Essential Coaching Conversations

Do Adults Get in the Way? To be clear, we are not painting with a broad brush. There are plenty of adults - parents, coaches, administrators, etc, who do it the right way and empower kids to learn, grow, make mistakes, and set clear boundaries of acceptable behavior. However, as we've gone into the "architect parents" era - we can't help but wonder whether adults are doing more harm than good. Follow us on Twitter: @coachessential | @coachk424 | @rastogi_aseemCheck us out on YouTube: youtube.com/@essentialcoachingAs always, visit our website at www.essential-coaching.netShoot us an email at admin@essential-coaching.netDM's are always open for your feedback!

Happy 4th BIRTHDAY to us!! 4 years ago, on April 15, 2020, we hosted our first EC calls. Had no idea what we were doing, but we've learned a lot since then and we're here to share our reflections. Join us for a great chat - we hope you continue listening and sharing with us!

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We are back with Part II of Work/Life integration - termed as "turning it off" - specifically focused on the athletes we coach.

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Work/Life balance as we know it is dead. It's all about integration, now. Fitting life around work and work around life to make it one big jumble. Part I focuses on the adults - how do we do it? Part II will focus on the kids.

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Perfectionism is a hustle.

Yet, our youth and subsequent generations are suffering at the hands of "perfect," being the enemy of their GOOD or GREAT.

Perfect is not a thing. However, we can lean into the details that make Good, Better, and Best happen. How? Let's talk about it.

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So...this episode wasn't at all part of the plan. It just kind of happened. We had a topic we wanted to talk about, but instead you get the unfiltered, raw conversation that followed a series of questions and thoughts posed by both of us. This is what we do on ECC.

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This may be the most asked yet least important question in the history of recruiting. Yet...we continue to hear it, almost as if it's been doubled down upon as a necessity to make decisions. Let's talk about it.

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Why does it seem like we're at an 11 all the time? We live in a society! We all just need to take a deep breath. Let's talk about it.

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It's not just about learning new things, it's about unlearning the things we've held on to as truths. You need this. We needed this. Let's all unlearn together.

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Yeah. We said it. Just because you played doesn't mean squat when it comes to coaching. Let's talk about it.

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In this very special episode, we deep dive the phenomena known as The Vibe Architect, inspired by Austin Hedges of the Texas Rangers. Who is the vibe architect on your team? How do we build that skill? Further, how do we encourage that skill in all our players, not just the ones that don't play a whole lot?

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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There's a difference between sharing the game and stealing the game. There's a difference between sharing COACHING and sharing something you can DO as a coach. We differentiate, discuss, and dive deep into the era of content creators masquerading as coaches and what that means for exponential generational change.

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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In this episode, the guys tackle the idea of ignoring the noise and how damaging that can actually be. How do we decipher through the noise? Do we RACA appropriately in the moment? How do we take care of our insecurities and mental health while dealing with everyone having an opinion that is usually unfounded in reality?

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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In this episode, the guys welcome Kip Ioane, founder of Teams of Men and 25 year veteran of coaching D3 College Men's Basketball. We dive into behavior-based coaching, unbridled anger, and how toxic masculinity has taken over coaching and what we can do about it. You do not want to miss this!

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Take a deep breath. Woosah. This is a heavy episode that needed to be made. Hazing affects all teams, all organizations, and can be innocuous in nature or super damaging. Either way, it's a challenge to navigate. We do our best in this episode to bring light to questions we need to be asking as educators, how to talk to teams about it, and really just unpacking the latest news in athletics hazing as compared to other organizations.

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Join us for this episode where we talk all things impacting winning but this time, we are talking all about administrators. Yeah - we went there. Admins need to listen to this and we want you to send it to your admins as soon as you can. Let them listen to it and use this as a substantive conversation starter with them. We said what you wish you could - use it and run with it!

Please share this episode with your teams and colleagues as it relates to ALL sports and ALL levels! We'd love to hear your feedback and your team's feedback about what we get into on this episode.

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Kyle & Aseem are on a brief hiatus this week and will be back with new content next week! We invite you to catch up on Season 1 and Season 2 and go back to some of our favorite episodes to keep learning, growing, and reflecting.

See you next week!

You've heard the phrase - it's on shirts, it's on our website, it's everywhere. Recruit Everyone Every Day. We've never done a podcast episode on it, and we had nothing else to talk about but somehow had an hour long conversation about THIS. Which, in all honesty, is probably the most important conversation we've ever had.

Please share this episode with your teams and colleagues as it relates to ALL sports and ALL levels! We'd love to hear your feedback and your team's feedback about what we get into on this episode.

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Our FIRST EC OG's episode is with the esteemed Head Girls Basketball Coach and English teacher at Western High School in Davie, FL, Brandie Taylor. If you're looking for relatable - listen to Brandie on this episode!

Brandie is a WEALTH of knowledge and drops bomb after bomb on this episode reflecting on her journey with EC, how it all started to where she is now. You do not want to miss this absolute gem of an episode. More to come with our EC OG's as we roll out our community to the rest of the world and understand the uniqueness of each of their journeys.

*Note: Coach Taylor regrets that she did not shout out Kyle for wearing his Western HS gear on the call for this podcast recording!

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Join us for this episode where we talk all things impacting winning but this time, we are talking all about parents. Yeah - we went there. Parents need to listen to this and we want you to send it to your parents as soon as you can. Let them listen to it and use this as a substantive conversation starter with them. We said what you wish you could - use it and run with it!

Please share this episode with your teams and colleagues as it relates to ALL sports and ALL levels! We'd love to hear your feedback and your team's feedback about what we get into on this episode.

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Join us for this episode where we talk all things impacting winning but this time, from a coaches standpoint. What do coaches do or not do to impact winning positively? How can we reframe how we choose to impact winning?

Please share this episode with your teams and colleagues as it relates to ALL sports and ALL levels! We'd love to hear your feedback and your team's feedback about what we get into on this episode.

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Welcome to Season 2! We start off this season with a bang where we spend time talking about how PLAYERS can impact winning. Please share this episode with your teams as it relates to ALL sports and ALL levels! We'd love to hear your feedback and your team's feedback about what we get into on this episode.

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What? We're already on SEASON 2 of Essential Coaching Conversations?! Let's take a moment to reflect on Season 1, and also to announce some of the exciting things we have in store for the next year of the pod. Get ready because we're coming in hot!

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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We wrap up our Decluttering Szn series of episodes with the top of the pyramid - X's and O's/tech tac/content.

This is the least important part of the pyramid, and we offer some thoughts as to how to reframe even how you might think of X's and O's. This really does turn into a human component conversation, but there is something for everyone in this - we even talk about, GASP, Zoom action.

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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We're in Part III of our Decluttering Szn episodes and this time, we moved up a tier on the pyramid to Practice and Environmental Design - this is the continuation of the previous episode.

You are the Chief Environmental Operator - the CEO - of the program. How you clear the clutter in this section is vital to the healthy operation of the program. We deep dive on strategies to do it, success stories from EC Fam, and give a special shoutout to our friends doing it the right way. This is Part 2 of a 2 part series!

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We're in Part III of our Decluttering Szn episodes and this time, we moved up a tier on the pyramid to Practice and Environmental Design. You are the Chief Environmental Operator - the CEO - of the program. How you clear the clutter in this section is vital to the healthy operation of the program. We deep dive on strategies to do it, success stories from EC Fam, and give a special shoutout to our friends doing it the right way. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series!

All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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Intro credit: Jordan Sperber aka @hoopvision68 on Twitter & on YouTube.

We're in Part II of our Decluttering Szn episodes and this time, we moved up a tier on the pyramid to Person and Program Development. Most people know this by the buzzwords of culture and leadership, etc - we prefer to use climate and character. Either way, we discuss this in detail and give our take on the failings we see, how we can do it better, and ask some of those famous reflective questions of ours. All that and more on this episode of ECC!

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We're starting at the base of the pyramid - the foundation - as we look to declutter the Human Component. We discuss what we can do to automate some decision making, create more opportunities for the next connection to take place, and how we can declutter some other things to make room for more of the human component in coaching, teaching, learning, and life. We may make this a two-parter since the Human Component matters above all else, but you'll just have to tune in next week to see what happens!

All that and more on this episode of Essential Coaching Conversations.

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It's that time of year! Time to declutter and get rid of the fluff. We're going on a deep dive into the chats we did a few years ago and taking a look at how that's gone for us and for our EC Fam. This intro gives insight into why the #DeclutteringSzn is so important and what we can learn from just simply letting go of STUFF that is holding us back from being our best selves as coaches, leaders, educators, and humans.

All that and more on this episode of Essential Coaching Conversations.

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It's almost July - you know what that means. "Exposure events," for athletes across the country in almost every sport. Why do we do this? What's the point? Is every kid in need of EXPOSURE? The easy answer is no - in fact, most of them will likely be exposed as not very good and it's not their fault. Why is the 98% doing the same thing as the 2%?

All that and more on this episode of Essential Coaching Conversations.

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Are you a front runner or a competitor? How are we actually competing and what are we competing against? Who are we when we're at our most competitive? Can competition and empathy go together?

We talked about that and more on this episode. We are hopeful this episode, perhaps above all others, reframes your definition of what being competitive is and how you can harness the power of competition to aid in your approach to coaching, teaching, learning, and life.

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Let's face it. Professional development has not changed in decades. We still do the same things over and over again, and call it "best practices."

Let's change it. There's more to it than that. And we're here to talk about it.

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We all have a boss. Even our boss has a boss and their boss has one too. If you're Peter from Office Space, you have 8 bosses.

That means we all have to manage up. And, if we're lucky enough to have someone that reports to us, we're also being managed up. So how do we do this well?

This is something that we really don't talk about as a coaching and teaching community - most PD is about top down leadership and managing in the traditional sense. But then we wonder - why do we constantly feel at odds with our admin or the admin feel like we don't get it...or assistant coaches and head coaches are butting heads over a lack of making the next connection. This is as much of a human component episode as any you'll hear from us - and there's a question at the end we need YOUR help with answering!

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The guys are OBSESSED with the WNBA and are here to share the love! The WNBA has provided such an amazing product that continues to just grow, and EC is all in on helping the growth of the league and its stars. We talk about our WNBA League Pass giveaway, why we use the WNBA in our breakdowns with 100 point games, and what we want the league to become for coaches of all levels and genders. Check out some of the links, below, that are mentioned in the episode.

Twitter thread with League Pass winners: https://twitter.com/CoachEssential/status/1659610598865354756?s=20

Medium Article - First to 100 Wins: https://essentialcoaching.medium.com/the-first-to-100-cc9ba62e773b

Opening Day Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/CoachEssential/status/1660298856658075648?s=20

Opening Day Twitter Thread #2: https://twitter.com/CoachEssential/status/1659729504149938177?s=20

Medium Article on 100 Point Games ft. WNBA (last season): https://essentialcoaching.medium.com/100-point-games-ft-wnba-3e82a5c3b5ee

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This is a FULL episode where we deep dive into how resources can be a vision roadblock but also how we can use a perceived lack of resources to actually learn how to reach our vision. This episode features some absolute gold from the one and only Moses, our EC OG from Kenya. An absolutely dynamic episode that really turns the idea of "we don't have enough," on its head. We hope you enjoy it and as always, please reach out with your feedback!

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VERY short episode to bring you this week to tease an upcoming, game changing, enormous announcement. We'll see you back here next week with a full length episode!

Is this a Part II? Maybe. We dive deep into the idea behind how we are evaluating and developing skill, particularly through the lens of recruiting. There's some transfer portal talk, some food for thought on creating player development plans, and being really intentional with how that is communicated. This is not just for basketball coaches - we talk about ALL sports in this episode and how equally affected they are by these conundrums. Enjoy the conversation!

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Go EC, it's our birthday! Three years of being on a mission to create exponential, generational change and we are just scratching the surface. Listen in as the guys reflect on their journey to this point and what's to come in the future. A lot of laughs and of course some stories, as well as some behind the scenes looks at what we went through to get to this point.

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What is skill? What is technique? Can they co-exist? SHOULD THEY co-exist? The guys dive deep into this topic with stories, thoughts, philosophies, and of course - plenty of questions for you to chew on. Environment in: Technique Out. Skill is anything that can be improved with contextual practice. How do we develop these things?

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In this episode, we give our takes on WHY teams are winning and continue to win, share some personal anecdotes of our interactions with some of the coaches still left in the tournament, and what we believe the common threads are among the teams continuing on in the NCAA tournament. This is a timeless episode, as the message isn't just about March, it's about how to THRIVE in March.

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In this episode, the guys just take the time to check on each other and talk through how they're feeling at the end of their seasons. This is a vulnerable episode where we chat about our lives, what's been going on, and offer some practical questions and solutions to the feelings and emotions at the end of a season.

Here is the link to the video of our #ECFam in Africa that we referenced near the top of the episode: https://twitter.com/CoachEssential/status/1632412263251320837?s=20

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In the second of this two part series, the guys are back with their thoughts on WHAT should be evaluated, WHEN to evaluate, and HOW to frame these conversations. We can do this better and we hope this podcast episode in particular stimulates your thinking about how you can use evaluation to augment the experience instead of create anxiety.

If you'd like to take a look at Aseem's skill evaluation rubric mentioned in this episode, please reach out via Twitter DM or email. 1

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In the first of this two part series, we tackle end of  year evaluations and whether we should even do them or not! Is there a better way, and can we RACA our way through understanding what an aligned evaluative process looks like. Both Kyle & Aseem share stories and examples from their experiences, and the conversation takes a few turns that are sure to keep you engaged and wondering whether you can do it better, as well. Stay tuned for Part II next week!

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Back with our vision roadblocks series with #5, Vision Alignment. We've been building to this episode for a while and with good reason - it is certainly the pinnacle of the roadblocks as without alignment, the wheels will most certainly fall off. Kyle and Aseem give examples and stories from their careers, and delve deep into the psyche change that can happen when alignment is not the mission. Further, there is significant discussion on player development in an aligned program v. in a misaligned program, which can then work to get us further on or off track. A great conversation that is made greater by you interacting! Shoot us a DM or an email to let us know what you think. 

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In this episode, the guys tackle a pretty reflective question for coaches: what are you afraid of? Both Kyle & Aseem share their own insecurities as coaches, as well as ask questions of the listening audience to help them think through their own fears about performance, coaching, and more. This episode is based in part on a Twitter thread Kyle put out on February 21, 2023. That thread can be found here: https://twitter.com/coachk424/status/1628061196363472898?s=46&t=dA0PPbKmLayVT77VVZrErA . 

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The title of the episode speaks for itself. Less is more, people!

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