Welcome to the Hardwood Hustle podcast where we know and believe in the value of a coach.

We're here to educate, empower, and encourage you to lead like never before.

Coach talk. You've heard that never before. Coach talk.

You've heard that phrase before.

You've probably said those words before.

And you absolutely know what it means.

Coaches speak a language that is very unique and essentially exclusive to the coaching

community.

It's filled with phrases and sayings and things that we've echoed many,

many times,

dozens of times to our teams.

We usually echo those because they've been said to us so many times as we were growing up

through the game and learning from other coaches.

And it's just been simply passed down.

And as a result, we all say it. But oftentimes we don't ever stop to actually think and break

it down and say, is this actually appropriate? Or does this actually make any sense? Or is there a

more effective way to maybe say this? and maybe I'd be better off not just

simply saying what I've always said. We go deep on this discussion today as we actually

share 12 coach talks that essentially drive us crazy. In fact, we opened it up to Twitter,

got a ton of feedback from coaches where

they shared many coach talk phrases and sayings that drive them crazy. We put them under the

microscope and discussed that there may be better alternatives. And I tell you, coaches,

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