About this episode
1:37 - How have Andy and the Pirates held up so far, especially through the hottest part of the summer. 3:12 - After accepting and validating the struggles that athletes and coaches voice during the toughest parts of the season, what are the next steps? 4:20 - Checking in with Kasey - how has the beginning of the season gone for him so far? 5:55 - Traditionally the beginning of the volleyball season consists of “double days”, but what does Kasey do instead? 9:24 - Introducing the topic of this episode: “challenge point” 13:09 - Is there an appropriate level of the ability to complete certain skills at which athletes can be considered successful ? 16:15 - How can emotional responses be used to gauge the challenge point? 17:56 - When addressing teams based sports, should coaches consider the entire team’s challenge point focus, or each individual’s? 20:41 - Comparatively, how is the previous idea applied in baseball? 21:37 - Should coaches be pushing athletes slightly out of their comfort zone and at the edge of their challenge point? 22:46 - At what times should coaches push athletes to the edge of their challenge point vs. below it, and why? 25:49 - What are the downsides of constantly pushing players to the edge of their challenge point? 28:05 - Using a volleyball example, with limited resources and the challenge point constraint, how can coaches make their players reach the highest level of play at the sweet spot of their zone? 33:23 - In a similar, but baseball oriented scenario, how can coaches achieve that same effect as described in the previous example? Coach Your Brains Out: The Art and Science of Coaching Volleyball The Inner Knight: Train and Compete Like a Champion Become a Patron to support the show.