Captains & Coaches Podcast

The Fast-Track to Becoming a Game-Changing Leader.Discover how the greatest minds in sports build winning cultures. Dive into raw, no-nonsense conversations with elite coaches and captains who've been in the trenches. We're not here for fluff – expect: * Hard-hitting strategies to skyrocket your team's performance * Insider tips on building unbreakable team chemistry * Career-defining lessons from both victories and failuresWhether you're calling plays or taking the field, we're building you up, not breaking you down. Ready to raise your game? Let's do it together.Press play. Listen and lead with purpose. Become the leader your team needs.www.captainsandcoaches.com [https://www.captainsandcoaches.com/]

Captains & Coaches Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Tex McQuilkin, with 137 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Tex McQuilkin hosts Captains & Coaches Podcast, a education show with 137 episodes published.

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  138 - Staying Within Striking Distance w/ Bo Sandoval

  Aug 18, 202654 min

  Bo Sandoval has spent three decades coaching everyone from Olympic wrestlers to UFC champions, and he says the secret was never chasing peak performance. It was staying within striking distance. In this episode of Captains & Coaches, Bo traces his path from a moldy weight room at a small Mississippi college to the U.S. Olympic Training Center to nearly a decade inside the UFC Performance Institute, now teaching the next generation at Texas A&M. Along the way, he unpacks what self-leadership actually looks like: positioning yourself as a helper before an expert, drawing the line between shame and guilt when athletes mess up, and putting a governor on your own emotions before you try to lead anyone else's. Education -  Captains & Coaches course, "Why They're Not Listening - Coaching Today's Athlete": http://listen.captainsandcoaches.com Training -     15 Min Dynamic Warm Up Flow - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/warmupflow Old Bull Program - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/old-bull-train C&C Merch - shop.captainsandcoaches.com

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  137 - Ask the Coach: S&C Q&A Live at the Soldiers to Sidelines Summit

  Aug 12, 20261h 1m

  Live from the 2nd Annual Soldiers to Sidelines Coaching Summit: the Ask the Coach panel, unscripted and unfiltered. Moderator Johanna Zabal hands the mic to the room, and Tex, Nate Palin, and Kat Oswald field whatever comes, from youth lifting age and PVC-pipe progressions to burnout, creative play, and how the military trains athletes with no off-season. Real questions from real coaches, answered live. Topics covered: youth strength training age, rep max vs. percentage-based programming, in-season maintenance for football and soccer, athlete burnout and cognitive recovery, creative play in long-term development, force plates and asymmetry testing in military athletes, and mental imagery for performance. Education -  Captains & Coaches course, "Why They're Not Listening - Coaching Today's Athlete": http://listen.captainsandcoaches.com Training -     15 Min Dynamic Warm Up Flow - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/warmupflow Old Bull Program - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/old-bull-train C&C Merch - shop.captainsandcoaches.com

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  136 - When Perfect Breaks, What Emerges w/ Erica Lowery

  Aug 7, 202654 min

  Erica Lowery is a strength and conditioning coach at South Alabama working with volleyball and soccer. She's also a former Division I libero, a two-time Apex Games competitor, and a USA Bobsled camp invitee. This episode covers all of it. Erica walks through her transfer from Texas A&M to Liberty University and the confidence she rebuilt there. She talks about her first year as a college strength coach, the exhaustion of trying to be perfect, and the moment she stopped performing for her athletes and started showing up as herself. That decision changed everything about how she coaches. This conversation is about the gap between who you think you should be and who you actually are, and what happens when you finally close it. Education -  Captains & Coaches course, "Why They're Not Listening - Coaching Today's Athlete": http://listen.captainsandcoaches.com Training -     15 Min Dynamic Warm Up Flow - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/warmupflow Old Bull Program - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/old-bull-train C&C Merch - shop.captainsandcoaches.com

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  135 - Coaching Crisis: Lacrosse Roundtable Live at Soldiers to Sidelines Summit

  Jul 31, 20261h 10m

  Live from the 2nd Annual Soldiers to Sidelines Coaching Summit in Nashville, this lacrosse roundtable tackles the coaching crisis head-on: the pathway from playing to coaching, why coaches are leaving the profession, and what it takes to stay in it for the long haul. Joining Tex: Harrison Bernstein, Founder and CEO of Soldiers to Sidelines; Jon Basti, Head Coach at Sacred Heart University; Ryan Wellner, Defensive Coordinator at Notre Dame; and Chayse Ierlan, Director of Operations at Johns Hopkins. The group unpacks why playing experience doesn't guarantee coaching skill, the pressures pulling young coaches out of the game, and the psychology behind why athletes, and coaches, stay committed. Harrison breaks down the research on self-efficacy, hope, and realistic optimism, and the group shares the mentors and moments that shaped how they lead today. A conversation about why the best coaches never stop training, even at the top of their game. Education -  Captains & Coaches course, "Why They're Not Listening - Coaching Today's Athlete": http://listen.captainsandcoaches.com Training -     15 Min Dynamic Warm Up Flow - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/warmupflow Old Bull Program - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/old-bull-train C&C Merch - shop.captainsandcoaches.com

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  134 - The Language Arts of Coaching w/ Nick Winkelman

  Jul 24, 202635 min

  Nick Winkelman wrote the book on coaching language. Literally. The Language of Coaching has become required reading for anyone who talks to athletes for a living.   The Language of Coaching: https://amzn.to/4gUKhjU   In this episode, recorded live at the NSCA National Conference, Nick breaks down the difference between informing and cueing. Most coaches give too much information and not enough focus. Nick explains why that gap kills performance in the moment that matters most.  We dig into internal versus external cues.  Nick makes the case for external focus using a symphony conductor as the model. One clear idea organizes the whole system. Too many internal cues just create noise.  Nick also unpacks his 3D cueing model. Distance. Direction. Description. Three ingredients that turn a vague cue into something an athlete can actually use in real time.   We close on analogy. Not as a coaching trick, but as the actual mechanism the brain uses to learn anything new.  This episode applies whether you coach lacrosse, baseball, or the weight room. The language you use is the lens your athlete sees through. Choose it on purpose. Education -  Captains & Coaches course, "Why They're Not Listening - Coaching Today's Athlete": http://listen.captainsandcoaches.com Training -     15 Min Dynamic Warm Up Flow - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/warmupflow Old Bull Program - 7 Day Free Trial - https://bit.ly/old-bull-train C&C Merch - shop.captainsandcoaches.com

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