Summary: Nate Sanderson is today’s guest on the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. He currently serves as the girls varsity basketball coach at Springville High School (Iowa). He also works to develop educational materials with Breakthrough Basketball. He discusses how to interact with parents, how to avoid coach-parent conflicts and what he does during his Mental Health Wednesdays. Show notes 1:21 Current job 3:00 How to deal with parents 6:28 Creating culture with parents 9:20 Honoring players 12:30 Series of questions for parents 18:07 How to be a better coach for the parents 19:28 Recognizing all players 21:09 Parents can support each other 22:50 Coaching more effectively (communication) 25:40 Approaching difficult parents 26:41 Applying these lessons to a football team 28:31 How to include parents if they don’t attend meetings 29:10 Building culture 32:00 Practice failure 33:45 Mental health/culture training 36:14 Activities for building mental health
