Episode 144: Why Setbacks in Your Goals are Good for You Summary: Do you ever look at another dance team you admire and think, “They must be so locked in. Every single practice they’re probably making progress and getting better every day”? I guarantee that a team you admired at that event didn’t just get […]
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 111: 6 Dance Science Experts Share How They Would Change Dance Education Summary: Today’s episode is an epic collaboration of six dance specialists and dance business owners. It’s a re-release of an episode of my friend Jeanne’s podcast, The Feis Fit Podcast. We all got together to record for her show, and she graciously
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
Episode 106: My Top 10 Worst Coaching Mistakes and What to Do Instead Summary: Whenever an event or a season is coming to a close, I like to think back and notice what went well, what didn’t go so well, and what lessons have I learned. As I usually do around this time of year,
Episode 105: Why the Best Leaders Always Share the Credit Summary: As teachers, studio owners, and coaches, we often don’t get credit when things are going well. If our dancers are doing well at competition, they are praised, and rightfully so. If we have a recital that goes off without a hitch, teachers might be
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
