Labours of Sport Coaching: The Science and Art of Coaching, Motivation, and Self-Determination

Can a coach change sports? Reflections with Tom Hartley

Labours of Sport Coaching: The Science and Art of Coaching, Motivation, and Self-Determination

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Sign up to my FREE motivational psychology newsletter: Subscribe | Labours of Sport Coaching - The Self-Determined Coach In this conversation with Head of Competitor Development at Motorsport UK, Tom Hartley, we delve into the benefits of exposing coaches to different coaching environments to enhance their understanding and effectiveness, based on Tom's insights of moving across to Motorsport from football. Takeaways Coaches benefit from experiencing different coaching environments. Coaches, and sports, need disruptors in the form of alien voices and ways of working Failing to filter out noise in alien sporting environments can distract coaches from key transferable insights. Sports move at different evolutionary rates, but past approaches shouldn't always be forgotten or abandoned Exploratory frameworks can help coaches focus on relevant information when on a coaching 'exchange'. Coaches need to train themselves on how to learn from different sports and perspectives Changing sports as a coach is possible

Chapters 00:00 Transitioning Between Sports: A Coach's Journey 10:06 The Importance of Intentionality in Coaching 15:45 Shared Learning Across Contexts 21:34 Emotional Intelligence in Coaching 26:58 Exploring Flow and Performance in Sports 39:00 The Evolution of Instruction in Motorsport 46:52 The Time Traveler's Perspective in Coaching 57:15 Overcoming Barriers to Learning as a Coach If you like this topic, I recommend checking out this other episode: Russell Earnshaw - Entrepreneurship in sport coaching Learn more about your host and access my services: https://markjcarrollcoaching.wordpress.com/consultancy/

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