Creating a Climate of High Motivation
Your players' motivation is in large part your responsibility. Learn effective and ineffective methods of improving motivation. Discuss how to create a program that fosters and sustains motivation regardless of the role or skill level of the player.
What is Choking and How Can We Prevent it?
Learn 5 steps you can take to reduce the likelihood of poor performance under pressure. Understand theories of performance and what's really happening when a player "chokes" in the game's biggest moments.
Mental Health in Sports: What is Your Role?
Learn about common mental health issues your athletes may be struggling with, warning signs that may suggest that intervention is necessary, and processes for how to follow through with getting players the help they need.
A Unique Approach to Coaching
Before beginning my career in Sport Psychology, I coached high school and college football. I was surrounded by coaches who would give anything to see their players succeed. The best staffs I was a part of understood the complementary goals of improving on-field performance and off-field development of the athletes.
As I studied Performance Psychology, it became clear to me that there were several psychology and counseling techniques that would be applicable to coaching, and that coaches could experience immediate and significant improvements by simply learning about the mental health and performance struggles their athletes are facing.
This is what makes this course unique. An approach using a combination of coaching, Performance Psychology, and Mental Health Counseling is proposed in order to help each individual in the program reach their full potential on and off the field.
What is Your Role as a Coach?
A coach's responsibility can be broken into two main parts: win games, and develop players both athletically and personally.
Coaching is about searching for a competitive advantage. You have your players lift weights to gain an edge physically, watch film to get ahead tactically, and practice on the field to improve technically.
It's time to take the next step and help your players dominate the mental component of the game and be the best version of themselves on and off the field!
Course Curriculum Snapshot
Virtual Coaching
Zack has spoken at clinics, conferences, and camps around the country. The Nike Coach of the Year Virtual Summit, as pictured here, saw thousands of coaches in attendance as Zack provided an overview of this course!
