Motivation

Video New Additions from the Original Presentation On the role of parents in athletics (speaker not named in the recording; context — age 48, a daughter in trap shooting — indicates Rob Miller rather than… Watch now Video What Drives Your Team Drawn from 20 years of watching thousands of high school and college teams — on the six things that drive teams, presented as an ascending ladder with the… Watch now Video Self-Correct On self-correction as a motivational and teaching technique used by great coaches. Topics covered: the standard model of immediate correction (simple,… Watch now Video Commitment - The Five Levels On commitment — answering the question coaches always raise ("we need more commitment from our athletes") with the sharper question: commitment to what?… Watch now Video Best Players, Best Workers Best Players, Best Workers (Short Clip) Watch now Podcast Pick One, Play Them All Rob Miller on the myths and realities of early specialization: 88% of college athletes played multiple sports, overuse injuries are up 70%, and the scholarship math almost nobody checks. Listen now Podcast After Practice, We Were Dad and Son Joe Harris, Hall of Fame Washington high school basketball coach for 31 years at two small schools, on coaching his own son — who went on to the NBA — and teams that outwork people and play together. Listen now Booklet The 10 Disciplines By Bruce and Dana Brown on the role of discipline in building successful team cultures. After an opening section on what discipline is and why it matters,… Read now Booklet Positive Conditioning Team Building Through Positive Conditioning" — describing how to transform conditioning from punishment into a privilege that builds teams. Brown lays out… Read now Booklet Motivational Strategies for Coaches Describing the attributes of a coaching style that produces motivated athletes and teams — a style that propels players into action and activates the… Read now Booklet Called to Coach and Inspire - 7 Motivational Concepts Built around the phrase "There was this coach…" — the words successful adults so often use when naming the person who changed their lives. It presents… Read now Article Black Belt Mom This article from Proactive Coaching, written by guest contributor Teri Helms and included in the Parents and Coaches Working Together collection, offers… Read now Article Motivation for Business Teams Motivation — Business Teams Read now Article Look Within And Find A Way This article by Bruce E. Brown of Proactive Coaching, from the Leadership collection, shares a two-step approach to handling challenges that a wise person… Read now Article Greet Your Players This article by Bruce E. Brown of Proactive Coaching, from his Motivational Strategies for Coaches series, urges coaches to take time at the start of… Read now Article Celebrate Small Successes This article by Bruce E. Brown explains that celebrating small successes does not mean being satisfied – it means recognizing progress and movement in the… Read now Article At Risk Athletes This article from Proactive Coaching, written by Tim Driver, addresses dealing effectively with at-risk personalities in your environment, whether you are… Read now Article 5 Reasons Kids Lose Their Love Of Sport This article from Proactive Coaching is an excerpt from the booklet Youth Coaching, Four Keys to Successful Season. It identifies the five factors besides… Read now Article Work This article by Bruce E. Brown, from the Proactive Coaching Life Lessons collection, presents "Work" as a championship principle. It explains that work… Read now Article Purpose This article by Bruce E. Brown of Proactive Coaching, from the Life Lessons collection, presents the Championship Principle of Purpose under the title… Read now Article Motivation This article by Bruce E. Brown of Proactive Coaching, from the Life Lessons #2 collection, is part of the Championship Principles series and focuses on… Read now