FSU COACH Blog

FSU COACH and TLH Reckoning Announce Partnership, Sponsorship

FSU COACH and TLH Reckoning announce new plans for collaboration and growth.

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Maintaining Composure

Welcome to Mental Moments with Dr. Megan! This new section will share quick information and tips for various mental performance topics and issues each month.

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Jack of All Trades

“As a coach, you have to be pretty knowledgeable about a whole lot of things.”

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Excerpt taken from Reflections on the Coaching Life

"If your athletes trust you, guess what…! You can now push them as hard as you want."

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Deliberate Practice and Deliberate Rest

I recently read of a study in which head coaches of professional soccer teams were at risk of being fired. The authors of this study measured the physical output of players during practice.

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Early Sport Specialization and Long-Term Throwing Arm Health in Baseball Players

Learn if specialization in baseball affects Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Clinic (KJOC) shoulder and elbow scores based on the grade the participant started showing high specialization.

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Starts on the Practice Field

Legendary soccer coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, recognizes the importance of practice in preparing his players.

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The Commandments of Skill Development

Learn more about the best practices for helping players develop new skills.

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Value of Humor

As coaches we need to find the humor in things. It’s okay to laugh at ourselves and with others in our group, for the right reasons, of course.

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Data Analytics

Data analytics are here to stay and continue to become more and more complex. But coaches, managers, and owners should never forget that quality coaching remains an integral part of success.

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An Investigation Into Voluntary Occupational Turnover of Sport Employees Using the Transtheoretical Model of Change

Learn more about why collegiate swimming coaches voluntarily leave their job for a new profession.

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Friends or Enemies

I watch a lot of sport and a lot of different sports, I’ve often seen players who may later that day compete against each other hanging out and joking etc. I’ve never understood that.

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Finding Originality in Others

Wherever you gain your learning, keep seeking the originality of others and apply it to your own profession and craft.

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You're A Role Model

"One message that I repeat constantly to my players and coaches is that we are all role models. Every human being is a role model."

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The Book of Athletes

The Book of Athletes provides athletes and coaches the opportunity to write things down by hand immediately so that memories are not forgotten.

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Sport Locus of Control and Perceived Stress Among College Student-Athletes

Learn more about the relationship between college student-athletes’ perceived stress and locus of control.

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Professional Athletes’ Social Media Use and Player Performance: Evidence From the National Football League (NFL)

Learn more about how the level of humility/arrogance expressed through athletes’ social media postings and post volume is associated with the athletes’ in-game performance.

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Let Your Game Speak

Many players want highlights, ESPN top 10 moments, and those financial deals that come from attention. Coaches must be intentional to teach players to “act like you’ve done this before.”

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Intercollegiate Coaches’ Experiences and Strategies for Coaching First-Year Athletes

Learn more about how university coaches’ used their experiences and strategies to help first-year student-athletes balance their academic study, athletics, and personal lives.

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Burnout is Real for Coaches AND Athletes

Whether it’s coaches, athletic directors, or others in sports organizations, many of us are struggling with stress and the potential of burnout.

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Goals are Good if the Right Goals are Set

Setting the right goals determines how far you and your team can go!

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From the Voice of Athletes: Positive and Negative Aspects of Parent/Athlete Relationships

Learn more about the perceptions of former youth athletes and their experiences with their parents.

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Pat Summitt and Title IX Share Milestones in June 2022

The summer of 2022 provided two monumental opportunities to reflect on the journey of women’s athletics over the last 50 years. In June 2022, Title IX celebrated 50 years and is, undoubtedly, the single most important piece of legislation ever written for female athletes in the United States.

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Get a Coach

Pat Conroy was an award-winning author well known for his work particularly focused in the southeast United States. However, before becoming a household name for his literary abilities, he was a college basketball player. In a rare deviation from his normal topics, Conroy wrote a non-fiction book about his four years of college ball.

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