#091: Tactics of Coaching Games Athletes
Chasing Excellence
Ben Bergeron & Patrick Cummings
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
We're talking about the technologies & metrics I use to optimize training, the psychological effects of wearing the leader's jersey during the Games, & how I push my athletes out of their comfort zones without risking injury.
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| 0:00.0 | I think I lean towards coaching females because I think that females are |
| 0:06.0 | Easier to coach. |
| 0:08.0 | Meaning that they're more coachable? |
| 0:10.0 | Yes, correct. |
| 0:11.0 | Here's, I heard a basketball coach say this once. |
| 0:15.0 | He says, if you talk to a team of male basketball players |
| 0:20.0 | And you say, we need to be tougher. |
| 0:23.0 | We need to give more effort. |
| 0:25.0 | The individual players on the team are thinking their heads looking around like, yeah. |
| 0:29.0 | They do need to be tougher. |
| 0:31.0 | They need to give more effort. |
| 0:33.0 | Whereas a female goes, he's talking to me. |
| 0:36.0 | I need to be tougher. |
| 0:38.0 | They just take ownership really well. |
| 0:42.0 | We are here because we know the outcomes in our lives are within our control. |
| 0:47.0 | That taking absolute ownership of how we eat, sleep, train, think, and connect with each other |
| 0:52.0 | Is how we'll optimize our health and happiness. |
| 0:56.0 | That chasing excellence is how we grab hold of what is possible. |
| 1:00.0 | Our mission is to live on the run. |
| 1:02.0 | Always chasing. |
| 1:04.0 | Never stop. |
| 1:05.0 | Hello and welcome back to another episode of chasing excellence. |
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