#8 COACHING – with Elite Camps founder Stephanie Rudnick

Good coaching means effective communication. Elite Camps founder Stephanie Rudnick shares advice about ego, consistency, managing the ups-and-downs, and playing favourites. For parents, we learn about the ill-effects of helicopter parenting and how young athletes prefer to hear about our epic fails. Whether you’re a coach, a teacher, a manager and/or a parent, Stephanie has some valuable insights to help you be a better coach. PRINTABLE SHOWNOTES HERE: https://talkabouttalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/SHOWNOTES-8-Coaching-with-Elite-Camps-founder-Stephanie-Rudnick.pdf   References & Links Stephanie Rudnick & Elite Camps * Stephanie Rudnick – https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-rudnick-146b5740/ * Elite Camps – https://www.elitecamps.com * Stephanie’s Books * Game Plan 2.0 – https://amzn.to/2Eijr2t * The Little Ballers of the World Series – https://amzn.to/2EgTCj6 * Life is a Sport – https://amzn.to/2EgcA9Q Summary of Coaching Research & Insights * https://talkabouttalk.com/talkabout-coaching Other Talk About Talk Links * Newsletter Sign-up: https://talkabouttalk.com/#newsletter-signup * Andrea: [email protected]   Interview Transcript Dr. Andrea Wojnicki: Thank you so much, Stephanie, for joining us today. Stephanie Rudnick: My pleasure, very excited. AW: Let’s start at a general level. What makes for a great coach? SR: Whether you’ve played or not, is neither here nor there. Being a good coach means you have a passion for the sport. You want to pass it on, not just the skills, but the life lessons that go with it. I’ve had a multitude of different coaches, and some of them have played and some of them haven’t. And I’ve received different gifts from each of them, whether they’re really, you know, proficient at teaching basic level skill, or just a resource to help me connect to a university coach. You receive different things from different coaches, I’ve never experienced that perfect coach, but if I could design one myself, it would be somebody who could blend the skills with the life lessons and team culture all into one. AW: So someone who applies the messages to a real life context. SR: And it’s consistent, like they have rules and they will consistently follow it, you know, having a great blend of wanting to win. But also be able to be consistent enough for the player to be able to teach that life lesson that may hurt the team in that moment. But in the long run, helps the athlete develop for the rest of their life. AW: So now I’m actually hearing maybe four things. There’s the ability to extrapolate to real life. There’s being consistent. There’s a strong desire to win. But then there’s also I guess, balancing that desire to win with a development mentality. SR: Absolutely. I think if I could give an example of what I’ve read about some of the best coaches…One that would stand out would be a John Wooden and all of his teachings. So John Wooden is really big on all those life lessons. And being consistent first players he was known for, like leaving kids, you know, at the gym is star players, if they were late for a game,