The Coaching Life Podcast
By Chris Stewart and Pat Martin
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Real honest conversations about topics related to youth sports: coaching, parenting, and player development. The hosts have lived in both worlds of parent and coach. Those two worlds have even intersected, as they have coached their own children. The main purpose of this podcast is to be useful. Useful to those who coach. Useful to those who parent. Useful to those who are still playing. Sometimes we have guests, and sometimes we just talk about things – often things that are difficult – but we always have fun! And, we always seek to grow and learn. We hope you'll join our conversation!
| Episode | Date |
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211: The Hidden Skill That Separates Good Players From Great Ones
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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210: When Sports Seasons Overlap
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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209: Athlete Mindset: An Underrated Difference Maker
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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208: Feed Yourself, Coach – Bring the Energy!
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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207: The Coaching Life "12 Tips of Christmas"
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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206: The Over-Coached Athlete
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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205: Inside the Chaos of Coaching Changes, NIL, and What We Don’t Understand
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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204: Are Athletes Today Softer… or Are They Just More Honest?
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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203: What Fans Don’t See – The Invisible Details That Define Outcomes
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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202: Playing for an Audience of One – Ohio Volleyball Libero Kendall Hickey
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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BONUS: Eastern Volleyball Talk (Chris)
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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201: They Should Already Know That… Shouldn’t They?
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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200: Life After Sports – Guest Brennan Meadows
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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199: Staying Ready! The Resilient Journey of Delaney Crawford
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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198: Discipline, Standards, and Second Chances
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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197: Coaching With AI – Can AI Be Helpful For Coaches, Athletes, and Parents
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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196: Coaching the "Middle-Bottom" Players
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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195: Little Things – In-Between Moments That Impact Teams
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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194: Rethinking Practice – Are We Doing It Right?
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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193: Season 12 – New Conversations in The Coaching Life
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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192: LOVE The Game, LOVE Your Team
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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191: Game Week! Marauders vs. Eagles
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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190: Behind the Scenes – First Week of Baseball
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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189: Comparing Yourself To Others Isn't Always Bad
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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188: Lifelong Learners and Used To Be NFL Fans
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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187: Fire Ryan Day!!! (Okay, um... maybe not.)
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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186: New Year. New Season. New Growth.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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185: Parker Navarro, QB of the MAC Champion Ohio Bobcats
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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184: Home-Grown Coaching! Special Guest, Coach Billy Roper
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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183: Beware of Groupthink
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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182: Keep A Ball In The Pocket
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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181: Are They Really Cheering For Injury??
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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180: Let's Talk About Pete Rose (1941-2024)
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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179: Guest Brooks McKeller, Ohio Bobcats Golf – A Deeper Purpose In Sports
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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178: Creating A Winning Mindset
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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177: Student-Led Teams Are The Best Teams
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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176: Remembering the Tragedy and the Faithfulness (9/11)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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175: Communication – The Most Important Skill
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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174: Body Language, Discipline, Sportsmanship
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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173: The "Perfect" Sport, and the Winner Is...
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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172: Savannah Bananas – Is It Baseball?
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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171: How Are Cockiness, Confidence, Swagger, and Class Related? Can Teams Have Them All?
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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170: Creating New Opportunities
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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169: Back To Basics (Team Fundamentals)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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168: The Experience of a Lifetime
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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167: Post-Season Check-In
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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166: Genuine Joy For the Successes of Others
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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165: The Greatest Pleasure In Life (ft. Lukas Moore)
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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164: Yes, Do Play Multiple Sports!
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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163: Change is Not a Four-Letter Word
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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162: Creating a Memorable Experience for All
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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161: Coaching Life Culture – The Post Interview
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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160: Coaches Learning from Coaches (OHSBCA Clinic Preview)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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159: New Year, New Season!
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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158: Flush It and Control Your Response
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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157: How Sports Change Your Life
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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156: Top 10 Attributes of a Great Coach
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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155: Who's Going to Fill the Gap? (A Tribute to Dave Boyd)
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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154: Development = "The Process of Winning"
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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153: Winning a Mental Game with Guest Morgan Rodgers, Ohio University Golf
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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152: Is Pressure a Figment of Your Imagination?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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151: Coaching Means Doing Stuff You Might Not Realize You Had To Do
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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150: Parent/Coach Collaboration Because We Have a Common Goal – the Player's Success
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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149: Guest Parker Navarro, OHIO University QB – Lead From Whatever Role You're In
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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148: Guest Jon Hanlon and the Officials Shortage in High School Sports
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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147: Response to Poor Performance
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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146: Boys To Men
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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145: What You Say Matters
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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144: Youth Sports vs Church
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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143: Don't Go Broke! (and more Do's and Don'ts)
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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142: There IS a Way When It Seems There Is No Way
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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141: Do's and Don'ts For Sports Parents (Part 1)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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140: Stories From The Diamond
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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139: Cringeworthy Things Heard From the Stands
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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138: The Welcome Back Show – Season 8 Begins!
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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137: An Update From Chris and Pat
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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136: Kurtis Rourke, Ohio University QB - His Own Legacy
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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135: "Believe-In" Over "Buy-In"
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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134: Justin Roush - Think You Deserve It? Prove It!
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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133: Coach Sam Smathers – Discovering Joe Burrow
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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132: Do You Know What You Don't Know?
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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131: Let's Talk About Playing Time
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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130: Playing Through Injury
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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129: How Youth And Varsity Programs Are Connected
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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128: Heart – A Tribute To Bernard Hussell
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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127: What do you WANT?
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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126: Summer Calendars Gone Wild
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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125: Hug It Out... Or Not
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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124: Season 7 - We Want To Be Useful
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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123: Mid-Season Check-In
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May 05, 2022 |
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122: Pivot and Stay Positive
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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121: Game Week!
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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120: How We Can All Help Save Youth Sports
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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119: Core Values and Principles that Define Your Team
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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118: Setting Expectations and Standards
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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117: Twenty Square Feet of Relentless Effort
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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116: Differences of Opinion
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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115: How Champions Think
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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114: Jimmy Burrow - Raising An Unstoppable Athlete
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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113: Shake Or No Shake?
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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112: New Season Means Getting Better!
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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111: Good Is The Enemy Of Great
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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110: Good Player But Not A Good Teammate
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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109: Future Focus Can Rob The Present Experience
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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108: Another Special Coaching Life Announcement
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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107: How To Get Ready, Stay Ready, BE READY!
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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106: Finding Joy
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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105: Hustle vs False Hustle
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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104: Leadership That People Want To Follow
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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103: I Don't Want To Play Anymore
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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102: World's Worst Mom
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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101: Coulter Cleland – A Journey From High School To The Next Level
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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100: Highlights From The First 100
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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99: Matthew Blanchard – Discipline and Determination
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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98: Responding to Our Failures
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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97: When Kids' Passion Does Not Match Ours
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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96: Get Stronger To Get Better
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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95: The Power of Roles, Expertise, and Relationships
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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94: Welcome Back!
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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93: A Community Champion
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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92: Don't Worship the Heartache
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May 27, 2021 |
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91: The Final Inning
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May 07, 2021 |
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90: The In-Between Moments
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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89: Opening Day
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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88: Cancelled No More and Mentally Stronger
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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87: You Have To Love It Or You Won't Do It
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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86: Steve Miller – A Culture of Winning
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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85: A Special Coaching Life Announcement
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Jan 26, 2021 |
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84: Throw It As Hard As You Can
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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83: Brody Rodgers – Earn It! From Walk On To Scholarship
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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82: New Year Renewed Purpose
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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81: Be a Coach or Have Friends?
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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80: What We CAN Do
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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79: Positive Energy Teammates
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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78: How To Be A Great Teammate
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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77: Oh Crap! What Next?
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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76: Getting the Most Out of the Tryout Experience
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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75: How To Handle Success
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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74: Tough Times Tougher People
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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73: The Struggle
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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72: You Win Some You Learn Some
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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71: FYI... Random Thoughts
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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70: The Most Overlooked Factor In Development
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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69: Let It Go
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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68: The "It" Factor
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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67: Simplify Your Focus
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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66: SEASON 3 – It's All About The Kids
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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65: One Year Anniversary of Coaching Life
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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64: Should Unwritten Rules Be Followed?
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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63: Being Elite, For Real
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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62: Helping Players Take Ownership
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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61: Self-Evaluation Process for Players
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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60: You Create Your Opportunity
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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59: The Importance of Wearing One
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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58: The Car Ride Home
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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57: Return To Play Perspective
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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56: Play Ball!
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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55: Revisiting Mistakes
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May 26, 2020 |
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54: Fred Gibson (Gibby) Part 2 – Sharing Is The Most Important Thing
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May 18, 2020 |
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53: Fred Gibson (Gibby) - A Lifetime of Coaching, Part 1
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May 11, 2020 |
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52: Butch Chaffin - Coaching Is Life
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May 04, 2020 |
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51: What We Are Missing Most With No Sports
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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50: Kevin Wilson - Hitting Is A Conversation
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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49: Coach Mike Deegan - Denison University Baseball
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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48: Luke Steiner – The Adapting and Changing World of Sports
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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47: Micaiah Branch – Building Strength With Less Resources
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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46: Your Response Is The Difference-Maker
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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45: Word of 2020 - CANCELED
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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44: The Adultification of Youth Sports
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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43: How To Be A Great Assistant Coach
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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42: Parents Are Crazy
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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41: Habits That Kill Teams
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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40: Embracing Discomfort
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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39: Brendan Leister - Pro Football Focus
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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38: What Can We DO?
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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37: Just A Kid From Athens – What We've Always Known About Joe Burrow
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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36: Discipline and Significance
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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35: Coach Brett Shimek - Waynesburg University Softball
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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34: One Word for 2020
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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33: Day 12 – Communication
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Dec 24, 2019 |
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32: Day 11 – Adaptability
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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31: Day 10 – Running As Punishment
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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30: Day 9 – Butt Chewings
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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29: Day 8 - Know Your Role, Everyone
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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28: Day 7 - Running Up The Score
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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27: Day 6 - Technology, Data and Analytics
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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26: Day 5 - Sport Specialization
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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25: Day 4 - Stealing Signs
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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24: Day 3 - Failure
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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23: Day 2 - Social Media Use
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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22: Day 1 - Know Your Why
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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21: Making Cuts
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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20: Nathan Carroll – An Official's Perspective
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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BONUS Episode - Gratitude and Thanksgiving!
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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19: Nathan Rourke – Ohio University Football QB
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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18: Tough In Your Face Coaching
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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17: Kaylee Stewart – Being a Multi-Sport Athlete
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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16: Getting In The Zone
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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15: What Really Matters
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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14: Lukas Moore - Dedication. Passion. Punctuality.
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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13: Rick Dobnak – Living The Dream!
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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12: Myth-Busting at the Youth Ballpark
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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BONUS Episode - Where Excellence Begins
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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11: Coach Kenzie Roark - Ohio University Softball
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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10: Helicopter Parents
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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9: Coach Austin Dunfee - Getting Recruited to Play In College
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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BONUS Episode - Strength Training Young Athletes
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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8: Brock Stewart - From Youth to College
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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7: PDP - Calendar Year In Player Development (November-July)
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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6: PDP - Calendar Year In Player Development (August-October)
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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BONUS Episode - Mistake Avoidance
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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5: PDP - Unstructured Free Play and Other Practice Ideas
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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4: PDP - Coach Collaboration, Working Together for the Kids
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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3: PDP - Practice Coaching vs Game Coaching
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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2: PDP - Training the Coach
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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1: Introduction to The Coaching Life
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Jul 29, 2019 |