Episode 177: Some Dancers are Only Committed When It’s Convenient Summary: I see so many frustrated dance teachers talking about how it feels harder and harder to get dancers to be fully committed to their teams and their studios. We want our dancers to be 100% committed, and anything less is frustrating. However, there’s this […]
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 142: Motivating individual dancers to work together for their dreams Summary: Summary: When it’s time for competition season, there are usually two types of dance teams. First, there’s the dance team who usually all gets along and enjoys working together. Then, there’s the dance team that doesn’t actually get along all that well and
Episode 140: A Message to Dancers Who Are Afraid of Failure Summary: Dancers, how far is the gap between what you want and what you actually have right now? If you have big dreams, I hope there’s a gap between where you are now and where you want to be. But how big is that
Episode 139: Breaking the Chains of Fear: Empowering Dancers To Get Past a Fear of Failure Summary: Dancers today are seemingly terrified of failure. They might be scared to try something in front of other people, or they might be scared of looking silly or stupid in class, and they hold themselves back. As a
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
