Perfecting Practice, Quality Balanced Coaching

While there are many differences between personalities, sport expectations, and experiences, all championship athletes share certain qualities. Championship athletes are all physically fit, mentally healthy, and socially nimble. Coaches can foster these qualities in their athletes to help create champions on and off the field.

Join Rebecca Wade-Mdivanian, former soccer coach and Director of Operations at the LiFEsports Initiative, and Vincent Minjares, former basketball coach and Project Manager at the Aspen Institute, as they discuss tryouts. Topics include how to run effective tryouts, set selection criteria, and talk to athletes who have and have not been selected for the team.

Join Dr. Dawn-Anderson Butcher (Director of LiFEsports), Joe Roberts (Princeton Athletic Director), Landon Zellars (Cheerleading Coach), and Nate Maust (Soccer Coach) as they share some tips and tricks for hosting a successful end-of-season banquet.

This video training helps coaches strengthen their practice through intentional self-reflection, turning everyday experiences into meaningful learning moments. Coaches are taught the start, stop, continue framework for reflection to help with continuous improvement as coaches!

Super Bowl Champion, and now coach, Lorenzo Styles walks coaches through reflection questions to help them create a coaching philosophy. Coach Styles highlights how he uses his coaching philosophy, and why having one is important.

Practice and preparation help athletes perform sport skills under pressure and build confidence. By learning and developing skills well before competition, athletes are more likely to succeed when it counts. Coaches can direct athletes’ attention, organize practice to emulate game-time situations, and provide feedback in specific ways to get players on their team ready to compete.