In this episode, we discuss:

• Goals for his athletes
• What is transformative coaching?
• Elevating soccer players to become better versions of themselves through transformative coaching to recognize and overcome obstacles
• What holds talented athletes back from succeeding?
• When athletes get into a state of dysregulation that negatively impacts performance
• Kids these days are under so much pressure from coaches, parents, teammates. Last place they need pressure is at home. 
• How parents of young athletes can better support their children

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky. 

Before joining the Cardinals organization, he worked in a variety of baseball operations and player development roles with the New York Yankees in addition to a number of other positions in the game of baseball. 

We talk about:

• Dan’s journey through baseball
• Progression through roles and finding your fit
• “As long as you think you’re green, you’ll grow. As soon as you think you’re ripe, you’ll rot.”
• Who he learns from and what he’s improved the most
• What players gain by making use of video
• What’s important when working with young players with aspirations?
• Advice for players to be successful

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky. 

As a starter on the 1982 National Championship team at UNC, with his teammate Michael Jordan, Matt began his leadership journey under the legendary Dean Smith. As a coach, he was the 2001 AP National Coach of the Year after leading UNC to the ACC regular season championship. After his coaching career, Matt worked with ESPN, the Indiana Pacers, and the Atlantic 10 Conference. He’s also author of the book, Rebound: From Pain to Passion.

Hear about:

• Who Matt learned from, as he played for and worked for Hall of Fame coaches, played with HoF athletes, and coached many great athletes
• What he wishes he learned sooner
• His mission statement
• Leadership is a learned behavior
• Putting yourself in position to learn
• 6 principles of leadership
• Adversity: What went wrong? Why did this happen? How do you prepare for your next opportunity? 
• Gaining perspective on the things outside your control
• Culture and culture-building

Connect with Coach Doherty at https://dohertycoaching.com 

About the host

Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on LinkedIn or Bluesky. 

Charlie is a master basketball coach, author, and owner of ATTACK Basketball Academy in the Dallas, Texas area. As a player, he was a McDonald’s All-American and Florida’s Gatorade Player of the Year at South Miami High School, played at Indiana University and in the Junior Olympics, and played professionally in Europe and the US. 

As a coach, he began by training hundreds of players individually and on teams, founded ATTACK Basketball Academy in 2009, and has been a head coach with Breakthrough Basketball.

We talked about:

• What Charlie learned from the coaches you played for and how he developed a process over outcomes approach
• Coaching the whole player
• Harnessing the power of the mind to enhance performance on the court.
• How can coaches integrate mental toughness development, and lessons learned from personal coaching experiences to create tailored training strategies for young athletes?
• Tailored strategies to bring out the best in young athletes.
• It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you have

About today’s guest

Charlie Miller is a master basketball coach, author, and owner of ATTACK Basketball Academy with almost 2 decades of experience working with players who desperately want to achieve their basketball goals but are frustrated by confidence-crushing roadblocks. By coaching the whole player (physically, intellectually, and emotionally), Charlie creates breakthrough experiences from the inside out, allowing his clients to accelerate the realization of their dreams and have fun in the process.

Charlie has taken the collection of his experiences over 30+ years as a player along with his gift for connection and created a simple system of coaching to reach any player. Since 2009, his business has helped tens of thousands of players achieve their next level of success both on and off the basketball court.

An internationally recognized expert basketball coach, Charlie has been a recurring host of Indiana Sports Beat Radio and has previously been featured on ESPN 30 for 30, the B1G Ten Network, the Sports Psychology podcast, Breakthrough Basketball podcast, and many others.

Learn more:

• https://facebook.com/attackbball
• https://instagram.com/attackbball
• https://youtube.com/attackbball
• https://linkedin.com/attackbball
• https://attackbball.com
• https://courses.attackbball.com 

Building on our previous discussion, we cover:

• Running a championship practice and who has a role to play
• Goals and determiners of a championship practice
• Selling players on the idea
• Top 3 questions for coaches to ask
• What do you do if you’re getting “no” to these Qs?
• Taking championship practices into the game
• Goal for a coach: players are excited to come back tomorrow

About the guest:

Adam Sarancik is the owner of Elevate Sports Academy and mentors student-athletes in physical conditioning, nutrition, career and college counseling and sport skills. He has spent most of his adult life mentoring youth ages 8-22 in baseball, softball, soccer and basketball.

In baseball, Adam’s teams have consistently won championships at every youth league and high school level. In administration, he has served as league founder, board member and coaches’ and players’ clinic director many times in his 40+ year coaching career.

His articles have been frequently published in ABCA’s Inside Pitch, in Collegiate Baseball News, and on the CoachesInsider.com, SportsEngine.com and CoachDeck.com websites.  He is also a favorite guest on national baseball coaching podcasts. Adam is the author of four Amazon Top 100 Best Selling Baseball coaching books, Coaching Champions for Life – The Process of Mentoring the Person, Athlete and Player, Takeaway Quotes for Coaching Champions for Life; A Ground Ball to Shortstop – How and Why Coaches See Their Game Differently Than Anyone Else, and Teacher, Role Model, Mentor: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Coaching.

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• What are the reasons for sports participation?
• Why should coaches coach?
• The roles of a coach
• The Person-Athlete-Player Philosophy and why is it so necessary and successful in developing not just champions, but more importantly, Champions for Life
• How leagues can support coaches
• Getting parents involved
• “An athlete has benefited from being part of our program if…”

About the guest:

Adam Sarancik is the owner of Elevate Sports Academy and mentors student-athletes in physical conditioning, nutrition, career and college counseling and sport skills. He has spent most of his adult life mentoring youth ages 8-22 in baseball, softball, soccer and basketball.

In baseball, Adam’s teams have consistently won championships at every youth league and high school level. In administration, he has served as league founder, board member and coaches’ and players’ clinic director many times in his 40+ year coaching career.

His articles have been frequently published in ABCA’s Inside Pitch, in Collegiate Baseball News, and on the CoachesInsider.com, SportsEngine.com and CoachDeck.com websites.  He is also a favorite guest on national baseball coaching podcasts. Adam is the author of four Amazon Top 100 Best Selling Baseball coaching books, Coaching Champions for Life – The Process of Mentoring the Person, Athlete and Player, Takeaway Quotes for Coaching Champions for Life; A Ground Ball to Shortstop – How and Why Coaches See Their Game Differently Than Anyone Else, and Teacher, Role Model, Mentor: Lessons Learned From a Lifetime in Coaching.

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• What inspired Matt to become a coach
• The role of a youth coach
• Reviewing the youth sports landscape
• Player-centered coaching
• Putting a coaching philosophy into action
• Mental side of the game
• Recommended books: Every Moment Matters by John O’Sullivan; Beyond Basketball by Mike Krzyzewski; Lifetime of Observations and Reflections by John Wooden; Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In his day job, George is a distinguished leader renowned for his transformative impact across management consulting, pharmaceutical, and non-profit sectors. He founded the boutique consulting firm Launchpad Five One Six, "The Launchcast" podcast, and has expanded into a virtual leadership coaching division.

George has delivered keynote addresses globally and delivered in three TEDx talks. In 2022, he co-founded SPEAK, a global public speaking platform that amplifies voices worldwide through live events and streaming media.

In this episode, we discuss:

• George’s lifelong interest in sports and how he got started with coaching
• What young athletes are looking for in a community sports program
• Memorable stories from coaching
• What he focuses on with supporting young athletes
• Growth of flag football
• Balancing business and involvement in other activities
• Using earned perspective to benefit coaching

Connect with George:

• https://www.instagram.com/launchpadceo 
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeandriopoulos
• http://www.twitter.com/launchpadceo
• https://www.tiktok.com/@launchpadceo 
• https://georgeandriopoulos.com 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Travis hosts a podcast targeted to athletes who are thinking about or about to embark on a journey overseas, as well as a Youtube show that showcases the journeys of athletes from around the sports world. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• His athlete’s journey
• Coaches who made an impact along the way – what made a difference?
• His worst experience with coaches
• What coaches should do to help young athletes determine their goals
• The journeys athletes have shared on his show
• Common challenges for athletes
• Going overseas as an athlete – making the decision, what to know
• Who should or shouldn’t do it?
• https://m.youtube.com/@AnAthletesJourney

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Claudio entered coaching at age 18
• His coaching philosophy developed over 40 years of experience
• His book Lead from the Heart Up, Not the Neck Up
• How scouting helps Claudio with coaching
• His focus areas for player development
• What makes a great baseball player?
• Advice to HS athletes who want to play in college
• What honor in his career has meant the most?

About today’s guest

Claudio Reilsono is the General Manager and professional baseball scout with the Global Scouting Bureau as well as the head baseball Coach at Carnegie Mellon University. During his tenure the team has had its most successful seasons including two consecutive conference championships in 2015 and 2016. Reilsono is the all-time leader in wins at CMU.

As a professional scout, Claudio has assisted in professional player signings all over the world and was named General Manager of the Global Scouting Bureau in 2002. Claudio is also a professional hitting instructor, conducts his own hitting camps in several states, produced a hitting video in 2003, and is a hired instructor at many baseball camps.

In 2011 Claudio was voted into the Carnegie Mellon University Baseball Hall of Fame and was awarded the Willie Stargell MVP Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2014, he was voted into the Steel City Sports Hall of Fame and in 2016 was named Italian Coach of the Year by the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame (Pittsburgh Chapter).

Learn about his work at www.claudioreilsono.com 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

UC Davis is a special place for Coach Gross, as she was a point guard for the program from 1993-1997, before returning as an assistant coach in 2004. She led the Aggies to five straight Big West Conference regular season titles from 2017-2021. 

During her time as both an assistant and head coach, she’s helped the Aggies to three NCAA Division I Tournament berths and five appearances in the WNIT, including a trip to the WNIT Elite Eight in 2018.

We talk about team success, team culture, the program’s core values, relationships with student-athletes and more. 

Hear about:

• The program’s transition from D-II to D-I
• Jennifer’s transition from assistant to head coach
• Building a program and creating a culture
• How schools can set coaches up for success
• Why fit matters in recruiting
• Staying competitive with graduation and transfers
• Team-building strategies
• Motivating today’s student-athletes

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Damon is a two-time bestselling author, the host of The Learn-It-All Podcast, and CEO of Learnit – a live learning platform that has upskilled over 2 million people. He also was a Division-I college baseball player who was drafted to play professionally and draws from this experience to bring an athlete’s perspective to leadership. 

Damon is passionate about helping young athletes develop a learn-it-all mindset and moving away from pressuring kids to specialize in one sport. Today, we talk about:

• Damon’s baseball career and the lessons he learned from coaches
• Applying an athlete’s perspective to leadership
• The downsides of specialization and the year-round emphasis on only one sport
• The learn-it-all mindset for youth development
• Building confidence in young athletes
• Navigating pressure and expectations in youth sports

Connect with Damon and learn more about his work:

• www.learnit.com 
• www.thelearnitallleader.com 
• LinkedIn
• Instagram: @damonlembi, @Learnittraining

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Aaron has served as a head high school football coach for 12 seasons in Wyoming, assistant for 4 seasons, and has also coached wrestling, basketball, and track. He is currently consulting with sports teams and elite individuals who want to learn mindset and mental conditioning skills.

Our conversation covers:

• How to determine the culture you want to set and how that’s evolved for Aaron during his career
• Who helps to build the culture?
• How to develop leaders within the team
• The challenges that make culture-building “easier said than done”
• Developing mental toughness, leadership and other skills

Connect with Aaron:

• Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, & TikTok: @aaronmakelky. 
• LinkedIn
• https://aaronmakelky.com 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

We discuss:

• How to introduce kids to golf
• Good motivators for golfers
• The opportunities available to young golfers
• What parents should be prepared for if they’re getting kids into golf
• Resources for parents and coaches
• The biggest challenges to junior golf development today
• Predictors of success for junior golfers

Learn more about the Golf Performance Center:

• www.thegolfperformanceacademy.com
• https://golfpdi.com 
• YouTube

About today’s guest

Lee-Anne Gilchrist is a motivator and educator who has worked with hundreds of athletes and their parents in the quest for athletic success in college and on the professional tours. With a dream to create a unique environment for athletic development, Lee-Anne was a founding partner of two successful junior golf academies. She is currently the CEO of the Golf Performance Center & Academy, in Ridgefield, Connecticut working with young people from all over the world to nurture intrinsic motivation and unlock human potential. 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. 

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

We discuss:

• How Taylor’s experience as an athlete serves her as a coach — and understanding the limits
• The education and training that contributes to her coaching
• Personalization of coaching
• Building blocks of mental performance
• Mental skills that are beneficial in hockey
• What makes a hockey player successful?
• Visualization techniques
• What Taylor covers on The Athletic Mind Podcast

About today’s guest

Taylor Cook is a retired professional hockey player with over 25+ years of international experience, owner of Taylored Minds Coaching where she works as a mental performance coach serving athletes and sports coaches, and she is the founder and host of The Athletic Mind podcast. Learn more about Taylor:

• https://www.taylored-minds.com
• LinkedIn
• The Athletic Mind Podcast

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Adolfo was a competitive athlete and is a performance mentor to professional athletes on the ATP and WTA tours, C-Suite executives of large multinational corporations, and performance artists such as Grammy nominated singers and opera stars.

Our conversation covers:

• The Optimal Performance Formula
• What makes a tennis athlete great
• How Adolfo approaches his work with tennis athletes
• Growth mindset
• Applying the science of performance from sports to business challenges
• Lessons from athletes including Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Carlos Alcaraz, Jerry Rice, and Tiger Woods
• Learn more about Adolfo’s work at www.gold-results.com 

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions here: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

About today’s guest

Adolfo Gómez Sánchez has dedicated over three decades to studying and modeling what drives optimal performance. His mission is to mentor professional athletes, leading multinational corporations, and performance artists to achieve the best version of themselves and to gain the “millimeters” of difference that separate champions from the rest in every field.

He holds an Ivy League Graduate Degree from Yale University and an undergraduate degree from McGill University, complemented by thirty years of studying scientific research on performance. He has merged his academic knowledge of what science has discovered that drives performance with his experience in the trenches as a competitive athlete and as a performance mentor to professional athletes on the ATP and WTA tours, C-Suite executives of large multinational corporations, and performance artists such as Grammy nominated singers and opera stars. Follow him on LinkedIn.

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

In 2015, Jen became the first female coach in NFL history when she coached linebackers for the Arizona Cardinals. She was also the first woman to play a contact position in men’s professional football when she signed as a running back with the Texas Revolution, a professional indoor football team.

Jen also had a distinguished career in women’s professional football, as a 2x World Champion with the US and 8x pro bowler. She’s a culture shift expert with an MS in sport psychology and PhD in psychology. And, as you may expect, she was an amazing guest on the show. 

You'll hear about all this and more:

• Jen’s journey to playing and coaching football
• How she prepared herself for the opportunity to coach — before even knowing it was possible
• Shattering the “glass sideline” (in both the NFL and Madden 2020)
• The power of authentic leadership
• Keeping players physically and mentally healthy
• The state of women’s football and Grrridiron Girls flag football 
• What difference can coaches make in changing opportunities for their athletes and future coaches?

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions to hear more great episodes coming up this summer and fall: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

It was a pleasure to speak with Jason about the following and more:

• How Jason got into coaching and why he almost quit in 2018, nearly 20 years into his career
• What he learned about avoiding burnout
• Advice for new coaches 
• The most important things any coach can do
• Connecting with today’s student-athletes
• The pillars of high performance
• Jason’s Competitive Advantage Newsletter, which strives to help coaches improve the performance of teams, coaches and athletes. Subscribe here: https://thecompetitiveadvantage.ck.page/profile 

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions here: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

About today’s guest

Jason has coached the Varsity Boys Basketball team in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada for the past 24 seasons and works with teams and athletes as a Mental Performance Coach. He is also the author of the Competitive Advantage Newsletter which strives to help coaches improve the performance of teams, coaches and athletes. Connect with him on Twitter @jasonpayne306 and LinkedIn. 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

At Flagler, whose sports teams compete at NCAA Division-II, Connor oversees a sports performance department that services over 400 athletes. Under his direction, Flagler has produced 169 All-Conference selections, 22 All-Americans, and a number of professional athletes in a variety of sports.

We cover:

• How Connor decided to get into this work and what education he received
• The myths about strength training
• When young athletes should begin weight training 
• Which sports have the biggest gap in training between the high school and college levels?
• Questions athletes should ask when beginning their training program
• Character and other important traits to develop in youth and amateur sports
• What athletic departments, coaches and/or parents should be looking for in a strength/conditioning/performance coach (certifications, training, qualifications, etc.)

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions here: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

About today’s guest

Connor Gettemy (Coach G) is the Director of Sports Performance at Flagler College and Owner of Gett Strong Performance, both located in St. Augustine, Florida. At Flagler, Connor oversees a sports performance department that services over 400 collegiate athletes. During his five-plus years as director, Flagler teams have won 23 conference championships and been to ten Sweet Sixteens, six Elite Eights, and four Final Fours. Under Coach G's direction, Flagler has produced 169 All-Conference selections, 22 All-Americans, and a number of professional athletes in a variety of sports. Coach G's company, Gett Strong Performance, specializes in youth and high-school sports performance with a mission to "Strengthen the Individual" - both in body and character so that young boys and girls can become the best possible versions of themselves. Learn more:

• https://www.gettstrongperformance.com 
• https://www.instagram.com/gettstrongperformance 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

He coached first at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, where his players included Ewing, and in NCAA Division-I at Boston University, George Washington, St. John’s, and Florida Atlantic. His teams made 9 NCAA tournaments, including a Sweet 16 and an Elite 8 appearance, and a number of NIT tournaments. 

He has also served as a college basketball commentator and has written three books, Skills for Life, Everybody Needs a Head Coach and 7 C’s of Leadership.

We discuss:

• His biggest influence, Red Auerbach
• His coaching and leadership philosophies
• The benefits of playing multiple sports
• Achieving success at mid-major universities, along with major conference programs
• Coaching along with his son, Mike Jarvis II, on his staff
• The thrill of going head-to-head with Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Calhoun, and Jim Boeheim
• What separates the good players from the great ones
• What he’s learned in life after basketball, and what he wishes he knew back when he was coaching
• Message to coaches who want to make their mark

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions here: https://ss.bepodcast.network/subscribe 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

He has authored two books "Attainment, the 12 Elements of Elite Performance" and "Fore the Mind, the Mental Program for Golf" and is the mental coach for Crown Golf Academy. 

Our conversation covers:

• How Troy became a mental performance coach
• Why the mental game is vital to success in sport
• Do athletes train correctly in individual sports like golf and shooting?
• How can an athlete gain mental consistency?
• Most important traits of a beginning golfer
• Golf training techniques
• Habits and attitudes of a champion 
• Having control of your mind when under pressure
• How elite golfers like Tiger Woods perform under pressure

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions here: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

About today’s guest

Troy Bassham has been a mental performance coach, teaching mental management full time since 2004. He has authored two books "Attainment, the 12 Elements of Elite Performance" and "Fore the Mind, the Mental Program for Golf". He is also the mental coach for Crown Golf Academy and works with athletes of all ages and level, from high school to professional. He is the owner of Podium Performance. Learn more at https://mentalmanagement.com. 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

We discuss:

• How Kurt got into coaching
• Differences in coaching on the east coast vs. west coast
• His core coaching philosophy
• How he turned it around when he was feeling overwhelmed
• When he learned from his mentors
• Lessons learned the hard way
• Approach to building a coaching staff
• Balancing individual goals and the team
• The hardest thing about being a coach
• Question coaches should ask themselves
• Book recommendation: Inside Out Coaching by Joe Herman

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About today’s guest

Having coached high school football for over 27+ years now (on both the east and west coast), Kurt Hines has found that football (no matter where you are), is so much like life... It's all about connecting with, working with, and empowering those around you! His passion is to do just that... To work with individuals, teams, and businesses, to create winning cultures, and to EMPOWER those he works with, to do, be, and to accomplish more than they ever thought possible! Connect with him on social media:

• https://twitter.com/CoachKurtHines
• https://www.instagram.com/coachkurthines

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

Through Student ACES, Krissy has positively impacted over 50,000 high school student-athletes and has taught them leadership skills, values, and character education to be successful men and women in the classroom, the athletic fields and in their communities. Krissy coaches both 12U softball and flag football.

We discuss:

• What it means to be a student-athlete
• The mission of Creating Champions
• Helping athletes develop and lead with their core values
• Working with young athletes - 12U softball
• Having a clear contract with parents regarding conduct
• Working with high school athletes
• Longitudinal study on mindsets and resilience
• Goal-setting with athletes

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About today’s guest

Krissy Webb is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Student ACES, a 501c3 with the mission to create Champions. Through Student ACES, Krissy has positively impacted over 50,000 high school student-athletes and has taught them leadership skills, values, and character education to be successful men and women in the classroom, the athletic fields and in their communities.

She is a certified instructor of Mental Health First Aid. Krissy lives in Palm Beach Gardens with her husband and twin daughters. If Krissy is not with high school students you will find her on the softball field with her daughters and the 12u Aces Elite travel softball team, she is the head coach. Learn more: https://studentaces.org 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

He has over 15 years of experience working with elite military service members, MLB, NBA, and MLS players and coaches, college athletes, and business executives, bringing to the table not only years of knowledge in research-based mental performance but also over a decade of experience in improving people's quality of life.

We discuss:

• How Robert got into mental performance coaching and began working with athletes
• What mindset do athletes need?
• The importance of mental skills for an athlete
• Key skills for mental performance: goal-setting, imagery, attention, confidence, energy management
• Learning from failure and the benefits of thinking about failure
• Misconceptions about mental skills training
• How parents can support young athletes

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About today’s guest

As a Certified Mental Performance Coach (CMPC) with the Association of Applied Sport Psychology and with over 15 years of experience working with elite military service members, MLB, NBA, and MLS players and coaches, collegiate athletes, and business executives, Robert Castillo brings to the table not only years of knowledge in research-based mental performance but also over a decade of experience in improving people's quality of life. He has a Master's degree in counseling psychology with an emphasis in Sport Psychology. Learn more:

• https://www.castlecorpconsulting.com 
• www.linkedin.com/in/robertpcastillo-cmpc 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In this conversation, Richard speaks with Dwain Chambers. Having come from an abusive and challenging home, Dwain discovered a talent for athletics and became the fastest teenager in the world. He is the only man in the world to have broken 10 seconds in the 100-meter sprint in three different decades, is an 8-time British 100M champion, has won multiple world athletics medals, and has competed against the likes of Carl Lewis and Usain Bolt. But his career was blighted by doping and performance-enhancing drug use. 

In this candid and provocative episode, Dwain talks frankly about all of it and what he has learned along the way. He shares how he uses his experiences to work with a new generation of potential athletic stars. Education, discipline, role models, and trust are topics of discussion.

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About the host

Richard Gerver is a sought-after speaker, world-renowned thinker, and bestselling author of books including Change and Simple Thinking. His career began in education, first as a teacher and then as a school principal, when he turned the fortunes of a failing school and its pupils around in just two years.

Now regarded as one of the world's leading thinkers on human leadership and organizational transformation, Richard has worked with an extraordinary range of people, from elite athletes to former US President Barack Obama. Named UK Business Speaker of the Year three times, Richard has been invited to speak on the world’s most recognized stages, including TED, the RSA, and the BBC.

Follow Richard on Twitter @richardgerver and on LinkedIn. 

Heather is a Master Level Mental Management Certified Coach trained personally by the Founder of Mental Management, Olympic Champion Lanny Bassham.

We discuss:

• What is Mental Management?
• Why the mental game is vital to success in sport
• Having control of your mind when under pressure
• How parents can get started supporting their child with the mental game of sports
• Habits and attitudes of a champion
• Figuring out where your child stands — passion, ability, potential
• How to build a young athlete’s self-image
• Heather’s podcast, She Wins: Solutions and Stories for Women

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About today’s guest

Heather Sumlin is owner of Sumlin Solutions, a company specializing in helping women reach their potential in sport, competition, and in life. Heather is a Master Level Mental Management Certified Coach trained personally by the Founder of Mental Management, Olympic Champion Lanny Bassham, who is also her father. She was raised in a household where the success principles of the system were part of every day life. Heather has been teaching the this proven mental system for over 16 years and has helped clients reach success at the state, national, and international levels. Learn more:

• http://www.heathersumlin.com
• https://www.youtube.com/@SumlinSolutionsStories/videos 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

Today’s guest is Jared Zeidman, a basketball coach with 15 years’ experience in college athletics who authored the new book Nail the Recruiting Process.

This conversation touches on Jared’s direct experience plus his conversations with numerous coaches and athletes, as we explore evidence that suggests the college athletics landscape is changing rapidly. For student-athletes hoping to get recruited, and the coaches and parents who are supporting them, this information is a must-have. 

We discuss:

• How the college sports landscape is changing
• The myths about how college coaches think
• What coaches are looking for: Talent, Attitude, Resilience, Communication
• How athletes can get confirmation of their ability and the schools they should target
• Jared’s GEAR Framework (Growth-Oriented, Engaged, Aware, Ready)
• Red flags in the recruiting process
• Developing the right network
• Find the book Nail the Recruiting Process here: https://www.nailtherecruitingprocess.com

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About today’s guest

Jared Zeidman steps into the literary world with his debut book, "Nail The Recruiting Process," bringing with him nearly 15 years of extensive experience in college athletics. Prior to this venture, Zeidman made the courageous decision to step away from full-time coaching and focus on his recovery from severe complications related to a Covid-19 infection. Currently serving as a consultant for college coaches aiming to build successful programs and high school athletes seeking recruitment, Zeidman is recognized by his dynamic energy, developmental lens on coaching and a passion for sports that extends beyond the field of play.

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

I wanted to share a short message about what to expect next on the show, along with an opportunity to support our next season with your ideas and recommendations. Listen to this short episode for:

• A preview of what's upcoming on the show
• A request for your feedback and ideas to make the show better
• An opportunity to recommend guests for Season 2

To connect and share your ideas, reach out on Twitter @RossBRomano, LinkedIn, or via email. 

Prior to this role, she served as the Manager of Youth Basketball for the LA Clippers (NBA); was an assistant coach at Stanford, the University of Southern California, and UC-Santa Barbara; and was an Honorable Mention All-America as a player at the University of Missouri. 

We discussed the transformative power of sport for individuals and communities, including:

• Evan’s belief that sports saved her life
• Expanding access to basketball through PeacePlayers and the Junior Clippers program
• What she learned from coaches
• How PeacePlayers demonstrates impact through sport
• Illustrating the dramatic impact sports can have in communities
• What Evan emphasizes in her coaching
• Connecting with PeacePlayers: www.peaceplayers.org 

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About today’s guest

Evan Unrau joined PeacePlayers United States in 2020 as the Director of their Los Angeles chapter. In her role Unrau brings with her an unwavering sense of self that she hopes will support young people as they authentically develop their own personal identity in the safe spaces that her team works hard to cultivate. Evan’s passions sit at the intersection of empowering women, elevating sport, building community through meaningful relationships, and expanding young people's access to great programs and better people.

Prior to her work with PeacePlayers, Evan served as the Manager of Youth Basketball for the LA Clippers. Here, Unrau notably supported the growth of the Jr. Clippers program into one of the NBA’s largest youth basketball programs, boasting over 100,000 kids in the Southern California region. Evan’s success with the Clippers afforded her opportunities to live into her purpose and continue her commitment to engaging girls in sport with the delivery of a variety of events in collaboration with the NBA, WNBA, and Jr. NBA.

A four-year letter winner at Missouri, she earned Honorable Mention All-America honors as well as a two-time first team all-league selection, and 3-time Big-12 Academic 1st team selection Unrau captained the United States team at the 2003 World University Games in Daegu, South Korea. She was drafted by the WNBA’s Washington Mystics in the third round in 2004 and played professionally overseas for two seasons. Most recently in 2017 Unrau was inducted into the SEC Legends Class.

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

Brooke is the most successful manager in West Coast League history, having skippered the Knights to 10 championships in his 15-year tenure at the helm, including the last seven consecutive titles. He has been coach of the year 8 times. 

Brooke also managed the Perth Heat of the Australian Baseball League — a winter league for professionals from all around the world — to back-to-back titles in 2011-12. 

Our conversation covers:

• What makes a good baseball manager versus a good coach in other sports
• Relevance of Brooke’s professional playing career in Pirates and Brewers organizations
• His coaching philosophy
• Lessons learned from his mentors
• Coaching players like number 1 overall draft pick Adley Rutschmann
• What separates good teams from great teams and good athletes from great ones?
• Developing productive relationships with athletes
• Importance of Brooke’s teams winning the sportsmanship award three times

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Learn more about Brooke Knight:

• www.corvallisknights.com 
• www.theabl.com.au 
• www.kfhomeloans.com 

About the host:

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

The landscape can be complex and hard-to-understand, so it’s quite valuable to hear from Jeff. Our conversation covers:

• How Jeff developed his knowledge of the recruitment process and what he learned
• Differences across different sports
• When to begin researching types of programs (NCAA, NAIA, Juco, etc.), specific schools,  and scholarships
• Using social media and other online tools to get coaches’ attention
• The responsibilities of the student-athlete, parents, and high school coaches
• What are college programs looking for?
• Red flags to look out for during recruitment
• Making up for lost time
• Additional resources: http://jeffhowell.me 

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Learn more from Jeff Howell:

• http://jeffhowell.me
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffhowell76
• https://www.facebook.com/jeffhowell76
• https://twitter.com/jeffhowell76 

About the host:

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In this episode, Richard speaks with Edu Rubio, a UEFA pro soccer coach who has been assistant manager for such storied clubs as Wolverhampton Wanderers, West Ham United Women, and Crystal Palace FC.

Edu talks about his young life and his journey into professional soccer. He discusses the disappointment of realizing that he would never make it as a player and how he coped with the setbacks to reimagine his career as a coach. He also shares incredible insights into the world of elite sport and the mindsets of high-performing athletes, having coached at the pinnacle of both men’s and women’s soccer as well as working with some of the most gifted children in the game.

Further, Edu shares the lessons he picked up from working with one of the world’s most celebrated coaches, Julen Lopetegui, who has led the Spain senior national team and clubs such as Real Madrid, Sevilla, and Wolverhampton.

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About the host

Richard Gerver is a sought-after speaker, world-renowned thinker, and bestselling author of books including Change and Simple Thinking. His career began in education, first as a teacher and then as a school principal, when he turned the fortunes of a failing school and its pupils around in just two years.

Now regarded as one of the world's leading thinkers on human leadership and organizational transformation, Richard has worked with an extraordinary range of people, from elite athletes to former US President Barack Obama. Named UK Business Speaker of the Year three times, Richard has been invited to speak on the world’s most recognized stages, including TED, the RSA and the BBC.

Follow Richard on Twitter @richardgerver and on LinkedIn. 

Sue is a trailblazing track and field coach who rates among the most successful coaches ever. 

In the early 1970s, after Title IX was enacted, she originated the women’s track program at Arizona State University. She also has coaches at the University of Texas and California State University - Long Beach. Sue is the only female coach to have coached NCAA champions in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump.

Sue also coached for Team USA at the Olympics 3 times, including as Head Women’s Track & Field Coach in 2004. She individually coached 1996 Men’s Olympic High Jump Gold Medalist Charles Austin.

In this conversation, hear about her 50+ years in coaching and a variety of expert insights. The conversation includes:

• How Sue got started as a coach all the way back in high school
• Progress made since Title IX
• Ongoing challenges for female athletes and coaches
• What it’s like to coach at the Olympics
• Her experience working with all-time great athletes Wilt Chamberlain and Jackie Joyner-Kersee
• Key lessons from her book, I Want to Run: The Olympic Developmental Training and Nutritional Guide For Young & Teen Track Runners Ages 10 To 18

Find Sue’s book, I Want to Run, on Amazon. 

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions to hear the rest of our fall-winter season. We’ll continue to bring you insights from diverse coaches across the sporting landscape. Subscribe here: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In this conversation, hear about:

• What taylor observed in his decade-plus working around high school sports
• Teaching, motivating, mentoring
• The culture he aims to build
• Getting players to become leaders and stakeholders in the culture
• Top skills to build
• Taylor’s recommended resource – SAVI Coaching: https://savicoach.com 

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About today’s guest

Taylor Siebert is in his second season as head high school boys basketball coach for Heartland Community Schools in Henderson, Nebraska. He is founder and CEO of Striv Education, a company that empowers educators with curriculum and coaching to effectively integrate technology with hands-on learning for students through broadcasting and digital media education.

Connect with Taylor:

• @taylorsiebert
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorsiebert 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In addition to his work with NBA players, Alex has worked with NFL and NCAA athletes, elite head coaches, military members, Fortune 500 executives, and venture capital funds as a performance psychologist and executive coach. 

We discussed Alex’s definition of high performance, his experience working with athletes at a variety of levels, helping young athletes overcome some of their most challenging struggles, and more:

• What Alex does in his current role
• How he got into performance psychology and coaching
• Athletes’ most common struggles and their causes
• Signs to look for when young athletes experience performance anxiety
• Blending athletic performance with overall wellbeing
• Developing teamwork, team mindset, and motivation
• Key insights for parents of athletes

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About today’s guest

Dr. Alex Auerbach is the Sr. Director of Wellness and Development for the Toronto Raptors (National Basketball Association). In addition to his work with NBA players, he’s worked with elite head coaches, military members, Fortune 500 executives, and venture capital funds. He’s an expert on peak performance and the psychology of coaching.

Learn more:

• Perform Newsletter: https://perform.substack.com 
• Twitter: @alexauerbachphd

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here.

Samantha Arsenault Livingstone is an Olympic gold medalist swimmer, high-performance consultant, speaker and mental health activist. She also co-captained the 2005 National Champion University of Georgia swim team. 

Samantha spent time as a high school science teacher and swim coach, and in 2016, she founded Livingstone High Performance (LHP) and the Whole Athlete Initiative (the WAI) in response to the mental health crisis impacting young people across the globe. LHP provides pillars of support to organizations, teams, and individuals to elevate mental health and improve performance - disrupting the old-school model of mental toughness as the path to high achievement.

We discussed Samantha’s positive and negative experiences with coaching beginning at a young age — including how it contributed to her complicated feelings toward the sport for many years after earning Olympic gold — as well as mental fitness for coaches and athletes, and much more:

• When Samantha got interested in coaching
• Her personal definition of what it means to be a coach
• The challenges of coaching a sport at which she was a world-class athlete
• The WHOLE Athlete Initiative and what motivated her to start it
• The pillars of the Initiative and what they’re built around
• Vulnerability in coaching

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About today’s guest

Samantha Arsenault Livingstone is an Olympic gold medalist, high-performance consultant, speaker and mental health activist. At home in the classroom, Samantha spent six years teaching high school science and coaching swimming. After a near-death experience with her then 12-month-old daughter, Samantha knew it was time to pay forward all she'd learned about achievement, emotional agility, rising through hard things and finding fulfillment in the striving.

In 2016, Samantha founded Livingstone High Performance and the Whole Athlete Initiative (the WAI) in response to the mental health crisis impacting young people across the globe. LHP provides pillars of support to organizations, teams, and individuals to elevate mental health and improve performance - disrupting the old-school model of mental toughness as the path to high achievement. Samantha holds a master's in education and is a certified instructor of Mental Health First Aid and facilitator of Mindful Sports Performance Enhancement. She resides in Berkshire County, Massachusetts with her husband and four daughters. 

Learn more about Samantha:

• www.samanthalivingstone.com 
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarsenaultlivingstone 
• Twitter: @SamanthaAL4
• Instagram: @slivingstn

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

The Authority Podcast features weekly interviews with leading authors and new voices in the genres of education, leadership, and self-improvement. If you work in education or lead in another role, these episodes feature many valuable insights. Subscribe here: https://authoritypodcast.net/subscribe

In this episode, I spoke with Elizabeth and Nancy Jorgensen about their middle-grade and young adult biography, Gwen Jorgensen: USA’s First Olympic Gold Medal Triathlete, which they wrote in collaboration with Gwen.

We discussed:

• What makes a hero and why kids need heroes
• Gwen’s “hero’s journey” from kid to accountant to gold medalist
• How to reward focused effort while also encouraging well-rounded development
• How Gwen’s early struggles prepared her for success as an adult
• “There is power in what you tell yourself.”
• Learn about your own potential: Practice Core Principles, Emphasize Recovery, Show Gratitude
• Surrounding yourself with the right people

Purchase the book on Amazon or get a signed copy: https://www.booksco.com/signed-copy-gwen-jorgensen

 
Download a free educator guide: https://download.m-m-sports.com/extras/GwenJorgensen/Teacher_Guide.pdf

Follow the authors on Twitter: @LyzaJo and @NancyJorgensen

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In his playing career, Charlie was a McDonald’s All-American and Florida’s Gatorade Player of the Year at South Miami High School, played at Indiana University and in the Junior Olympics, and played professionally in Europe and the US. 

As a coach, he began by training hundreds of players individually and on teams, founded ATTACK Basketball Academy in 2009, and has been a head coach with Breakthrough Basketball.

Our discussion covers a lot, including:

• What Charlie learned from the coaches you played for and how he developed a process over outcomes approach
• Coaching the whole player
• Harnessing the power of the mind to enhance performance on the court.
• How can coaches integrate mental toughness development, and lessons learned from personal coaching experiences to create tailored training strategies for young athletes?
• Tailored strategies to bring out the best in young athletes.
• “Find your bright spots.”
• It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you have

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About today’s guest

Charlie Miller is a master basketball coach, author, and owner of ATTACK Basketball Academy with almost 2 decades of experience working with players who desperately want to achieve their basketball goals but are frustrated by confidence-crushing roadblocks. By coaching the whole player (physically, intellectually, and emotionally), Charlie creates breakthrough experiences from the inside out, allowing his clients to accelerate the realization of their dreams and have fun in the process.

Charlie has taken the collection of his experiences over 30+ years as a player along with his gift for connection and created a simple system of coaching to reach any player. Since 2009, his business has helped tens of thousands of players achieve their next level of success both on and off the basketball court.

An internationally recognized expert basketball coach, Charlie has been a recurring host of Indiana Sports Beat Radio and has previously been featured on ESPN 30 for 30, the B1G Ten Network, the Sports Psychology podcast, Breakthrough Basketball podcast, and many others.

Learn more:

• https://facebook.com/attackbball
• https://instagram.com/attackbball
• https://youtube.com/attackbball
• https://linkedin.com/attackbball
• https://attackbball.com
• https://courses.attackbball.com 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

2023-24 is Coach McCombs’ third season at GW and 10th season overall as a head coach at the NCAA Division-I level. As a head coach and assistant coach, her teams have appeared in six NCAA tournaments and made two Sweet 16 appearances, and she also made an NCAA tournament as an all-conference player at Youngstown State. 

We discussed Coach McCombs’ transition from playing to coaching, what young players need to know, and more, including:

• Went directly from being an all-conference college player into coaching
• How she made that transition successfully
• How she defines the role of coach
• Recruiting vs. coaching and how each contributes to success in an NCAA program
• What high school coaches and parents should know about the recruiting process
• Her team’s European Tour last summer
• Coaching a veteran team versus a younger team and what to expect

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About today’s guest

Head coach Caroline McCombs is in her third season at the helm of GW women’s basketball. McCombs' first two seasons with the Buff and Blue resulted in a run to the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Championship. During her first year in Foggy Bottom, McCombs helped lead a team that ranked first in program history in points allowed in a season (55.2) and upset #5 La Salle to reach the Quarterfinals of the 2022 A-10 Women’s Basketball Championship. 2022-23 then saw the Buff and Blue with McCombs at the helm earn the 7-seed in the tournament to notch a first-round bye, and then knock off the 10-seed before narrowly falling in the quarters to the second seed. 

A proven winner at every stop during her 25-year coaching career, McCombs arrived at GW after seven years as the head coach at Stony Brook where she led the Seawolves to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2021. The 2020 America East Coach of the Year, McCombs won 130 games in seven years at Stony Brook.

Prior to becoming a head coach, McCombs gained a wealth of experience as an assistant coach for 15 years at the Division I level. She assisted four different programs and appeared in five NCAA tournaments, including two Sweet 16 appearances. She has also developed a pair of AP All-Americans and three WNBA players. McCombs was an all-conference performer for Youngstown State, where she graduated in 1998 with a degree in dietetics. McCombs was a two-time Mid-Continent Conference Second Team selection in 1996-97 and 1997-98 and played in two NCAA tournaments, including with the 1998 team that pulled off a first-round upset as a #12 seed.

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

My first guest, Dr. Jenifer Welter, is a trailblazing athlete and coach who is extremely on-brand to kick off our show. 

In 2015, Welter became the first female coach in NFL history when she coached linebackers for the Arizona Cardinals. She was also the first woman to play a contact position in men’s professional football when she signed as a running back with the Texas Revolution, a professional indoor football team.

Jen also had a distinguished career in women’s professional football, as a 2x World Champion with the US and 8x pro bowler. She’s a culture shift expert with an MS in sport psychology and PhD in psychology. And, as you may expect, she was an amazing guest on the show. 

Some of our conversation covers:

• Jen’s journey to playing and coaching football
• How she prepared herself for the opportunity to coach — before even knowing it was possible
• Shattering the “glass sideline” (in both the NFL and Madden 2020)
• The power of authentic leadership
• Keeping players physically and mentally healthy
• The state of women’s football and Grrridiron Girls flag football 
• What difference can coaches make in changing opportunities for their athletes and future coaches?

Subscribe to Sideline Sessions to hear the rest of our fall-winter season. We’ll continue to bring you insights from diverse coaches across the sporting landscape. Subscribe here: https://sidelinesessions.transistor.fm/subscribe 

About today’s guest

Coach Jen Welter is best known as the first female to coach in the NFL as an assistant LBs Coach with the Arizona Cardinals. However, what most people don’t know is that Coach Jen broke into men’s football as the first female to play running back in men’s pro football. From that experience with the Texas Revolution, Coach Jen started her coaching career.

Following the NFL, Welter became the Head Coach of the first Australian Women's National Team fielded in July 2017; joined the advisory board of the Pro Football Hall of Fame's Game for Life Academy, and wrote her first book Play Big: Lessons in Living Limitless from the First Woman to Coach in the NFL. 

Prior to joining the men's game, Coach Jen had an amazing career in women's football which included two gold medals with Team USA, four world championships, and eight all-star selections. While playing football, Dr. Jen obtained her PhD in Psychology and a Master’s in Sport Psychology. Dr. Jen also has a BS in Business from Boston College. 

About the host

Ross Romano is co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and also hosts The Authority Podcast. He began his career in the pro sports industry before becoming a leading communications, marketing, and management expert working with education companies. He is founder and CEO of September Strategies, a coaching and consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. He also works directly with professionals at all levels, in all industries, coaching them in their pursuit of success.

Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano or LinkedIn. Listen to The Authority: https://authoritypodcast.net. 

Are you a professional looking for insights to reach the next level, find a fulfilling new career, or achieve peak performance? You may be a candidate for performance coaching. Schedule an introductory chat here. 

In each season of this podcast, designed for coaches, parents and other stakeholders in the world of youth, scholastic, and amateur sports, you’ll gain in-depth insights from a variety of experts. Hear from coaches at the highest levels of their respective sports — including the National Football League, National Basketball Association, Olympics, and NCAA Division-I — plus those who run successful high school and youth programs. They’ll share how they got involved with coaching, their strategies for supporting young athletes, and a variety of other critical information to help you and the athletes in your life. 

Host Ross Romano, co-founder of the Be Podcast Network, has worked in both the sports and education industries over the course of his career. He’ll use his knowledge of the common concerns, pain points, goals, and interests in both worlds to bring out useful insights from his list of expert guests. 

If you’re involved with sports at any level, this is a series you won’t want to miss. Subscribe to Sideline Sessions wherever you get your podcasts.