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#6 Chris Snyder: US Olympic Committee Coaching Director on the Secrets of Great Coaches Apr 26, 2017

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Chris Snyder is the Director for Coaching Education in the Sport Performance Division of the United States Olympic Committee. His responsibilities include discovering and providing resources to better benefit sport culture and the National Governing Bodies that service sport in our great nation. In addition, Chris is focused on supporting both the Sport Performance Department and Team USA coaches as they strive to be the best they can be. Chris has coached for over ten years at both the collegiate and high school ranks, and is currently an assistant coach at Air Academy High School in Colorado Springs, Co. How to reach Chris: Chris.Snyder(at)usoc.org - Email Chris to get on their Coaching Newsletter www.teamusa.org/adm - Check out their Athlete Development Model Show Notes: 2:00 - On going from "worst coach ever" to USOC Director of Coaching 10:00 - The big difference between veteran coaches and rookie coaches 14:50 - "We teach coaches X's and O's AND we teach them coaching" 19:00 - What Coaching Educators can learn from London Cab Drivers 24:30 - How preaching the "soft values" matters for Olympic Sports 30:00 - What FUN is (and is not) to Olympians 35:00 - On The USOC Quality Coaching Framework 44:00 - Chris' advice to coaches wanting to change the system 48:30 - What Chris would tell his younger self

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#5 Ashton Eaton: 2x Olympic Gold Medalist on the Journey Through Excellence in Sport Apr 19, 2017

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Ashton Eaton is a retired American decathlete and two-time Olympic champion, who holds the world record in both the decathlon and indoor heptathlon events.

Ashton competed for the University of Oregon, where he was a five-time NCAA champion, and won The Bowerman award in 2010. In 2011, he won the first international medal of his career, a silver, in the decathlon at the 2011 World Championships. The following year, Eaton broke his own world record in the heptathlon at the 2012 World Indoor Championships, and then broke the world record in the decathlon at the Olympic Trials. After setting the world record, Eaton won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He successfully defended his Olympic title in Rio 2016 by winning the decathlon gold medal and tying the Olympic record. Eaton is only the third Olympian (Bob Mathias of the US and Britain's Daley Thompson being the other two.) to achieve back-to-back gold medals in the decathlon.

How to find Ashton:

Website: Ashton and Brianne's Website

Twitter: @weareeaton @ashtonjeaton

Ashton's First Pole Vault: Ashton's First Pole Vault

Show Notes

5:00 - On single sport vs. multi sport athletes

8:00 - On "why you shouldn't eat the same thing every day"

12:00 - When Ashton started the Decathlon - It was later than you think!

18:40 - Ashton's "Rule of One Moment" in his early career

21:00 - On parents of elite athletes - Pushy Parents vs. Supportive Parents

23:00 - Is It About Winning?

29:00 - On "what you need to know before you need to know it"

36:50 - "It's not easy to improve when you suck & don't celebrate mediocrity"

39:00 - On what makes Harry Marra a great coach

46:00 - On "the mental weight room"

52:30 - On "having the keys to the building"

54:30 - How to find Ashton and Brianne

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#3 Lisa Cole: Sport for Social Impact Apr 13, 2017

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Professional Soccer Coach Lisa Cole discusses her amazing coaching journey as a longtime college assistant and head coach, Head Coach of the Boston Breakers in the NWSL, and international coach with Papua New Guinea Women's Soccer during the 2016 U20 Women's World Cup. She discusses some of the qualities of the best athletes and coaches she has worked with and tells us about her experience the past 18 months working with PNG and their amazing ride through the World Cup. The story is an incredible example of the power and impact of sport and will give you goosebumps.

You can find Lisa on Twitter at @LCole22 and here: Centre Soccer Association

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#1 Dr. Jerry Lynch: What It Takes to Win 36 NCAA Championships Apr 13, 2017

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Dr. Jerry Lynch has won 36 International and NCAA titles ass a consultant to some of the top teams in American Sports.

DR. LYNCH HAS BEEN A SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANT for the past 33 years TO OVER 36 INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS at the professional and NCAA collegiate levels. In one survey,he has been recognized as one of the top five in his profession nationwide.He is the former Sports Psychologist for men's and women's Basketball, Lacrosse and Soccer teams at the universities of North Carolina,Duke, Maryland, California and Stanford and continues to work with several teams nationally. He has been involved with athletes at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado, helping them to overcome fears, blocks and slumps, and to perform up to their potential. Several of his clients have participated in various summer and winter Olympic games. Aside from sports, Dr. Lynch has worked with performing artists and corporate executives.

You can find Dr. Lynch at:

http://www.wayofchampions.com

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#2 Dan Abrahams: Inside the Mind of a Champion Apr 13, 2017

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Dan Abrahams- English Premier League and PGA Tour Sport Psychology Expert - talks about the mind of a champion.

Dan Abrahams is a global sport psychologist, working alongside leading players, teams, coaches and organisations across the world. He is known for his passion and ability to de-mystify sport psychology, as well as his talent for creating simple to use techniques and performance philosophies, and he is the author of several sport psychology books as well as the founder of the Dan Abrahams Soccer Academy.

Find Dr. Abrahams on Twittter: @DanAbrahams77 @AbrahamsGolf

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#4 David Epstein: The Sports Gene and the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance Apr 13, 2017

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David Epstein - International best selling author - discusses his book The Sports Gene. David is a relentless researcher who is more concerned with doing things the way research says instead of how we've always been doing it. To that end, he sets himself apart from others by seeking what science says about extraordinary athletic performance and pushing for it to be tailored to the individual.

David Epstein writes about sports science and medicine, Olympic sports, and is an investigative reporter. The Sports Gene is his first book. It was a top 10 New York Times best seller, and was chosen as a best non-fiction book of 2013 by The Washington Post and Publisher's Weekly. Runner's World chose The Sports Gene as its book of the year, and the book was a finalist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, the PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award, and the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award. It has been translated into sixteen languages.

You can buy the Sports Gene here:

The Sports Gene on Amazon

You can find David on Twitter and his website:

The Sports Gene Website

@DavidEpstein

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