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The Art Of Coaching

E10 | Kurt Hester: Coaches or Clowns: Motivational Theatrics, Ethics & Standing Up for Your Values

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5642 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

On Episode 10 I am joined by Louisiana Tech Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Kurt Hester. If you aren't familiar with Kurt, before taking the LA Tech job he was formerly the Head Coach of the Manning Passing Academy, as well as the owner of D1 in Nashville, TN. He is renowned for his no-nonsense approach to training and his contributions regarding the future of the S&C profession, but his biggest asset may be his ability to tell it how it is and paint a clear picture to athletes and sport coaches alike. That is exactly why I believed him to be the perfect guest for this episode- as it breaks down common motivational tactics, and issues we as coaches face from a stigma standpoint. Topics Covered On This Episode Are Kurt's love for hunting and career path Personality traits Kurt learned that helped him navigate his early career path What bothers Kurt about how we conduct ourselves as performance professionals Wrestling an alligator on a heavy squat day Compromising ethics and the importance of knowing when to stand up to sport coaches Intrinsic motivation vs extrinsic motivation How to evaluate a coaching staff Maturing from debating movement selection and programming to actually coaching Connect with Kurt Hester here Twitter | Instagram Also if you are interested I have a coaching seminar coming up this weekend. You can get more info here.

Transcript

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0:00.0

World class athletes great coaches, what do they do when they're at their best?

0:10.6

We don't take no for an answer.

0:12.6

We don't take no for an answer.

0:15.8

We don't take no for an answer.

0:18.8

We leave no doubt tonight.

0:21.0

Leave no doubt tonight.

0:24.5

No doubt.

0:26.8

We're gonna get him on the run, boy.

0:28.2

Once we get him on the run, we're gonna keep him on the run.

0:30.3

And then we're gonna go, go, go, go, go.

0:32.6

And when I can stop,

0:33.3

so we get a punch that whole line.

0:38.8

Now, you kids are probably seeing to yourselves,

0:41.1

hey, I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna get the world by the tail

0:44.7

and wrap it around and pull it down

0:47.0

and put it in my pocket.

0:48.4

What's going on, everybody?

0:49.4

Welcome back to another episode of the Art of Coaching Podcast.

0:52.4

I'm excited about today's episode,

0:53.8

and I probably need to quit saying that,

0:55.0

because I'm excited about most of the episodes,

0:56.5

otherwise I wouldn't have these people on. But good friend of mine and somebody that pulls no punches

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