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The Captains Coach Podcast

Ben Smith

Education for team captains and athletes on leadership, strategy, and mental skills

sports & recreation college & high school

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Former U of R Women's Lax Captain Allie Ware on...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2020/02/11

Today my guest is Allie Ware. Allie is a former Captain of the University of Richmond Women’s Lacrosse Team. She graduated in 2014 and recently returned to the Spiders as the Associate Director of Parent Giving for Athletic Department. She also plays a role directly with Richmond’s new Sports Leadership Development Program: Spiders Lead. We had a great conversation centered around the culture change that happened when the current coach took over Junior year. It really brought to light why leadership

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Strength & Conditioning Coach Chris Gray on...

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2020/02/03

Today I had the privilege of talking to the head strength and conditioning coach at Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Chris Gray. For anyone unfamiliar with the combination of those two schools they are indeed two institutions but operating together. Coach Gray will explain that dynamic in the first couple minutes of the conversation so no need to go to Wikipedia. Coach Gray was great to talk to, a strength coach has such a unique perspective on athletics as he works with over 580 athletes, 23

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Curry Soccer Coach Brigida Palatino on Being a New...

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2020/01/28

Today my guest is Coach Brigida Palatino, the head women’s soccer coach at Curry College. Brigida is in her second year at Curry and we talk about some of the challenges of being a new coach, especially in a situation that neither you nor your players expected. We also discuss the importance of having a family culture, some unique resources that she has found in terms of leadership development for her players-especially a fan of what she has done in this area-and the story of two captains who really

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Coach TJ Kostecky - Founder of 'Vision Training for...

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2020/01/18

Today my guest is Coach TJ Kostecky. TJ is currently the head men’s soccer coach at Bard College. He has been a college soccer coach and athletic director for over 30 years at the Division I, II, and III levels, most recently before Bard at LIU Brooklyn where he managed one of the top programs in the country. TJ also runs his own company, Vision Training for Life which is primarily focused on conducting workshops with teams, companies, and organizations to improve their leadership, communication,

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01:15:00

How To Leverage Storytelling To Improve Your...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2020/01/10

Here are some quotes from the podcast: “As soon as you start to identify with and sympathize with a character, without even knowing it, you start to adopt some of their values and viewpoints.”“Motives are the primary way to determine if an audience will identify with a character or not. ““Stories about those struggles, about facing that risk and danger are the greatest tool you have to exert influence over an audience.”“So risk and danger are the consequences of failure, what would happen if

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Organically Developing your Team Culture with St....

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2020/01/03

Hey hey everyone, and welcome to The Captains Coach Podcast. Today my guest is Clay VanderLaan. Clay is the baseball coach at St. Thomas University in Houston. This coming Spring will be the program’s first ever so Clay has a unique position that most coaches will never have to experience. In our conversation we discuss the challenges of starting a program from scratch and how to instill a strong culture of leadership, the importance of letting that culture develop organically, holding players

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56:00

Narrative War and Identity with General Staff...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/12/24

Brian and I discuss the following questions: What is narrative warfare? Narrative vs narrative frame?How do we “get out in front of the issue?” with our messaging?What is the narrative theory of identityHow receptive is Army leadership to this narrative warfare?What are the best questions most high-level commanders have for you?Would you agree that facts do not equal truth?Narrative vs story vs messaging?3D war and narrative topographyYou can’t defeat narrative only create a more meaningful one -

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Former Navy Seal and Joint Special Operations...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/12/22

Hello and welcome to the Captains Coach Podcast. I am your host, Luke Poulos and I apologize for the ever increasing gaps between episodes. But today I have an awesome guest with a unique perspective on leadership. Bill Dempsey is my guest today. Bill is a retired Navy SEAL who spent over 28 years on active duty serving our country and for the last 13 years has been an instructor at the Joint Special Operations University at Fort Bragg. He was also a Division I baseball player at and graduate of

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Roger Williams Softball Team Captains on Leadership

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/11/25

Hello and welcome to the Captain’s Coach Podcast. I’m your host Luke Poulos and today we have something new for ya with a special tri-captain conversation from Roger Williams University. Tara Tchatowsky, Ellie Fleming, and Sydney Provencal are the captains for the Softball team at RWU and came on the show for great episode. They have been working with our very own founder Ben Smith over the past year to kickstart their leadership development and that of their entire program. The three young women

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State Champion Joe White Pt. 2

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/11/18

Hello everyone and welcome to the Captain’s Coach Podcast. I’m your host Luke Poulos and today my guest is Coach Joe White. Coach White is currently an assistant coach for both the Baseball and Football teams of Thunder Ridge High School in Colorado. He was actually one of the original planning committee members for the high school when it was founded and he started the baseball program where he was the head coach for over twenty years. He is a teacher in the school as well and is active member on

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5 x State Championship Coach Joe White

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2019/11/12

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Intro to Sports PSYOP

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/09/22

New book coming out in about 6-8 months about how you can better influence the behaviors on your team and improve your team culture!

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Ben Morgan on Building a Leadership Lab by Leveraging...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/09/04

Hello listeners, and welcome to The Captain’s Coach Podcast. I am your host, Luke Poulos. Today’s guest is another from the Rugby scene in Richmond, VA and is a friend of my previous guests Matt Robinette and Chris Porter so if you haven’t listened to that episode please go back after you finish this one with Ben Morgan. Ben has had an awesome career around all sports coaching Rugby most recently for VCU and the Richmond Lions Club. He says he’s on sabbatical due to a new-born but I am guessing he

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Ben Morgan on Building a Leadership Lab

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2019/08/29

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The 3 Beliefs for High-Performing Captains

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/08/20

Belief 1: You MatterBelief 2: You will LeadBelief 3: The Journey is worth it

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How to entrust leadership to your captains Pt. 2

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/08/16

Hello Everyone, welcome to another episode of the Captain’s Coach Podcast. I am your host Luke Poulos coming at you with great conversation, our first two-guest conversation, with Matt Robinette and Chris Porter. Matt is the president of the Capital Rugby Union and Chris is a coach of the Norfolk Rugby Blues and the Capital Selects teams. They have known each other for a long time with over 50 years of combined experience between them coaching and running programs and can see why they enjoy working

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How to entrust leadership to your captains Pt. 1

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2019/08/13

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7 Reasons to Select Team Captains

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/07/09

10-80-10Pareto’s PrincipleDirectly influence 6-8 peopleStrategic about who you pour intoSmaller the group, the higher the impactTeam Captains Drive CultureSocial InfluenceBystander EffectReflects the real worldExperiences are the medium to develop Leadership

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How to Accelerate the Maturation and Development of...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/07/06

Adult Development is a theory by Robert Kegan which stated that, throughout the lifespan of an individual we can go through 5 different phases of maturation. These five are:Stage 1 — Impulsive mind (early childhood) Stage 2 — Imperial mind (adolescence, 6% of adult population) Stage 3 — Socialized mind (58% of the adult population) Stage 4 — Self-Authoring mind (35% of the adult population) Stage 5 — Self-Transforming mind (1% of the adult population) Kegan got this model from a mix of previous

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Lewin's Equation and Influencing Behavior for Sports...

The Captains Coach Podcast ·

2019/07/04

Lewin’s equation is a heuristic formula created by the famous psychologist Kurt Lewin. It states that behavior is a function of a person in their environment. This is a critical equation for sports leaders to understand. More and more research is coming out that is reinforcing this idea that Lewin created in the 1930’s. (James Clear). Willpower is not enough. If we want to create real behavior change, we need to focus in on the environment that we are creating.Our behavior matters because it

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