Show notes
How Women Win Our Way – with CHAMP10N Guest Angie Akers, Retired Professional Beach Volleyball Player, former Federation Coach for Beach Team Netherlands and 2021 Tokyo Olympics Gold Medal Coach for Team USA- April Ross and Alix Klineman.
JOIN US On the Journey to Discover How Women Win Our Way…
Check out this week’s 10 talks podcast episode to hear HOW WOMEN WIN with our next guest, Angie Akers.
WINNING STRATEGIES
1. How do you change and win? One of the most important things is to rely on other people and ask for help when you need it. Make sure everyone within your team or organization are on the same page. Have conversations about your core values, team expectations, and how your program competes. You do not have to do everything by yourself; the standard or expectation for women coaches is to try to do it all and not ask for support, but this is not a great winning strategy for your team and most importantly yourself.
2. Reliability is important from a player-coach relationship perspective. When female athletes have female coaches, they will understand and relate more to components such as body insecurities or hormonal changes and responses, which are areas that male coaches coaching female athletes may not be able to fully understand or empathize with.
3. Pay attention to how players receive feedback you are giving them as coaches. On a general level, female coaches are more apt to give feedback in a positive, caring way, whereas males are more direct and may come across as more stern. Though this is definitely not true for all female and male coaches, it is still important regardless to understand your players and the ways in which they take feedback. Are your players more responsive to hearing feedback in a direct, harsh tone? Or are they more likely to succeed if it is brought to their attention in a more empathetic manner? Somewhere in between?
Stay tuned next week to hear how Kathy and Carlette are Teaming Up to Discover, Design, and Do – "Winning Our Way". Want to G.I.V.E.H.O.P.E. to other women by sharing how you win?
Learn More Here: www.championwellbeing.com/how-women-win-survey
Watch here: https://youtu.be/p_qmMhNoYtg
JOIN US On the Journey to Discover How Women Win Our Way…
Check out this week’s 10 talks podcast episode to hear HOW WOMEN WIN with our next guest, Angie Akers.
WINNING STRATEGIES
1. How do you change and win? One of the most important things is to rely on other people and ask for help when you need it. Make sure everyone within your team or organization are on the same page. Have conversations about your core values, team expectations, and how your program competes. You do not have to do everything by yourself; the standard or expectation for women coaches is to try to do it all and not ask for support, but this is not a great winning strategy for your team and most importantly yourself.
2. Reliability is important from a player-coach relationship perspective. When female athletes have female coaches, they will understand and relate more to components such as body insecurities or hormonal changes and responses, which are areas that male coaches coaching female athletes may not be able to fully understand or empathize with.
3. Pay attention to how players receive feedback you are giving them as coaches. On a general level, female coaches are more apt to give feedback in a positive, caring way, whereas males are more direct and may come across as more stern. Though this is definitely not true for all female and male coaches, it is still important regardless to understand your players and the ways in which they take feedback. Are your players more responsive to hearing feedback in a direct, harsh tone? Or are they more likely to succeed if it is brought to their attention in a more empathetic manner? Somewhere in between?
Stay tuned next week to hear how Kathy and Carlette are Teaming Up to Discover, Design, and Do – "Winning Our Way". Want to G.I.V.E.H.O.P.E. to other women by sharing how you win?
Learn More Here: www.championwellbeing.com/how-women-win-survey
Watch here: https://youtu.be/p_qmMhNoYtg