Janssen Sports Leadership Center
Transforming a Declining or Problematic Program into a Rising Program is definitely a challenge. Use these 8 Sure-Fire Strategies to start and complete your program's ascent. . . . keep reading

Michigan Basketball Turnaround - Coach Meyer on the Keys to Success
Jeff Meyer and Jeff Janssen
I had the great opportunity to sit down with Michigan assistant men's basketball coach Jeff Meyer to get his insights on the team's turnaround. Discover the keys to Michigan's remarkable turnaround from his point of view in this audio interview... . . . keep reading

Coaching Reminders: 12 Overlooked, Taken-For-Granted, Yet Fundamental Coaching Rules - Part 2
Greg A. Shelley, Ph.D.
12 OFTEN OVERLOOKED, TAKEN-FOR-GRANTED, YET FUNDAMENTAL COACHING RULES - CONTINUED: Rule #6: Momentum is . . . keep reading

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

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