Episode 173: 3 Strategies to Guarantee Genuine Team Commitment Summary: For many teams, be it school teams or studios, we are entering a new season. Wouldn’t it be great if we could establish strong, positive cultures from the beginning? When an athlete quits in the middle of the season, it usually causes drama, stress, and […]
Episode 172: The Danger of Labeling our Dancers Summary: We often label our dancers without even meaning to do it, even if it’s only in our heads and we never say it out loud. You know who your solid turner is, who is lazy, who has style, and who you can depend on to know
Episode 166: How to Cultivate a Winning Coach-Choreographer Relationship on Your Dance Team Summary: If you hire choreographers for your dance team, you’ll definitely want to listen to today’s episode for some really helpful insights into that coach-choreographer relationship and how to work together to create championship-winning routines. Today’s guest is Nicholas Kade Clement of
Episode 85: Answering Your Questions About Confidence Summary: Just imagine you get up on competition day and you are pumped and excited but actually not nervous. You know your dancers are ready to crush it today! Just imagine how good it would feel to know you did everything possible to support your dancers and no
Episode 84: University of Kentucky Dance Team Coach, Dawn Walters Summary: We’re going back in the archives today with an interview from 2020 with the amazing Dawn Walters of The University of Kentucky Dance Team. Dawn’s approach to coaching is so relatable and refreshing. She has such genuine advice and a superpower as a coach.
Episode 83: [LIVE COACHING] Personal Mindset, Honesty, and Reaching Goals without Pressure Summary: You may or may not yet know that I do a lot of coaching the coaches in my business. This is where I work with dance teachers and coaches to help them discover how they can best support their dancers’ mental skills
Episode 82: 5 Steps to Cleaning Your Dance Routine While Building Leadership Summary: If I know our dance world, then I know that one thing you can count on every season is you’re going to have to clean your routines. Whether your dance team is game-day focused, you’re preparing for a championship, or you’re performing
Concrete ideas to improve your dancers’ connection Today’s guest is Stephanie Westbrook, who is based in Sydney Australia and currently coaches the University of New South Wales Warriors Premier Dance Teams. Over the years her teams have won multiple National Championships, multiple international bids, and multiple Dance Grand Champion titles, and Stephanie has also received
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The 4-step process even if you’re not a planner! Summer is often a time of vacations and relaxing, but also, intensives and summer camps, and usually whole love of planning! If you are someone like me who loves a good planner, color codes everything and enjoys mapping out your season, I’m excited to share my
The 3 Things You Need to Master to Be a Coach with Impact In this episode, I share my Positive Coaching Framework. I know, and YOU know, that being a dance coach with a positive impact is more than teaching dance skills and helping your dancers perform well and achieve competitive success. I’ve talked before
To Be an Influential Leader This episode is a continuation of last week where I talked about 3 of the key qualities to look for in a captain. If you choose to have formal leaders, I believe choosing a captain is one of the first and sometimes more difficult decisions you make at the beginning
Choosing leadership is a big decision If you choose to have captains or formal leaders of any kind on your team, that choice can shape your entire season. And I believe the choice of who makes a good dance team leader has nothing to do with dance technique! When you are thinking about who will
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