Our Brains Are Wired For Connection

When we create partnerships with our athletes and their families and establish authentic connections, we build mutual trust and respect.

We can then leverage that trust bond to help our athletes rise to higher expectations.

We can also give feedback and constructive criticism in ways that our athletes are able to take it in and act on it.

Creating partnerships also allows us to hold them to higher standards and challenge them more.

Simply put, partnerships with our athletes help us coach them better and tougher so that we can get the most out of them because they know we care and have their best interests at heart.

Get to know your athletes, what their interests are, what motivates them, what triggers them, how they best learn, and what their goals are.

via: Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain