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LEARN MORE about our retreats at thriveonchallenge.com/retreats Be sure to let us know you are interested by filling out the form on this page! Why is it so hard to be a transformational coach? Nate and J.P. dive into the challenges of transformational leadership. We aren’t going to change the world so we have to explore other ways to engage players and parents in our mission.

ThriveOnChallenge.com/Retreats How do you develop leaders on the court or field? Leadership development will always fall short if they cannot lead within live play. Alan shares very practical ways to develop leaders on the court! It will take leaders in your program to a whole new level... Buy Calling Up https://thriveonchallenge.com/books/

Learn more and apply for one of our Transformational Leadership Retreats thriveonchallenge.com/retreats In this episode International Basketball Coach Alan Keane shares with you some strategies to develop emotional intelligence within your players and yourself! Schedule FREE Mentorship Call With JP https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall with Nate forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com Alan Keane Head Coach Reading Rockets Professional Basketball Club Head Coach Great Britain Under 18s National Team Twitter @coachkeane14

Download 5 Ways Any Leader Can Improve Their Culture PDF: http://eepurl.com/guRC61 Schedule a Free Mentorship Call: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall How can you keep players engaged and feeling valued even when they cannot play due to injury? Often our approach can be very transactional and in today’s episode Nate and J.P. lay out some very clear ways we can be transformational coaches through player injuries.

Book a Workshop for Your Organization: https://thriveonchallenge.com/book-a-workshop/ Learn More: https://thriveonchallenge.com/workshops/ Intrinsic motivation grows when we are challenged and have a clear direction! We’re back with Wrestling Coach Pete Jacobson from WinSmarter.com as he goes beyond theory and shares some unique strategies to build intrinsic motivation! Check out Pete and his special resource for this podcast: winsmarter.com/coachingculture Link to Subscribe to the Coaching Notes: https://thriveonchallenge.com/newsletter/ Schedule FREE Mentorship Call With JP https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall with Nate forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9

ONLY 72 HOURS LEFT Calling Up Summer Special ONLY $9.25 thriveonchallenge.com/ninja-forms/39t8h Minimum Purchase of 27 Signed Copies! Only Available July 11th- July 17th Wrestling Coach Pete Jacobson from WinSmarter.com takes us beyond theory and principles of intrinsic motivation and gives us some very practical and even fun ways to create and nurture intrinsic motivation within our team culture! Check out Pete and his special resource for this podcast: winsmarter.com/coachingculture Link to Subscribe to the Coaching Notes: https://thriveonchallenge.com/newsletter/ Schedule FREE Mentorship Call With JP https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall with Nate forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9

Calling Up Summer Special ONLY $9.25 https://thriveonchallenge.com/ninja-forms/39t8h Minimum Purchase of 27 Signed Copies! Only Available July 11th- July 17th Link to Subscribe to the Coaching Notes: https://thriveonchallenge.com/newsletter/ Schedule FREE Mentorship Call With JP: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall with Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 This week on the podcast, Nate and I wrestle with this question that came out of our previous conversation with Chris Oliver: Does having a predetermined set of values best serve your team? Get in touch with Chris Oliver Twitter: @BBALLIMMERSION https://basketballimmersion.com Email: coliver@basketballimmersion.com

Link to Subscribe: https://thriveonchallenge.com/newsletter/ Schedule FREE Mentorship Call With JP: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall with Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 "No amount of team talks, workshops and lectures can shape a team more than the daily conversations that shape your team’s culture. I’ve become convinced that the culture on our team is formed in the conversations that take place every day.” -Chris Oliver In this week’s episode we are joined by Chris Oliver of BballImmersion to discuss one of the most important strategies to shape your team’s culture! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com Chris Oliver Twitter: @BBALLIMMERSION https://basketballimmersion.com Email: coliver@basketballimmersion.com

Book a Workshop: https://thriveonchallenge.com/book-a-workshop/ Learn More About Workshop: https://thriveonchallenge.com/consulting/ Subscribe to the Newsletter : https://thriveonchallenge.com/newsletter/ Get a PDF with step-by-step directions to creating your Culture Manual: 1. Buy Calling Up at ThriveOnChallenge or get the E-Book on Amazon. 2. Forward your receipt to jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com. 3. I’ll send you the Coaching Manifesto System PDF and the Culture Manual System PDF. These step-by-step guides will serve as your map and compass, ensuring you are never lost on your journey again. Your Culture Manual is a resource to: 1. Guide you and your staff through the course of the season. 2. Accumulate and organize the new ideas, systems, and procedures you learn. 3. Continuously improve and implement new ways of doing things, while maintaining consistency in the things that are working. Schedule FREE Mentorship Call with JP:calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall Schedule FRE

Calling Up is NOW available on E-Book! Check it out at Amazon (https://amzn.to/2HVPBkO) or from your E-Book Provider. Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ Empathy is my willingness to put myself in someone else’s shoes. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! If someone was to start a program tomorrow, what is something that will solidify your culture? - Establish your core values and do not waver. What were some strategies you used for discipline? - Punishment deals with symptoms. 
 - Disciplines deals with roots. 
 - Lectures rarely have a lot of positive impact. 
 - Questions lead to reflection and reflection leads to growth. 
 - Why are they struggling with these issues? (Advocacy Before Accountability)
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Calling Up is NOW available on E-Book! Check it out at Amazon (https://amzn.to/2HVPBkO) or from your E-Book Provider. Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ As coaches, we have to know and understand which struggles really matter. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Struggle is age appropriate. Struggle builds our resiliency tank. - If you continue to bail your athlete or children out, they will lose the ability to solve problems their own as they get older. There has to be a balance between bailing them out and making them step up to the plate. Allowing Athletes to Struggle - We continue to delay the consequence of bad habits. 
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Calling Up is NOW available on E-Book! Check it out at Amazon (https://amzn.to/2HVPBkO) or from your E-Book Provider. Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ How do you create moments that are big and small, moments that aren’t just at the beginning or the end of the season and really elevates a player's experience on your team? Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Shared vulnerability can help your athletes connect, whether it be through a tough workout or sharing different aspects of their life with their teammates. Power of Moments takeaways: - Humor is a powerful way to connect people Powerful moments can sneak up on you. - Athletes may remind yo

Use Coupon Code: COACHINGCULTURE and save $10 off your order of Calling Up available exclusively here. Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ “Our lives are measured in moments, and defining moments are the ones that endure in our memories.” Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Building powerful moments: Category 1: Elevation - This moment becomes memorable because its different from other moments. It rises above other moments. Category 2: Insight - It’s a turning point in how we see ourselves or how we see the world. It could be a significant paradigm shift. Category 3: Moments of Pride, Recognition, Achievement Category 4: Moments of Connection G

Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ What is the right strategy for our team culture? Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! What are some questions that you use with coaches that help them solidify their identity and the identity of their program? - How do YOU want your teams to play in a perfect world? - What would that look like and describe it to me - What do I enjoy watching and coaching? - Encourage them to think less about the players and think more about how they want to play - Be more proactive than reactive The style of play can actually help us build that player-led culture. - Encourage a more decision-based offense approach than strict play

Join JP, Nate, and a small group of coaches at the 2019 Thrive on Challenge Leadership Retreat: https://bit.ly/30hXdH1 Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: https://forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 Learn More About Mentorship: https://thriveonchallenge.com/mentorship/ _________________________ What would make you a better coach that has nothing to do with the practical or technical of your sport? Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! How do you become a better coach? - There has to be reflection on where you want to grow as a coach. - Choose one area you’d like to improve in before the next season - Acquire AND APPLY knowledge to your program There is great growth when you’re doing it together. How do I attack my off-season development? - Target one thing in your culture or program that you want to improve - Find ways to nurture and maintain the relationships with your at

Schedule a Mentorship Call with JP: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge/initialcall With Nate: https://forms.gle/5f8VmQ5LM8uN1qJd9 _________ It’s so easy to worry about you wins and losses record, but the MOST important thing to ask yourself as a coach is, “How am I developing these players? Are they leaving my program better than when they came in?” Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Biggest challenge to overcome: - How am I going to measure success if not by the scoreboard? What were some of the resistances you may face when you transition from being a transactional leader to a transformational leader? - Mindset shift for not only yourself, but for your coaching staff and athletes as well - Sometimes athletes want a transactional coach - Parents may criticize the coach because the coach has a more athlete-centered approach Transformational coaching is being willing to sacrifice short term gain such as positive stats for

In this episode of #CoachingCulture, Nate and I talk about getting the most out of your coaching staff. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! The number one factor that can improve the value that your staff bring to the program is being clear about how Head Coaches want their assistants to communicate with them. If you want your kids to hold each other accountable, you have to hold each other accountable as a staff as well. Empower your staff and hand over some of your responsibilities. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

It was the "season dreams are made of" is how one reporter described this year for Coach Boos and the Sun Prairie Cardinals. Nate and JP discuss with Coach Boos how he rebuilt his culture and the value of J.P.'s mentorship program and culture coaching through the process. Interested in Mentorship and Culture Coaching? Fill Out this Form: https://forms.gle/mrLEAjKLUcjQgi4o8 Or just schedule a call here: https://calendly.com/thriveonchallenge Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! How would coaches know that there are some thing seriously wrong with their culture? - Check their reactions during a loss - Check their responses to tough situations - Connect with kids and check in on them How do you connect better with your players? - More 1 on 1 individual meetings - Let your kids know that you have an open door policy Strategies for Developing Emotional Intelligence 1. Starts with the coach managing their emotions. 
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In our latest #CoachingCulture podcast, Nate and I are sharing practical tools on how we as coaches can help teach our players how to recover from their mistakes. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Failable recovery is the key to sustainable excellence. We will rise and fall to the level of our training. Steps to implementing that system: 1. Help them become self-aware of their own self-talk 2. Ritual that symbolizes the break from what happened to what will happen 3. Athlete needs to focus on what’s important NOW When you acknowledge your mistakes, you accept your reality and can move past it. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson jpnerbun@thriveonchallenge.com Nate_S@BreakthroughBasketball.com

In our latest #CoachingCulture episode, Nate and I share how to build your team’s mistake response. Get the weekly podcast coaching notes by going to thriveonchallenge.com and subscribing to the weekly newsletter! Nate shares how one player on his team went from letting nerves get to her to helping the team win the state championship with her at the free throw line. How do you get your athletes to become self-aware of their responses to their mistakes? - Ask them to write down how you think teammates, coaches, parents, and people in the stands will respond to the mistakes you make in a game. - Ask them to write about which category’s thoughts would affect them the most. - Discuss how as a team, you can help each player through their mistakes. When someone makes a mistake, it is a race to go to them and reinforce that you still trust them and believe in them as a teammate. Cut out saying, “my bad” to help stop the negative self-talk. We'd love to hear from you! Twitter: @jpnerbun @CoachNSanderson j