Summary: The Leadership Journey – 2018 Season Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski team up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. This podcast will occur weekly throughout the season, focusing on issues that teams face during the season. Today Brian and Keith discuss training players and staff to have a bigger, better “R” for the adversity they will face over the season. Show Notes 1:45 Week 1 focus – preparing our players to face adversity 2:50 Quote from Rich Bartel, former NFL QB 3:57 It’s every competitor’s destiny to lose 5:10 Loss occupies a gigantic place of fear in our minds 6:30 Embrace losing – develop a mindset that handles it 7:40 The best players are competitors 9:10 Find people who want to compete 9:32 Are we training the consequences of failure into a mindset? 11:40 Balance the consequences that drive the avoidance of failure 12:30 E+R=O you can’t engineer outcomes; you must win the moment 13:13 Kyle Shanahan – sometimes you have to overcome coaching 15:00 Training to respond to adversity with a bigger “R” 18:00 Emphasize build the skill, not just win the drill 20:00 Patience, skill, and discipline are required by each coach 23:15 The time for command and control coaching is over 24:28 Command and control coaching eventually leads to compliance and defiance 26:25 Film evaluation session – how to think about and create a culture for learning 29:16 Understand an athlete’s thinking to help improve performance 31:01 Pay attention to athlete needs and help put it all together 32:20 Erik Chinander (defensive coordinator, Nebraska) approach to film 33:28 Be surgical in your approach 34:05 Understanding, explanation, execution – a process for evaluating performance 38:56 Giving players a space for mental repetition 39:31 Ideas for preparing team/unit for a better “R” 43:02 Train for scenarios you are likely to experience 46:30 The mission for the year Related content Tony Demeo’s Disaster Plan https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/6294/how-longtime-college-coach-tony-demeo-s-disaster-plan-could-help-your-team-come-back-from-deficits Rob Everett https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/4253/podcast-coach-and-coordinator-rob-everett-8-31-17 Erik Chinander https://blogs.usafootball.com/blog/6535/podcast-nebraska-defensive-coordinator-erik-chinander-talks-about-up-tempo-practice-style
