Join us for this very exciting coach training on the inspiring Chula Vista Elite Athlete training campus. Over 200 Olympic and Paralympic athletes trained at this facility and competed in the 2020 Tokyo games.
WHERE
Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, Chula Vista CA (near San Diego, CA)
As a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic training site, the Chula Vista Elite Training Center is located on a 155-acre complex adjacent to Lower Otay Reservoir. It covers 155 acres and includes state of the art sport venues where elite athletes from around the world come to train.
On our second night, we will have dinner located near the Olympic torch and surround by the flags from nations across the world. And we will be joined by our keynote speaker of the evening, Valorie Kondos-Field. Valorie was UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Coach for 29 years. She was a 7-time NCAA Champion, she is a member of UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame as well as being PAC12 Coach of the Century. Check out her Ted Talk “Why Winning Doesn’t Always Equal Success.”
WHY
You are a coach and role model for leadership. You want to motivate and inspire your athletes to be the best that they can be on and off the field. In our SWEAT training, you will learn the skills of emotional intelligence so that your female athletes thrive in their sport and in their lives. You will also have the opportunity meet and learn from other coaches across all sports.
Coaching for a new kind of win
As coaches, we want to help our athletes perform at the top of their game. Quite literally, their success is our success. But nurturing the best performance can be a complex process. After all, the human brain doesn’t always respond the same way to the same stimulus, and words that may encourage one athlete may discourage another, depending upon her personality and mood. Many coaches depend upon tried-and-true stock phrases and exercises (like “stay focused!” and “suck it up!”) to boost athlete performance and morale, with mixed results. But research shows that if, instead, coaches use the principles of emotional intelligence, they can achieve far superior results.
The past decades have given us evidence-based research in this field that definitively demonstrates how emotional intelligence leadership skills can be applied to improve athlete attitude, drive, and performance. It’s time for coaches to take advantage of what top scientists know about how the human brain works. In so doing, we as coaches can learn the skills that will inspire and motivate our athletes to perform and succeed — not just on the playing field, but also in life. This is what great coaching is all about.