[This is part four in the series on effective persuasion for sport coaches. Click here for the other articles.] Here’s a fact—whenever your athlete leaves a meeting, a practice, or a huddle without knowing EXACTLY what to do…you’ve missed a chance at success. And you may never get that opportunity for success again. You need to […]
The Epic Coach Struggle: To Yell Or To Fascinate
[This is part three in the series on effective persuasion for sport coaches and is updated from the 2015 version.] Melissa was a great swimmer. Extraordinary someone would say. In the straightaways she was tough to beat. But she had a fault—her flip turns. They weren’t as good as they could be. Coach knew that and […]
Effective Persuasion, The Secret Sauce Of Your Coaching Success
[This is the first in the series on effective persuasion for sport coaches, and is a significant update from the original article.] You have a team meeting. “Okay team,” you say. “Here’s what I want you to do to get in shape.” Then you walk away from that meeting thinking everything’s good. You’ve told them exactly what they […]
How I Use Sticky Notes To Be A More Effective Coach
Looking for a sly way to persuade people? Are you taking advantage of this simple tool every office has? Our most powerful coaching tools can often be right in front of us, and we don’t even know it. A basic clipboard can be sneakily powerful. So can a smart phone. But the power of the […]
3 Techniques To Be More Persuasive With Your Team
[This is part five in the series on effective persuasion for sport coaches. Click here for the other articles.] I was one of those-coaches. I thought I could persuade a team to do something just because I was the coach. I imagined I’d roll into a practice, tell them, “Go do this,” and they’d scramble to get […]
This Is Important!
[This is part two in the series on effective persuasion for sport coaches. Click here for the other articles.] I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then […]