Posts by stevemagness
Episode 60: “Don’t Jog!?” Myths on Conditioning for Team Sports
“Don’t jog! Only High intensity interval training!” Outside of the distance running world, these phrases are often thrown around when it comes to development of endurance in team sports or non-running individual sports. Whether it’s the fear of creating slow athletes, or the myth that you can get all of your aerobic bang for your…
Read MoreCult or Culture: What team are you creating?
On a recent trip to Seattle, if you asked my hosts, Steve Fassino and Phoebe Wright, what the major topic of conversation was for the weekend, they’d likely answer cults. It started with two documentaries. One, called Holy Hell, that documented an actual cult. With 20 years of video footage, we saw firsthand the indoctrination…
Read MoreCoaching with Craft: What Role Do Mentors Play?
What Role Do Mentors Play? Who are the people who influenced your development? The individuals who planted the seed, taught the lesson, or gave us the hard advice we needed. A mentor is an undervalued resource, commonly neglected in the traditional education of a coach. In this edition of Coaching with Craft, you get to…
Read MoreIntroducing: Coaching with Craft
I’m thrilled to announce a new initiative called Coaching with Craft. We’ve brought together a group of professional coaches to answer one new question every week. We’ll explore topics ranging from our coaching philosophy to detailed training specifics. Our hope is that we can expand your (and our) coaching knowledge and we can explore the…
Read MoreEpisode 59: Culture and Belonging: Interview with NAU coach Mike Smith
This is a MUST listen episode. In this weeks On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, we bring in NAU coach Mike Smith to talk about team culture and training. In this wide ranging and deep episode, we dive into a number of topics. Starting with how Mike took over a team that was the defending…
Read MoreThe Insecurity of Hard work
If you work hard, you can achieve anything. These fine words are burned into our collective conscience. It’s part of our DNA, the American dream. We need to believe that hard work can triumph over circumstance. Look no further than our ready and rapid acceptance of the 10,000-hour rule, which many (incorrectly) interpreted to mean…
Read MoreEpisode 58: What Coaching Methods Have You Outgrown?
Welcome Back! In this episode of On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, it’s time to take on one of the important concepts in coaching: Change! How have we as coaches evolved in our thinking? Jon and I take you through the methods of coaching that we used to hold true to our heart but have…
Read MoreAn Analysis of Eliud Kipchoge’s Training Before His Berlin Marathon Victory
Seldom do you get a peek under the hood of one of the best runner’s in history. But with the release of his training in the months leading up to his Berlin marathon victory, we get just that with a training log of Eliud Kipchoge. As someone who believes in the sharing of training to…
Read MoreForm: How It Feels Is More Important than How it Looks
“How did it feel?” It was an endless process. Run a 100-meter stride, walk back and hear this question repeated over and over. These weren’t the words of some uninformed coach or parent trying to fake their way through coaching, they were spoken by Tom Tellez. And when Tom speaks, there’s a reason for the…
Read MoreEpisode 57: The Discernment Spectrum: Smart, Intelligent, or Sophisticated
In this episode of On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, we delve into a concept Jon calls “The Discernment Spectrum,” which is: Smart—Intelligent—Sophisticated As we learn a subject or skill, we exist somewhere on this spectrum. Smart only exists in duality– right or wrong–so it represents a basic level of understanding. To be intelligent means…
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