Episode 127: Good Dancers Believe in Their Ability to Learn, Not Just Get it Right Summary: Helping your dancers find the drive to work hard in class is a constant struggle for a lot of us. I think we all want to help our dancers show up with confidence and work hard every day and …
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 114: You Have To Learn How to Be Comfortable Being Uncomfortable Summary: Do your dancers have the growth mindset it takes to really push themselves to improve? In today’s episode, I’ll be talking with the one and only Katie Groven of Dancerfitness.com about all things mental and physical flexibility for dancers. Katie was one …
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 103: 3 Tools to Increase a Dancer’s Motivation Summary: Do your dancers get lazy sometimes? Do you not know how to motivate athletes as a coach? If your dancers are lacking motivation, there is something you can do about it! Welcome to Part Three of my Framework Series. In today’s episode, we’ll be focusing …
Episode 94: My Dancers are Being Lazy and Wont Work Hard, What Do I Do? Summary: It can be difficult to help someone who is not motivated to work hard. Sometimes we feel pressure, as a teacher, to be the complete source of motivation. Motivation is a mental process that initiates or sometimes it sustains …
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 …
Increase Joy and Motivation When You Celebrate Small Wins We naturally bond over shared complaints rather than shared wins. Why do we find a better connection with people when we share our frustrations? Why do we simultaneously feel like we aren’t allowed to share a win or it’s boastful? Research even shows that while we …
Spoiler Alert: ANYTIME! But there’s more too it… It’s summer, which for me as a mental performance consultant means busy season! Lots of dance studios and coaches want to focus on mental skills training in the summer, which is great. It’s our “off-season” or as I like to say, “improvement season”. So in today’s episode, …
Ep. 63- When Do I Teach My Dancers About Mental Skills? Read More »
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 …
Ep. 56- 3 Key Qualities of an Effective Dance Team Captain Read More »
