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January/February 2018

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Quality Coaching: 18 Lessons 1

USAW: Cleans Doing the Job? 2

Winning After Winning 2

USADA: CBD in 2018 2

...of the Month Resources 3

CtGP: Best Books of 2017 3

Sport & Org. Dynamics 3

USOC Resources 4

Conferences & Trainings 4

Team USA Links 5

The USOC’s coaching education department is committed to supporting

NGBs by providing cutting-edge information and training opportunities to contribute the expertise necessary

to direct Team USA athletes to national and international success.

Dear NGB Coach Educators, Staff and Friends, Happy New Year! We're excited to bring in 2018 with you and are looking forward to another year of growing coaching education and development across all Olympic and Paralympic sport. Looking back at the past year, the Coaching Department is incredible proud of all the hard work each National Governing Body has put in to continue to advance and enhance the performance of coaches in an effort to provide the best experiences for all athletes, youth to elite. Here’s to another year of striving to be the best coaches and organizations we can be! If you have any upcoming coaching education opportunities or featured coaching stories from the coaching education world, please do not hesitate to let us know. If you would like to add a group of your members to our mail-ing list, please email us at CoachingEducation@usoc.org. All the best, The USOC Coaching Department Chris Snyder, Christine Bolger & Nadine Dubina 17 Times Team USA Broke

Records, Ended Droughts and Made History in 2017 Even with no Olympic or Paralympic Games in 2017, it was still full steam

ahead for Team USA athletes.

Here is a look at 17 of the most momentous achievements.

Quality Coaching at It’s Finest: 18 Lessons from USA Surfing’s Joey Buran

to Bring in the New Year By Nadine Dubina,

USOC Coach Development Over the past few years, I have come to recognize the importance of reflection as a way to celebrate the strengths and successes that I have experienced as well as draw out the lessons from my failures and misfortunes. Now that 2017 has drawn to a close, I think it is especially important to look back at the journey of the past year, and to highlight the moments that stand out the most. One of these moments from 2017 doesn’t have to do specifically with my journey, but of one that was shared with me, from a fellow coach. This coach not only exemplifies our definition of quality coaching, but he brings our recently published Quality Coaching Framework (2017) to life. This coach is USA Surfing’s Joey Buran.

Click here to read the 18 lessons I learned

from our conversation!

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Are Your Cleans Doing What They Are Supposed To Do?

By: Leo Totten, MS Totten Training Systems, LLC USAW Sr. International Coach

Whether your sport is powerlifting, strongman, football or any other “strength” sport, the Power Clean should be part of your workout plan. Obviously, the major emphasis of your training should be whatever discipline you are participating in, but including power cleans at the right time can enhance the performance in any strength sport. When choosing the exercises to be put into your program, there are two primary considerations to keep in mind.

1. Does the exercise fit a need or purpose? 2. Are the athletes able to perform the exercise

correctly so it actually accomplishes what it is supposed to do?

Power cleans can be a great addition to your arsenal of exercises in your program, but only if done correctly to get the full benefit.

To read about how Power Cleans answer the two questions posed above, click on this link!

Monthly Contributors

Winning After Winning: How to Approach the Season After A Championship

By Dr. Wade Gilbert, Human Kinetics Coaching Education Center

The long hours, countless sacrifices and dedication to intense training has paid off – your athletes have finally secured that elusive championship. As much as you try to avoid it, almost immediately talk turns to securing back-to-back titles.

Chasing a title keeps athletes hungry and focused. But when a team becomes champion the chase is over, and suddenly it is now being chased. That can make the season following a championship very stressful for athletes and coaches alike. And, as a result, title-winning teams find it very hard to regain anything resembling championship form.

To you and to the many coaches who have sought my advice after winning a title, I offer these informed suggestions.

1. Dont try to repeat or defend a title. 2. Focus on strengths first, weaknesses and gaps

second. 3. Maintain a consistent approach to improving,

not proving ability. 4. Focus on the experience, not the title you are seeking.

To read more in depth about each suggestion listed

above, follow the link to the full article here.

CBD in 2018: Four Questions Answered

The prohibited status of cannabidiol (CBD) is changing in 2018, but all other cannabinoids are still prohibited in-competition, including THC, which means there are still risks for athletes when it comes to CBD products. Click here for answers to some of the top questions about CBD in 2018.

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Trio of the Month & Interesting Articles

Sport and Organization Dynamics Richard Wolfe, PhD

Executive Education; Ross School of Business

All sport teams seek a performance "edge." To achieve this edge, data analytics and sport science have, very appropriately, been adopted. However, analytics and sport science have become so commonplace as to have lost their edge contributing to competitive parity—not competitive advantage. What, then, will the next “big thing” be, that will contribute to achieving a competitive edge in sport? We argue that it is organizational dynamics. The Ross School will be holding the first ever conference addressing how sport can benefit from practices which have proven to lead to success in the world of business. In our effort to insure that the topics we ad-dress in the Sport and Organization Dynamics conference are relevant to sport, we have recruited an excellent Board of Advisors—composed of leaders responsible for performance in college sport, the Olympics, and in each of the North American major leagues.

Sport and Organization Dynamics Conference Information Here Read an Article on Moving Beyond Analytics and Sport Science Here

The Culture Code: Our 2017 Book of

the Year (Plus Other Staff Picks)

It’s that time of year again, our final blog where we review our favorite books of 2017. There were some amazing books out there this year, and the choices were tough. This year, we also brought in

some staff favorites to add to our master list. Hopefully, you can find a great read for the coach, parent or athlete in your life.

Read the full list of 2017 Best’s here!

Want to Get Great at Something? Get a Coach.

Atul Gwande shares what he’s found to be the key to improving when

faced with complexity: get a good coach. This talk shares this

renowned surgeon’s expertise when looking into how we can excel at

anything we set out to accomplish. Watch Here!

The Power of Moments: Why

Certain Experiences

Have Extraordinary

Impact

In this book, the Heath brothers explain why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create

such extraordinary moments in our life and work.

View Here!

Book of the Month

NSCA’s

Coaching

Podcast #3:

Tim Pelot

This episode interviews the US Olympic Committee’s Strength & Conditioning Coach, Tim Pelot, about coaching Olympic athletes. Tim discusses building relationships, working with other elite professionals and leveraging social media and more.

Listen Here!

TED of the Month Podcast of the Month

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Additional Resources

USOC Online Course:

Mental Training For

Performance

An introduction to fundamental mental skills techniques developed by USOC sport psychologists. Learn how to

sharpen your athletes’ mental game to impact performance and gain a competitive edge.

Check out the course here!

Free Access to Research Article:

Factors Associated with Using Research Evidence in National Sport Organisations

Access the full article here!

The Sport Performance Summit, LA When: March 16-17, 2017

Where: Red Bull Media House Los Angeles, CA

Click HERE for more information!

COURSES &CERTIFICATIONS

CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

North American Coach Development

Summit

Formerly the National Coaching Conference, this Summit brings together the professionals who educate, develop, train and supervise coaches along with coaches, sport scientists and sport science researchers interested in professional

coach development.

When: June 18-20, 2017

Where: Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel Orlando, FL

Register Here!

Upcoming Webinars Join GO! On Demand experts for free weekly Wednesday webinars iat 11:00 am PST. Register at the link below for more information.

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