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September 2017

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Multi-Sport Study 1

Mobile Coach & TrueSport 2

iCK: Resilient Coaching 2

USADA: Orthobiologics 2

...of the Month Resources 3

NFL Woman Asst. Coach 3

Long-Term Coaching 3

USOC Resources 4

Conferences & Trainings 4

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, We're pleased to provide you with the September newsletter that includes information from the Olympic and Paralympic family and the world of Coaching Education. If you would like to subscribe or add your members to our mailing list, please email us at CoachingEducation@usoc.org. Feel free to share this newsletter by forwarding this email on to any colleagues. As always, 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. All the best, The USOC Coaching Department - Chris Snyder - Christine Bolger - Nadine Dubina U.S.O.C. Recognizes

2016 Coaches Of The Year

Development Coach of the Year

Kim Zmeskal-Burdette USA Gymnastics

Zmeskal-Burdette led athletes to numerous national and international titles in junior

Olympic, junior elite, and senior elite com-petition in 2016, including 10 medals at the

2016 J.O. National Championships.

New Study Reveals Whether Multi-Sport or Single-Sport Athletes Have a Better

Chance For Success By Brandon Hall, STACK

"You've got to specialize if you want to be special." You may have heard similar sentiments before. However, a growing amount of research is finding that specializing in a single sport too early may be one of the worst decisions a young athlete can make. A new study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's annual meeting found that specialization does not appear to increase a youth athlete's chance of eventually achieving elite status in their sport. In fact, the opposite may be true.

"Our study, which is the largest study to date examining the topic of single sports specialization, provides a foundation for understanding current trends in specialization in youth sports," said Patrick S. Buckley, MD...in a press release. "Our results noted that current high school athletes specialized, on average, two years earlier than current collegiate and professional athletes. The results of our study suggest that specialization at a very young age does not increase the likelihood of an athlete achieving elite status within his/her sport."

Read the full story here!

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TrueSport and U.S. Olympic Committee Collaborate to Deliver Expert Youth Sport

Coaching Resources Via Team USA Mobile Coach App

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. (August 25, 2017) – TrueSport, a grassroots youth sport movement powered by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), is pleased to announce a collaboration with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) coaching education department to encourage coaches at all levels of sport to become continual learners for core knowledge, sport-specific understanding, and youth sport development. TrueSport will deliver valuable lessons on sportsmanship, character-building, and clean and healthy performance to coaches using the USOC’s Team USA Mobile Coach App. These lessons include the topics of: Teamwork, Bullying Prevention, Goal-Setting, Good Sportsmanship, and Accountability. The lessons are comprised of a full lesson guide for coaches to teach each topic, stories from TrueSport Ambassadors – who are Olympic athletes and national champions in their sport – as well as Athlete and Parent handouts. To learn more about the reach of the Mobile Coach

App or to read the full press release, click here.

Register with your NGB or a guest account here!

Monthly Contributors

Become A More Resilient Coach By Dr. Wade Gilbert,

CSU-Fresno

The ability to bounce back from the many setbacks that coaches inevitably experience during a long season and over the course of several seasons is a sign of resilience. Resilience is about much more than enduring the rough patches in coaching; it involves handling those tough situations with resolve and reserve. Accordingly, veteran coaches who demonstrate resilience are often described as highly disciplined, confident, and optimistic problem-solvers. A useful combination of qualities for any coach. It is no surprise then that coaches who recognize the value of resilience in sport seek out athletes who demonstrate this attribute. A legendary Hall of Fame and national champion college coach once described to me her time-tested strategy for identifying the most desirable athletes in recruiting. When attending high school and club tournaments she would focus on how athletes responded when not performing their best and when their team was losing badly. It is an athlete’s actions during those moments of discouragement and struggle that provide insight as to her or his resilience.

...This is just the start! Learn what internal and external recovery strategies you can implement

throughout the year to keep you refreshed, energized and performing at your full potential!

Read the full story here!

Orthobiologics: What Do Athletes Need to Know About PRP?

For athletes, the field of regenerative medicine has been of particular interest in recent years because it has been promoted as a way to

recover from sports injuries faster, often through the use of biological substances like platelet rich plasma (PRP). While the efficacy of biological treatments is still under investigation, it’s important for athletes and support personnel to understand how the use of orthobiologics is handled under the World Anti-Doping Code. Keep reading to explore the complicated field of regenerative medicine and learn more about PRP, which is just one of many biological therapies.

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Trio of the Month & Interesting Articles

Coaching for the Long-Term: Staying in the Game By Pete Van Mullem

The retention rate for high school coaches is reportedly declining. After the 2015 high school football season, 116 of the 601 head football coaching positions in Southern California were open, and in Florida 129 of 560 high schools were look-ing for a new football coach (Rohrbach, 2016). Administrators often feel forced to select, evaluate, and retain or remove coaches based on external pressures (i.e. a losing season, unhappy parents, etc.). Sadly, this urgency to produce win-ning programs coupled with dwindling administrative support, is putting coaches in a constant survival mode.

To endure this win-at-all cost mentality, coaches first need a short-term action plan. Reassuring parents that all is well, convincing athletes that your strategies and tactics are working, and minimizing any conflicts your athletic director might face with parents and athletes are ongoing demands. But it’s not easy to handle day-to-day and often unanticipated non-game issues and still coach effectively. For an increasing number of coaches, the stress experienced proves to be unsustainable. So for coaches to “stay in the game” and enjoy ex-tended careers, a recommended strategy is to adopt a long-term action plan. This involves three key elements: 1) become a life-long learner, 2) implement deliberate practice tech-niques, and 3) pursue coaching mastery.

To continue reading about each of the three elements, click here.

Katie Sowers Expected to Become NFL’s Second Full-Time Female Assistant Coach

By Scott Allen, The Washington Post After completing her internship as part of the San Francisco 49ers’ Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship on Friday, 31-year-old Katie Sowers is expected to become the second full-time female assistant coach in NFL history.

Sowers, who worked with the 49ers’ wide receivers during training camp, announced Saturday (Aug. 12) on her Facebook page that she has “accepted a season-long coaching position” on 49ers Coach Kyle Shanahan’s staff. The team did not immediately confirm her hiring when reached by the Mercury News’s Cam Inman on Saturday.

Read more about Katie’s experience here!

How To Speak So That People Want To Listen

Have you ever felt like you're talking, but nobody is listening? In this useful talk, the sound expert demonstrates the how-to's of powerful speaking — from some handy vocal exercises to tips on how to speak with empathy.

Watch here!

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of

Expertise

Peak, the first collaboration between Ericsson and Pool, condenses three

decades of original research to introduce an incredibly powerful

approach to learning that is fundamentally different from the way

people traditionally think about acquiring a skill.

Book of the Month

Episode 3

Deliberate Practice

with Anders

Ericsson

This episode, from our friends at US Fencing, discusses the concept of

deliberate practice from the professor who has studied how experts become experts, Dr. Anders Ericsson (also the

author of the featured book of the month). Dive into what techniques

experts use to get better and improve your own practice!

Ted Talk 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!

Nominations Open for: IOC Coaches

Lifetime Achievement Award

This new award celebrates and honours coaches who have made an outstanding contribution to the lives of

Olympians and the Olympic Movement. Nominations are open until September 15, 2017.

Further information and the nomination form can be found here.

COURSES

&CERTIFICATIONS

CONFERENCES & WEBINARS

International Altitude Training Symposium

The International Altitude Training Symposium [IATS] is designed to provide Team USA coaches and athletes

with the most current, leading-edge, evidence-based information on how best to use altitude training

to enhance performance. The information presented and connections made at this conference have had a direct and significant impact on medal

count at both Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The IATS allows coaches and international experts to

share ideas and training strategies designed to optimize the performance of Team USA athletes.

When: October 4-6, 2017

Where: US Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs, CO

Register Here

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

September 6-The Committee Conundrum: Shorter Meetings. Better Results September 13-Secrets of Successful Clubs (encore replay) September 20-Fields & Facilities: Scheduling Survival Secrets September 27-Secrets to Finding Your Perfect Sponsor

Driven Benevolence: Leadership Lessons from Olympic Serial

Winning Coaches

October 18 at 10 am EST Register Here

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