Coach 360: A Podcast For High School Coaches

It does no good to be a 5-star athlete if you have 0-star character. The same is true for any area of life. When you’re 5-star in one area and 0-star in another, it shows that you are compartmentalizing your life. The people who compartmentalize are the ones who live with the greatest disappointments. So, if you want to find success on the field and in life, stop compartmentalizing and focus on developing 5-star character. Remember: Your character drives and influences every area of your life. In this episode, Mackey breaks down the five things that people with 5-star character get right. Key Takeaways: -Character is more important than talent, technique, or test scores. -Hard work has to be done in areas where you know you have to grow. -The greatest ability a person can have is dependability.   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact or email Colton at colton@2words.tv  

Coach Andy Sexton, Director of Athletics for Bastrop ISD, took some time to talk with Coach 360 about the issues facing coaches today, and how the Bastrop ISD program is finding solutions. The issues and solutions discussed include: holding athletes accountable for mistakes, fighting to keep players engaged in the program, and hiring the right people. Key Takeaways: -Hold athletes accountable for mistakes so they learn how to change -Don’t lose sight of why you’re a coach: for the students -One of the most important things a head coach does is hire good people   Download a FREE week of curriculum at www.2words.tv/gameplan or email Colton at colton@2words.tv

How much negative self-talk do our student-athletes experience everyday? Probably more than we suspect, since most of that negative self-talk is happening in their heads where we can’t hear it or correct it. We may never know how much negative self-talk our athletes are dealing with, but we can help them overcome it. This episode of Coach 360 provides tips and ideas for how to encourage our student-athletes to move beyond negative self-talk. We want to help them re-draft the narrative they tell themselves, so they can realize the great potential we see in them.   Key Takeaways: -Encourage athletes to see what they don’t see in themselves. -Invest in our athletes by walking alongside them in their journey. -Challenge athletes to go for the big challenges.   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact or email Colton at colton@2words.tv  

During this interview with Coach Jonathan Lamb of Leander ISD, Colton and Coach discuss how to build deeper relationships with athletes, coaches, and parents. The first step is being authentic because that opens the door for developing deeper relationships. Along with authenticity, we build deeper relationships with our athletes by knowing them beyond the sport. We want to know: What other activities are they into? Who are they really? When the student-athlete’s parents realize you have an authentic relationship with their child, it forms a deeper relationship with the parents, too. Then, they are more likely to give you the freedom to challenge their child. As we all know, challenge is necessary for growth. Key Takeaways: When you are authentic, it opens the door to building deeper relationships. Develop the whole athlete by building a relationship. Find work/life balance because the better you are personally, the better you will be professionally   Download a FREE week of curriculum at: www.2words.tv/g

Who are you? What motivates you? Are you motivated by success or by integrity? Are you the person that says “I’m going to set the standards that are worthy of the talents inside of me”? Do your goals require you to fail greatly? In this episode of Coach 360, Mackey is live at Champion, and he’s got these questions for you and more to help you think about your motivation in life and what that means for success. Key Takeaways: -If your goals don’t require you to fail greatly, they aren’t big enough. -Let who you are motivate you more than success. -Work harder today than you did yesterday to be better today than you were yesterday.   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact or email Colton at: colton@2words.tv  

How do you get your athletes to go above and beyond? How do you encourage them to be successful? According to Coach Brad LaPlante of Hutto High School, you do it through living what you teach, so that you lead by example. Communication is the key to teaching new skills and encouraging character-driven behavior. But all the talking in the world is useless if your own actions as their coach fail to drive the message home. Let your actions drive the message of going above and beyond to find success. Key Takeaways: -Recognize your athletes’ accomplishments on and off the field. -Lead by example. -Ask athletes to make decisions based on Faith, Family, Future, or Football.   Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan

You know the importance of coaching beyond the game, but what does that look like practice? For starters, coaching beyond the game means being intentional with everything that you do. It means being present for your athletes so they can see and mirror your actions. It means teaching them how to interact with other people, including giving a good handshake and expressing gratitude. In this episode, Mackey speaks about coaching beyond the game, beyond the locker room, to impact your student-athletes’ lives and futures. Key Takeaways: -Great coaches are intentional in everything they do. -When you coach beyond the game, athletes mirror their coaches. -A strong handshake is essential.   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact  

During an interview with Coach Tim Russell, Athletic Director and Head Football Coach for Harmony High School, Coach shared that the team is a family built on accountability and trust. The team has to love each other enough to call each other out when they are wrong - to hold each other accountable. That commitment to the truth, even when it’s tough, builds trust that strengthens the bonds of family. The family atmosphere of the team is the foundation for character building in the Harmony athletic program because Coach knows that if you win off the field, you also win on the field, and more importantly, you win in the game of life. Key Takeaways: The team is a family. The better you serve, the better leader you will be. When you win off the field, you win in life.   Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan

Every person you meet is in one of three places: -Having a bad time -About to have a bad time -Recovering from a bad time It is guaranteed that you will have bad days and rough times. There may even be days when you struggle to get out of bed. Those rough times and the struggles you face can either anchor you down or be the catalyst that propels you forward. The choice is yours. Will you choose to let your struggles make you stronger? Key Takeaways: Choose to view adversity as an opportunity Own your mistakes so they don’t own you The best thing to do is your job   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact or email Colton at Colton@2words.tv

As coaches, we have to coach beyond the game to make a lasting impact on our student-athletes. A good game plan is crucial for making an impact, but the process of creating and executing a good game plan can be daunting. The good news is: You don’t have to do it alone. Your fellow coaches and 2Words Character Development are here to help. If you need help, just ask for it. Key Takeaways: We can’t stop at a scoreboard if we want to make a lasting impact The better your game plan, the better it allows you to coach. You can’t do it alone and you don’t have to  

In our latest episode, Mackey is live from the Texas High School Coaches Association Coaching School talking about the 8 pillars of a culture of character. Key takeaways from this podcast: Athletics teach skillsets that will NEVER expire Integrity will not ONLY be learned by example. You have to MODEL and TEACH. Intentionality comes when you have a culture that values character   Download Mackey’s Talk Handouts: www.2words.tv/coachingschool   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact   Get a FREE WEEK of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan   Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks

As coaches, we build leaders for the game, through the game, and beyond the game. In this weeks episode, we’re coming to you live from the Texas High School Coaches Association, Coaching School. Mackey shares the building blocks of leadership and how leadership hinges upon identity. Key takeaways from this podcast: Model, teach, test, and reward to lay a positive identity in your athletes Who you are determines what you do What you do reveals who you are   Download Mackey’s Talk Handout: www.2words.tv/coachingschool    Get a FREE WEEK of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact  Follow us: @mackeyspeaks @2wordstv

In our latest episode, Mackey is talking about the simple, yet difficult practice of living family first. It is okay that family goals COST something because your family is more important than your goals.   When you put your family goals above your personal goals, your personal goals will fall in line and your personal goals serve your family goals. Key takeaways from this podcast: Your personal goals will suffer when you have family goals. Your personal goals should serve your family goals. If your personal goals serve your family goals, then the harder you work for your family goals the more successful you will be for your personal goals. Follow on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact

In our latest episode, we’re bringing you a mashup of some of our favorite thoughts on putting we before me.   We hear from Coach Gambill, Coach Gillum, and Coach Rebe on ways they put importance on teaching their athletes and coaching staff on how to put others first.   Key Takeaways from this podcast: Coach person first, and the player second Growth comes when you are helping others succeed Allow your athletes to ask questions to let them know that you’re in this together.     Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks   Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan   Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact

When you make a mistake do you justify them? Do you try to cover them up? If so, you're losing. You never lose so long as you learn. Our latest episode is a past favorite on iron clad character and learning from past mistakes. In this podcast, Mackey takes us through where 2Words was at over year ago. He emphasizes the idea that there is no overnight success and building 2Words took over 27 years of experience to come to fruition. If you admit that you are wrong and take steps to grow, you're a learner.   Key Takeaways from this podcast: The people who have the greatest integrity have made mistakes and LEARNED from them. People with great integrity don't HOPE for who they are, they AUDIT who they are. There is no such thing as an overnight success   Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan Bring Mackey to YOUR school: www.mackeyspeaks.com/contact

In our latest episode, Mackey is coming to us live sharing 2 words with us, One Day. We tend to think of “one day” as a far off day in the distance. We think that “one day” is synonymous with “some day”. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow isn’t promised, and the only day we have is this ONE day.   Key takeaways from this podcast: How you spend this one day will determine the quality of your some day. Do not let opportunity pass to the next one because the next one is different. Do not neglect the work of today, today. Do not put it off until tomorrow.   Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan

In our latest episode, we’re bringing you a mashup of two different important ideas. We share the importance of controlling your responses because they effect the situation’s outcome AND the importance of positive pressure and using that pressure to catapult you into success. Mackey and Colton talk positive pressure and the fact that pressure in itself is neither inherently bad or good, but it is your response, your outlook that creates it into a bad or good situation. Believe it or not, stress is actually a good thing. Stress can keep you moving forward on the right path. It takes time to reach your goal, to win a state championship, to build a business, and so in order to stop you from being burnt out, pace yourself. Slow and steady wins the race! We also share an interview with Brian Kight where he shares the idea behind E+R=O and what it practically means and looks like both on the field and in life. Key takeaways from this podcast: There is positive stress, not all stress is bad. Stress can keep you on

In our latest episode, we’re bringing you a Mackey Mashup. We pulled three of our favorite moments on being all in in the present to bring your best self into the future. The only thing you can control NOW is the next thing, not something one week, one month, or one year from now. Keep your eyes forward and dig in.   Key takeaways from this podcast: When you focus on what you CAN control NOW, it’s importance rises because of the investment you make into it. The more you put into something, the more it matters. Failure is not fatal, and success is not final.   Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan 

Stanley Laing, a 25-year educator, has served as a teacher, coach and high school administrator. He was the principal at Clark High School from 2006-2010. In 2010 he was named Executive Athletic Director of Northside ISD. He is a graduate of McMurray University in Abilene, TX where he earned his bachelor's degree. He also earned his master's degree from Texas A&M University at Kingsville. In this episode, we’re bringing you a past favorite with  Coach Laing as he pulls back the curtain on Northside ISD. Coach shares his story, and the importance of building hope in the lives of our athletes. Key takeaways from this podcast: You’ll never lose putting other people first. Before you ever change the culture in your program, you have to first change the culture in the adults that will be leading them. Adversity builds endurance, endurance builds character, and character creates hope.   Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks @NISD   Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan    

Are you anchored in DOUBT or PROPELLED by hope?   In our latest episode, Mackey is bringing us our final podcast on commitment.   Mackey shares with us how it’s so easy to get caught up in doubt and fear. It is through hope that we propel ourselves forward.   It’s easy to doubt and hard to hope. Hope seems far away, but doubt is easy to hold on to.   Doubt has a way of paralyzing us right where we are.   Key takeaways from this podcast: Doubt anchors us down and hope launches us forward Hope gives you the confidence that where you are isn’t where you’ll have to stay forever Leaders believe that there is more tomorrow than there is today     Follow us on social: @2wordstv @mackeyspeaks @fullcurlcolton   Download a FREE week of curriculum: www.2words.tv/gameplan