8 Solid Coaching Principles with Coach Jason Witt – LGR Episode 40

Up until this point on the podcast, all guests have been lacrosse goalies and/or lacrosse goalie coaches.

Well ladies and gentlemen, as they say, it’s time to branch out.

This week Coach Jason Witt, an ice hockey coach out of Fairbanks, Alaska joins the podcast to discuss solid coaching principles.

While you won’t hear any lacrosse X’s and O’s this week, what you will hear are tips on how to build great teams. Tips on how to be a great leader and a great coach.

These principles that Coach Jason Witt brings to the table are applicable in any sport.

If you’re not following @CoachJasonWitt on Twitter you’re missing out. His feed is a treasure chest of great coaching principles and mentoring.

In this podcast I pull out some of my favorite tweets of his and we discuss them in depth.

Here are the 8 coaching points we cover. Listen to the podcast for Coach Witt’s background and teaching points on each.

Practice makes perfect. If you practice wrong technique, you perform the technique perfectly wrong. Complete a lazy practice? Guess what, you are teaching yourself to perform perfectly lazy. What habits are you practicing perfectly?

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) April 3, 2018

The best teams have their best players committed to the slogan “Heart over Hype.”

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) June 14, 2017

You can spot an expert coach versus a phony coach from a mile away. Look for three little words: I don’t know. The phony coach will have all the answers, while the expert coach will admit what they don’t know and immediately get working on finding the answers.

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) January 10, 2019

The greatest players have a constant desire to be great. Same goes for coaches. #CoachWitt

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) October 19, 2017

You will make mistakes. Teammates & coaches are more interested in how you respond to those mistakes than the error itself however. Do you respond with hustle and a “next play” mentality? Or pout and exhibit poor body language?

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) January 7, 2019

Defeat is a springboard for discovery. When you are able as a player to self asses your weaknesses, you can properly plan for improvement. Defeat helps in identifying weaknesses. That’s discovery. #CoachWitt

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) September 2, 2018

If you want to be the best, play the best. Go out and find the best competition to play against. That’s how you make yourself better.

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) January 1, 2019

Every job the Head Coach assigns is important. If they ask you to fill up water bottles, filling them up should be looked at as the difference in winning a championship. Every task can be vital to successful cultures.

— Coach Witt (@CoachJasonWitt) January 6, 2019

Show Links

• Coach Jason Witt Twitter
• Coach Jason Witt Facebook

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