Professional Development

They don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care How do you show your athlete’s you care?

Who said this & Why it’s important? To get your athlete’s to believe in you as a coach they must believe you truly care about them as both an athlete & a person. So what do you intentionally do to show your athlete’s you care about them? Teddy Roosevelt John Maxwell St. Francis Xavier Pat Summit Zig Ziglar Joseph Cubby Martin Blackwell & More

Here are some ways Summer Cookout T-Shirt Social Media Here are a couple of ways I have benn intentional about showing my athlete’s I care about them Summer Cookout T-Shirt Social Media Game / Program Attendance

Summer Cookout Food Coma Winners of our Summer Rock Competition Ribs Steak Chicken Breast Pork Steaks Fried Mashed Potatoes “Fluffy French Fries” Loaded Baked Potato Casserole Assorted Drinks Chocolate Chip Cookies Vanilla Ice Cream Corn Hole Badminton Basketball Fellowship Food Coma

T-Shirt Different Pound Clubs Specific Lift Clubs Semester Awards Off-Season Awards Summer Awards Lifter of the Year Lifter of the Month Lifter of the Week Thanks to Monte Sparkman for allowing me to use his shirts for this

Social Media Facebook Twitter Instagram

Game / Program Attendance Other Sporting Event & Games that you don’t coach Concerts Plays Other Presentations

Bottom Line All of these things allow for the coach to help build relationships with the kids they work with, we are in a relationship business. I hope this presentation has been helpful and have an awesome day