COURSE 401:
FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING: UNLOCK YOUR COACHING POTENTIAL

Instructors:

Cindy Bristow
Assistant Coach, UC Riverside

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• Enters second season as Highlanders’ pitching coach
• 30-plus years as an author, clinician, speaker, coach and television analyst
• Held national & international leadership positions with NFCA, USA Softball, ASA & ISF

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Rhonda Revelle
Head Coach, Nebraska

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• NFCA Hall of Famer is Nebraska’s all-time wins leader in any sport.
• Coached 21 NFCA All-Americans & 14 Academic All-Americans.
• One of eight current coaches to make 20 NCAA appearances.

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Guest instructors include:

Pat Conlan
(Georgetown)

Samantha Ekstrand
(NFCA Legal Counsel)

Gretta Melsted
(Augustana)

Karen Weekly
(Tennessee)

Course Overview:

In the current climate of athletes, coaches are dealing with more off-the-field issues than ever before. Come learn effective coaching strategies to navigate today’s athletic departments, parents, and student athletes. You will:

• Discover how your coaching style can have maximum impact on your athletes;
• Gain a better understanding of your players -- why they act the way they do and how to predict their responses;
• Improve your effectiveness in dealing with recurring issues like playing time, teamwork, discipline, confidence, slumps and change;
• Learn specific tips for coaching hitters and pitchers;
• Learn to better manage team meetings, conflict and negativity;
• Develop effective protocol for pre-game, pitching changes, substitutions, practice, travel, games and team membership;
• Discuss the art of scheduling and game planning;
• Learn strategies for goal setting, listening, communicating and delegating;
• Identify fatal coaching flaws and discuss how to fix them.