78 Two Paths to Excellence: Recreational and Performance Athletes with Mark Bennett Coaching Culture

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I finish up our conversation with Mark Bennett on the leisure versus performance athlete.

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Performance Athlete: Not doing what you want to do, doing what you need to do to the best of your ability to achieve what you have said is your desired outcome.

Leisure: Only do the stuff they like when nobody is watching. When someone is watching them they will do the things expected of them. Still pursues excellence in the practice.

Mark shares how to effectively coach the leisure athlete and help them become the best athlete they possibly can be. Instead of being pushy and trying to get them to become someone they’re not, as coaches it is our job to show them their potential and allow them to reach it themselves.

When you have a mix between performance and leisure:

Ask leisure: What can we do to help performance athletes and still enjoy our experience? We don’t want to hold anybody back.

Ask performance: What can we do to help the leisure athletes enjoy their experience and not hold ourselves back?

Leisure still pursues excellence in the practice.

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