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REGULATED OR REACTING? - SELF-REGULATION SERIES | PART 2 - Ep. 66 "Don't Tell Me Show Me"
Part 2 of our self-regulation series is for coaches who want to stay at their best when the game, the referee or their own expectations start pulling them off course. Practical ideas whether you lead a full staff or...
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STOP BUILDING ROBOTS - SELF-REGULATION SERIES | PART 1 - Ep. 65 "Don't Tell Me Show Me"
Cool, calm and composed is one way to perform, but coaching every athlete towards it can quietly make some of them worse. This episode opens a new series on emotion and self-regulation for coaches who want athletes...
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The Elastic Band Effect - Ep. 64 "Don't Tell Me Show Me"
Your team nails the culture shift for one session, then snaps straight back to old habits the next. This episode breaks down why regression is normal and exactly what to do to avoid The Elastic Band Effect. Episode 64...
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What's The Story Behind The Score? - Ep. 63 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
A scoreline tells you who won. It doesn't tell you what actually happened. Simon Grieve, a Level 5 LTA coach who works with Grand Slam-level juniors shares the method he uses to get athletes past "it was good" and...
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Do Your Athletes Even Need You? - Ep. 62 "Don't Tell Me Show Me"
Three-time Olympian turned elite college coach, Pietie Coetzee, on the moment a player stops waiting for the answer, and what changes when she does. For coaches who might be the bottleneck without realizing it. Hear...
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Make Yourself Redundant - Ep. 61 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
Many coaches think their job is to be needed. The best coaches are working toward the opposite — developing athletes who don't look to the coach to solve every problem. This episode breaks down when to instruct, when...
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What's Stopping Your Athletes Speaking Up? - Ep. 60 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
Most teams have the will to give each other feedback but not the permission. A practical look at the culture and habits that unlock real peer-to-peer communication. Episode 60 of the Don’t Tell Me Show Me podcast with...
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RULE OF 3: DO YOUR ATHLETES LEAD THEMSELVES? - Ep. 59 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
An athlete who can't lead themselves will always need someone else to do it for them. Part 1 of a 3-part series on Mark Bennett's Rule of 3 explores what self-leadership actually looks like — and what coaches can do...
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TEAM TALKS AREN'T WORKING (ARE YOURS?) - Ep. 58 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
Most coaches deliver the same team talk without ever asking whether the format is actually effective at all. This episode challenges the one coaching habit that so many coaches take for granted: the pre-match talk...
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WHO COACHES THE COACHES? - Ep. 57 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
Coaches pour everything into developing athletes but not enough into developing themselves. High School coach Ryan Hints can pinpoint the moment that changed for him. Ep. 57 of the Don't Tell Me Show Me podcast with...
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PRESSURE LOAD (the critics are wrong) - Ep. 56 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
An elite coach made a call that got torn apart online, but the real question isn't whether the tactics were smart. It's whether they were ever pressure-tested enough to trust. This episode breaks down the "learn it,...
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Video Doesn’t Lie (But Coaches Do) - Ep. 55 "Dont Tell Me Show Me"
Coaches bring biases into video review that they don’t realise are there — confirmation bias, favouritism, and the habit of using footage to win an argument instead of helping athletes learn. Darren Lewis is a...
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