Coaching Young Athletes

Darren Wensor
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Thoughts, ideas, tips and tricks to help you become a better coach, instructor or sports parent.

  1. 05/26/2021

    This Strategy That Just Might Save Your Coaching Session

    How do you salvage a coaching session that is slowly slipping away from you? Here are some strategies that may just work.

    6 min

  2. 05/11/2021

    10 Things I Am Doing When I Am At My Best As A Coach

    Have you ever considered the type of things you are doing when you are at your happiest and performing your best as a coach? Here is a list of actions and habits that enable effective coaching.

    12 min

  3. 05/04/2021

    How To Serve Up An ACE Warm-Up For Kids

    The choice of possible warm up activities that can be used when working with kids is huge. So how do you choose what to use? This episode of the Coaching Young Athletes podcast discusses three key considerations to help coaches plan a warm up for young athletes.

    10 min

  4. 04/25/2021

    5 Unexpected Things That Can Enhance Your Journey As A Youth Sports Coach

    Learning can sometimes come from the most unexpected sources. Many of these are not what we would usually consider as conventional coach development opportunities. Some we might prefer to avoid and some we may even fear. This episode of the Coaching Young Athletes podcast discusses 5 unexpected sources of learning that can ultimately enhance your coaching journey.

    8 min

  5. 04/16/2021

    The Art of Skill Progression And Regression When Coaching Kids

    Particularly when coaching kids, the skill level within a group can vary considerably. The larger the group, the more levels of capability you are likely to encounter. This episode discusses how youth sports coaches can cater for different capabilities within a group of young athletes.

    6 min

  6. 07/09/2019

    Why Youth Sports Coaches Should Not Focus On The Fixture

    It takes a courageous youth sports coach to maintain a development focus with an "important" competition pending. Learn about how development can be delayed when a focus on the fixture is favoured.

    7 min

  7. 07/02/2019

    How Can Kids Get Good At Sports Without Burning Out?

    How To Build Up Hours Without Breaking Down Kids.  7 tips to give kids a greater exposure to sports practice without putting them into a specialised formal single sport program.

    11 min

  8. 06/25/2019

    How To Motivate Kids To Try Difficult Tasks

    How can we facilitate a learning environment that encourages young athletes to have a go and persevere? If the factors that contribute to positive experiences for children can be identified, the challenge for youth sports coaches is to deliberately attempt to replicate these factors within a coaching session. This podcast identifies eight ways to deliberately create an environment that will encourage kids to try and persist.

    13 min
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Thoughts, ideas, tips and tricks to help you become a better coach, instructor or sports parent.

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  • Creator
    Darren Wensor
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2021
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Darren Wensor
  • Show Website
    Coaching Young Athletes