The Winning Youth Coaching Podcast: Youth Sports | Coaching | Parenting | Family Resources
Craig Haworth: Youth Sports Coaching Strategist and Podcaster
171 episodes
4 months ago
Craig Haworth from winningyouthcoaching.com shares his interviews with successful youth sports coaches from around the globe to help the mom or dad youth coach be organized, effective, and win. Discover what tools, resources, books, and strategies the winning youth coaches use, and enjoy many fun stories along the way. Learn from the candid stories of both successes and failures, and implement the insightful recommendations on how to have an awesome experience with your youth sports team this season. Whether you are a fan of football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, gymnastics, volleyball, or any other team sport - keep listening to ESPN, but take a few minutes each week to learn from the awesome youth sports coaches so you can get practical tools to make you a Winning Youth Coach.
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Craig Haworth from winningyouthcoaching.com shares his interviews with successful youth sports coaches from around the globe to help the mom or dad youth coach be organized, effective, and win. Discover what tools, resources, books, and strategies the winning youth coaches use, and enjoy many fun stories along the way. Learn from the candid stories of both successes and failures, and implement the insightful recommendations on how to have an awesome experience with your youth sports team this season. Whether you are a fan of football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, gymnastics, volleyball, or any other team sport - keep listening to ESPN, but take a few minutes each week to learn from the awesome youth sports coaches so you can get practical tools to make you a Winning Youth Coach.
WYC 167 – Youth Soccer – Gad Espinosa – Coaching the Mental Game
The Winning Youth Coaching Podcast: Youth Sports | Coaching | Parenting | Family Resources
44 minutes 29 seconds
6 years ago
WYC 167 – Youth Soccer – Gad Espinosa – Coaching the Mental Game
Gad Espinosa is a Certified High-Performance Mental Game Coach, and speaker who has been interviewed in numerous newspapers and radio shows.
He has been privileged to train and mentor athletes at all levels, from those just starting their athletic careers to others who have gone on to represent their country and succeed at World Championships and Olympic games.
As a former professional athlete, who has represented his country internationally, he knows first hand the psychological and emotional challenges a young athlete faces.
As a parent of two former competitive athletes he knows the difficulty of raising athletes and as a varsity head coach, he sympathizes with coaches and their responsibilities.
Gad is passionate about helping young athletes discover mental strength breakthroughs that allow them to maximize their development so they can take their game to another level and fulfill their athletic potential.
Website: coachgad.com
Instagram: @coach_gad
Twitter: @coachgad
Facebook: /Coach-Gad
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Coaching Your Own Kids
It's a balance between smothering them and still coaching them and enjoying being a parent with them
Coaching a sport you didn't play
2 requirements: Enthusiasm and a passion to learn more
A-ha moment
Gad, as a player, rarely had coaches discuss the mental side of the game - so he has emphasized this as a coach
Concussion recovery
Time is the biggest key. Take the time to let your mind recover and don't rush it.
Mental toughness
It starts with letting your athletes know it's ok to fail. It's a very important part of the learning process.
Having a clear goal in mind helps build grit to keep working even if things don't do the way you want.
Teaching skills
Tag - they put a pinnie on each hip, and they run around and try to grab as many pinnies as possible from their teammates
Keep away - in a circle, 2 kids in the middle, try to keep ball away from the kids in the middle
Culture and captains
Leaders emerge amongst teams
'How do I Improve my Kid's Athletic Potential?'
Book on website: coachgad.com
WYC guest enter promo code 'WYC' and get 50% off book!
A mental program for coaches and athletes
The one that got away
Gad had specifically reminded the team about a specific thing to look for in the game, and 1 minute into the game this situation happened, and a player didn't do what they just had talked about. Gad regrets that he immediately took the player out of the game and didn't play him much more that game.
Best stolen idea
Preparedness
Favorite books/quote:
Quote: 'If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes.' - John Wooden
Parting Advice
Take a step back and remember how you wish you were coached when you were younger
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The Winning Youth Coaching Podcast: Youth Sports | Coaching | Parenting | Family Resources
Craig Haworth from winningyouthcoaching.com shares his interviews with successful youth sports coaches from around the globe to help the mom or dad youth coach be organized, effective, and win. Discover what tools, resources, books, and strategies the winning youth coaches use, and enjoy many fun stories along the way. Learn from the candid stories of both successes and failures, and implement the insightful recommendations on how to have an awesome experience with your youth sports team this season. Whether you are a fan of football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, gymnastics, volleyball, or any other team sport - keep listening to ESPN, but take a few minutes each week to learn from the awesome youth sports coaches so you can get practical tools to make you a Winning Youth Coach.
