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Coaching Your Best in Competitions

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Competitions provide the moment of truth for coaches and their athletes. Effective game coaching requires coaches to walk the fine line between over-coaching and under-coaching. Over-coaching overwhelms athletes, detracts them from focusing on their performance, and erodes trust. Under-coaching can lead to missed opportunities to teach and reinforce critical skills and strategies, and to prevent downswings in momentum and athletes ‘choking.’ Effective coordination of head coach and assistant coaches’ roles during a contest also will be covered.

 

Webinar takeaways 

• Strategies for increasing coach mindfulness and observation skills during games
• Tips for using ‘teachable moments’ during games to improve athlete skill development
• Effective use of natural breaks during the game (time-outs, intermission, between events)
• Cues to anticipate momentum lulls and strategies for regaining momentum

 

Dr. Gilbert’s areas of expertise include coaching science, talent development, sport and exercise psychology, physical education, and youth sport. He holds degrees in Physical Education, Human Kinetics, and Education from the University of Ottawa in Canada. Following graduation from the University of Ottawa, Wade worked for one year at UCLA in the International Center for Talent Development. Gilbert has more than 20 years of experience in conducting applied research with partners around the world spanning all competitive levels, from youth leagues to World Cup.

He is widely published and is frequently invited to serve as a featured speaker at national and international events. Dr. Gilbert has advised organizations ranging from school districts, collegiate teams, Olympic organizations, and the United Nations on coaching education and sport-related issues.

Dr. Gilbert is editor-in-chief of the International Sport Coaching Journal, a new journal published by Human Kinetics. In addition, Dr. Gilbert serves as an advisor and representative of Human Kinetics, specifically in the area of coach education.

Game Winning Webinar Series 

This fall Dr. Wade Gilbert, a highly sought out coaching and athlete performance consultant to sport organizations around the world, will be conducting three can’t-miss webinars. Each of the hour-long sessions will include several very practical, immediate things coaches can do to gain a winning edge for their teams. Gilbert, also known as Coach Doc on Human Kinetics’ website and consultant to many sports organizations around the world, plans to focus on three aspirations coaches have for achieving success:

* Coaching Athletes to Perform at Their Mental Peak

* Coaching Your Best in Competition

* Raising the Performance Bar Through the Season

 

Coaches who are able to consistently achieve all three are, indeed, going to have winning, if not championship-winning athletes and teams. Every coach who joins in this webinar series is sure to be a winner, too.