Episode 125: 8 Mistakes That Will Derail Your Dance Goals and Set You Back Summary: Welcome to part three of my goal-setting series! If this is the first time you’re tuning in, please feel free to back up a few episodes and start with part one of this goal-setting series. However, if you’re a loyal …
Episode 124: Why Goal Setting Works and Why You Might Be Getting it Wrong Summary: In last week’s episode, we talked about the different types of goals and why dance competition goals can actually hurt your motivation. In today’s episode, I’m going to add some more info about why goal setting works and how it …
Episode 123: If You Want to Win, Winning Can’t Be the Goal Summary: Good goal setting improves confidence, motivation, and your actual performance. To be completely real with you, most people get this wrong. I spend a lot of time helping dancers set goals over the summer, and I hear a lot of goals like, …
Episode 122: Do Your Dancers Have Grit? Summary: Grit is in the dancer who works so much harder than the naturally-talented dancer who slides by. Grit is in the dancer who doesn’t quit on a new skill and in the dancer who gets back up every time she falls. Even if you’re not familiar with …
Episode 121: 6 Ways to Teach Accountability Summary: In today’s episode, I’ll be tackling one of the biggest issues I hear about all summer: accountability. I hear from teachers and coaches who feel like it’s gotten so much harder to get their dancers to follow through on expectations lately. I hear from dancers whenever we …
Episode 120: How to Be A Mindful and Supportive Dance Parent Summary: In today’s episode, I am back with Dr. Megan Babkes-Stellino to answer some of your questions about dance parents! If you missed part one, pause and go back and listen to Episode 115 (link below!). We had some great feedback and incredible questions …
Episode 115: Dance Parents are Terrible! But here’s how you can cultivate a positive relationship with your dance parents Summary: Summary: Do you have dance moms and dance dads at your studio or school that drive you completely crazy? I know crazy sport parents can be super challenging, and I’ve heard coaches say things like, …
Episode 113: Don’t Just Insist on More Effort From Your Dancers, There Is a Better Way Summary: When we think our dancers are being lazy or don’t care, we tend to yell for full out and push for more energy because we assume the dancers aren’t giving us their full effort. But what actually is …
Episode 112: 7 Tips for Effective Communication Between Coaches and Athletes Summary: Summary: Healthy communication with our dancers starts with us dance coaches and teachers. We’re the role models for how we want to communicate in our programs and our studios and our teams. We establish the rules and expectations for how to talk to …
Episode 110: 5 Practical Tips for Team Building like Creating a 5-Star Practice Summary: Today’s episode is part three of a three-part series on team building. In the first two episodes of the series, we talked about the two different types of cohesion that your dancers are striving for, and we covered the four different …
Episode 109: 4 Simple Factors that Influence Your Dance Team’s Unity Summary: Establishing cohesion and unity among a group of dancers is an ongoing process, and anyone who’s been a teacher or a coach for more than one year will probably tell you every group is different. One big reason why each group is different …
Episode 108: The 2 Types of Effective Team Bonding You Need This Summer Summary: Summary: Did you know there are two types of team bonding? I know many coaches believe that if dancers spend time together, both in and out of practice, they will bond. However, if you’re not strategic about this, your team bonding …
