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Episode 5 of our hit series #Let'sTalk! Youth Sports: A Conversation with @DJMayer3 & @KeithMayer5 and Producer/Director Joel Franco of the upcoming film "Where Our Children Play: The Challenge of Youth Sports" about the importance on becoming a better communicator, and a more effective coach.

Make sure you check out their new book:

Gold Dust: How to Become a More Effective Coach, Quickly

How to Become a Better Communicator

People talk about sports from a technical and tactical standpoint, but it's only a tiny part of coaching. The best sports coaches get their success because of their ability to connect and relate to their athletes. The experiences athletes have generally come from the environment created by the coach. As a coach, you can help optimise this environment by the way you connect with your athletes, and how you communicate to them.'Gold Dust: How To Become A More Effective Coach, Quickly' delves deeper into the importance of building connections in sporting environments, and how you can do it. The foundations, skills, techniques and behaviours within the book will enable you to create an environment that makes for a better experience for you and your athletes.This book has got stories and experiences from coaches at the top of their game across different sports, including First Team Managers, Head Coaches, Academy Managers and Elite Youth Coaches.You will learn techniques around: -How you can optimise your athletes learning-How you can optimise your athletes performance-How you can optimise the environment you coach in-How you can make your athletes feel better about what it is they doJust imagine if you could become a more highly effective coach through the use of connection and communication.This book is dedicated to Dick Bate. The footballing circle lost a pioneer, a maverick and one of the finest coach educators the World has seen when Dick passed away in April 2018. The thousands of coaches that had the pleasure to observe his captivating sessions were in the presence of greatness. His sessions were constantly filled with unparalleled technical detail that always ignited the imagination of those present. In dedication to Dick, 10% of profits from this book will be donated to The Giles' Trust, the brain tumor fund within the University Hospital Birmingham Charity.

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Episode 4 of our hit series #Let'sTalk! Youth Sports: A Conversation with @Coach_Reed and Producer/Director Joel Franco of the upcoming film "Where Our Children Play: The Challenge of Youth Sports" about the importance of words, body language, being present for your players and much more! - Coach Reed is a dear friend and mentor and I am honored he accepted to be part of this series.

Coach Reed is the Founder of Raising Excellence, a digital and live coaching development platform for those who coach, teach, and influence children focused on developing stronger communication skills, creating highly effective learning environments, and helping coaches unlock individual, everyday excellence in their athletes.

Coach Reed is also the co-creator of Positive Discipline Tools for Coaches with Dr. Jane Nelsen, and Co-founder of the GO! Raise Excellence Think Tank to Improve Youth Sports.

With 30 years experience as an educator/coach and Master's degrees in both Sport Psychology and Early Childhood Education, Reed offers a wealth of practical and science-based experience to help coaches and others lead athletes to excel in and beyond sports.

Since the release of his TEDx talk “Echoes Beyond the Game”, he has become a trusted educator and adviser to sports organizations worldwide. Reed’s unique gifts are creating passion and purpose in others and distilling complex theories into understandable and easily implementable practices.

He has presented over 100 presentations, webinars, workshops, and keynotes across 5 continents and at least 150 countries in the last 3 years on topics ranging from helping children develop more resilient brains, effectively engaging parents, the art of transformative coaching, and more.

In recent months he has partnered with US Sailing, Soccer Shots, USA Hockey, and Ontario Volleyball to develop stronger coaching curricula, create mentor programs, and design long-term coaching development programs for their members.

He is on a mission to create echoes beyond the game and serve a million coaches who will be #RaisingExcellence in every child, every day.

Website: https://www.coachreed.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Coach_Reed

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_reed/

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Episode 3 of our hit series Let's Talk! Youth Sports: A Conversation with Dr. Rob Bell and Producer/Director of the upcoming film "Where Our Children Play: The Challenge of Youth Sports" about how to help kids and parents navigate the world of youth sports and mental strength, and what it really means to be tough, competitive .

"Unfortunately, When it’s all said and done, more is said than done… and that is true when actually training your Mental Toughness. We like to talk about the mental game instead of taking action. But, that’s because there was NO PLAN in place. Mental Toughness means performing your best when it matters the most AND dealing with the adversity and setbacks that we will face. If performance is important in your life, then both of these are inevitable, so it isn’t a matter of “if”, but “when” mental toughness is needed.

The odd thing is that many people don’t actually need to be mentally tough in today’s society. These people are comfortable on the sidelines. I’m not sure about you, but we just survive in mediocrity, not thrive. Our goal is to be the BEST at getting BETTER." - Dr. Rob Bell

To connect with Dr. Rob Bell check him out at:

Website: https://drrobbell.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drrobbell

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drrobbell/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drrobbell

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheImportanc...

Books: https://drrobbell.com/books/

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Episode 2 of our hit series Let's Talk! Join Gordon Maclelland of @_WWPIS and I on a great conversation about the importance of a great relationship between parents and coaches! We need to include parents in what we do, not exclude them! We need to share with them, otherwise they do not know what you are doing, and trouble brews! Work with parents!

Gordon MacLelland set up ‘Working with Parents in Sport’ after 20 years as a teacher and as a coach to all age levels from 7 year olds to adults.

He has a BA/Hons degree in Sports Science from University College Chester and a PGCE from Lancaster University.

He is a qualified teacher and has been Director of Sport at an independent prep school in the UK for the last 10 years. He has worked in schools in both the UK and New Zealand for the last 16 years.

He is the author of two books, ‘Great Sports Parenting’ – A pocket guide for parents of children in sport and ‘Engage’ – A coaches guide to building positive relationships with parents.

In recent times he has become a parent to two children and the early sporting experiences of his own children prompted him to set up the company as well as write the two books above.

As a speaker he brings a wealth of experience to working with organisations, coaches and parents gathered through 20 years as a teacher and coach as well as a parent currently involved in children’s sport.

Website: https://www.parentsinsport.co.uk/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_WWPIS

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Today we spoke with three incredibly diverse coaches about the real life work they do, and their perspective on where we are in the world of youth soccer.

Coach Lou is from New Brunswick, Canada. She is a Speaker - Pro Soccer player - Author of an incredible book, "The Blackout: A Novel Inspired by True Events" (https://www.amazon.com/Blackout-Novel-Inspired-True-Events/dp/0228814782).

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louise_arseneault/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pyramidjugglingprogram/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PyramidJugglingProgram

Rachel is Professional Soccer Player; Videographer/Photographer; Media & Marketing Director; Sports Psych Guru; Trainer/Coach

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rachiebret

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachiebret/

Manu is the Assistant Tech Dir / Head of Op @ Juventus Academy in Los Angeles

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