Today Tyler sits down with Dr. James Whitaker, his former college head coach (who he later coached alongside of at the collegiate level) to chat about their time together and transitioning through your coaching career. They discuss what changes, what stays the same, and Dr. Whitaker gives some very improtant takeaways that can be applied no matter where you are in your own personal coaching career. So, buckle up! This is a great episode of Screaming at Kicking!

Dr. James Whitaker began serving in the role of Faculty Athletics Representative in the summer of 2020 and is currently the Director of CIU's Sports Management program. Prior to his time in the faculty ranks Whitaker spent three years the Director of Athletics for the Rams. Before moving in to administrative position with CIU Athletics, James served as the first CIU men’s soccer coach as well as assistant athletic director from 2011-2016. Prior to coming to CIU, James was the athletic director at Clearwater Christian College. In addition, Whitaker has served in a variety of leadership roles within the NCCAA including serving on the Board of Directors, South Region Chair, and National Vice-Chair for men’s soccer. James holds a PhD in sports management and organizational leadership from Concordia University in Chicago. He earned a master's degree in health and exercise science from Furman University and a master's degree in educational leadership.

To contact Dr. Whitaker, email him at james.whitaker@ciu.edu .

Thanks for learning with us today!

Do your players tend to get things right during practice, only to fall back to old habits in games? Dr. Nick Winkelman joins us to discuss our communication as coaches and how choosing the right words makes all the difference when it comes to the results you get as a coach. 

 Dr. Winkelman wrote the book on how to communicate as a coach: The Language of Coaching: The Art & Science of Teaching Movement, and he shares insights from his incredible coaching career on how to communicate in ways that make sense to your players.

Visit Dr. Winkelman’s website today and dive into the treasure trove of resources he’s put together to help you communicate better in your coaching: https://www.thelanguageofcoaching.com/ 

And, don't forget to head on over to https://soundcloud.com/movere !

You can follow him on Instagram and Twitter: @nickwinkelman

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On this episode of Screaming at Kicking, Tyler and Omar have a conversation with sports psychologist Dr. Brad Miller from SoccerResilience.com about measuring and training resilience in and around the game of soccer. Dr. Miller shares tools and tips to share with athletes to help them navigate adversity and get into a ready state for game time.

For more from Dr. Brad Miller - including Resilience FC, articles, and videos - please visit https://soccerresilience.com/today! You can also find his work on Instagram at @soccerresilience .

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On this episode of Screaming at Kicking, Tyler and Omar sit down (virtually) with Esme Gullick to chat about her guidebook Coaching with Emotional Intelligence. They get to know Esme and go over chapters 1-4 of her guidebook. She shares how to bring emotional intelligence to your coaching when in the areas of athlete success, athlete setbacks, athlete injuries, and team dynamics. 

If you want your own FREE copy of her guidebook to follow along with us during this episode and to keep as an incredible resource for yourself, send an email to esmegullick@mail.fresnostate.edu with the subject line “Coaching with Emotional Intelligence” and she’ll send you your very own copy.

Thanks for learning with us today!

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In this episode

00:00:11 How to Get the Guidebook for Free!

00:03:14 How Esme Got Started w/ Emotional Intelligence

00:06:31 Why have we been slow to evolve w/ psychology or mental training in soccer?

00:09:14 Stigma of psychology, mental health problems, etc in athletes

00:11:04 Domino Effect

00:13:16 Defining Emotional Intelligence

00:13:46 Crucial Competence - Daniel Goleman: 4 Categories of Emotional Intelligence

00:15:38 How Emotional Intelligence Can Help Coaches

00:18:37 How to Best Praise Your Players

00:24:51 How to Praise w/ Specifics Even in Large Groups

00:29:02 Toolbox for Developing Others

00:38:06 Dealing with Setbacks & Measuring Resilience

00:41:50 How do I coach resilience?

00:47:20 Empathy as a Coach

00:59:19 How do we as coaches create a strong team dynamic?

This is the first episode we ever recorded for the Screaming at Kicking podcast!

In this episode, you'll get to know our hosts a little better and get to hear about their backgrounds, what they want our listeners to get out of this podcast, and well... a lot of other... we'll just call them tangents. Again, we're new at this.

Here's to trying new things and learning and growing! Hope you enjoy it!

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In this episode:

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:40 About Omar

00:07:58 About Tyler

00:10:33 How did you guys meet?

00:21:16 What we notice on the field first

00:22:59 What we hope soccer coaches will get out of this podcast

00:28:01 What might players get out of this podcast

00:33:09 Impact as a coach

00:34:40 Fun Facts About Us

00:45:34 Final Thoughts