Exploring The Mindside With Dr. Bhrett Mccabe

Authenticity is the essential foundation of good leadership.  What makes us human - empathy, connection, our drive to accomplish something meaningful, our courage to innovate and capacity to learn from our mistakes - is also what makes us successful at work and in life.  Julie McDonald - a great friend and trusted colleague - knows that understanding yourself and making decisions that are aligned with your core beliefs and values makes you more effective as an employee, a leader…and a human.  

John Brannen is a rising star in the college basketball coaching ranks. Having just finished his first year at the University of Cincinnati and winning the regular-season American Athletic Conference championship (tournament and NCAA tournament canceled due to COVID-19), John is poised to do great things at a program who has experienced a ton of national success and is considered a storied program. I have been fortunate to work very closely with John since his time as an assistant coach to Anthony Grant at Alabama. After hearing this conversation, I bet you will become a big John Brannen fan as well!

Jason Glass is one of the world's best strength and conditioning specialists and is very highly sought after among professional athletes, most notably PGA Tour players. But it's not just the knowledge he has of getting bigger, faster, stronger, more explosive, more flexible, and the like. It's about how Jason connects with his players - the soft skills of a coach - they trust him, they respect him, and he knows what makes them tick. The information he shares in this episode can help you do the same.

This week's guest is Brittany Wagner, star of the hit Netflix show Last Chance U. I wanted to bring Brittany on to talk about the difficulties that COVID-19 presents to our education systems. Parents are having to juggle work responsibilities with serving as a "teacher" to their children during this time. Brittany offers some practical strategies for adults who are serving as teachers for their youngsters right now such as letting children develop their own schedule and adhere to it, give them the freedom to be who they are within a larger framework, and much more.

This week's guest is Martin Du Toit, former professional golfer and current golf instructor. To better embrace the world of technology, Martin developed an app for coaches and students to better communicate. He now serves as the CEO of the Golf Coach App The Golf Coach App, along with adjoining product, the Golf Stats Coach, is a great way for a golf coach to bring tremendous value and convenience to the student all from their mobile device.

The COVID-19 crisis has reached seemingly every walk of life. For sports, especially those played in spring and summer at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels, the abrupt end to a season (and career for some) has led to coaches searching for answers. What do I tell my players? There is no blueprint for this, how am I supposed to handle it? I discussed these topics with a good friend of mine and a rising star in the DI collegiate baseball ranks - Justin Hill of McNeese State. Justin has led his team to the NCAA Tournament multiple times, but he, like all other coaches, are dealing with something unprecedented.

The impact of COVID-19 is being felt across the world. I wanted to bring on an old friend to talk about economic trends, the trickle-down effect, and the impact the sports world, both professional and collegiate, has felt and will continue to feel during this time.

This week's episode of The Secrets to Winning is the recording of a webinar I conducted recently discussing my steps to developing a winning coaching philosophy in the 21st century. In this episode, I take you through step-by-step and point out the 10 most important lessons I have learned from: 1. Playing for & working with the best coaches 2. Coaching world-class athletes 3. Building a high-performance organization

Chris Como has dedicated his life to coaching golfers of all levels to achieve their goals. In order to learn the most effective coaching practices in the game, Chris spent the first part of his career either working for or studying with many of the preeminent teachers of the game.  Chris’ many years of teaching experience, including several years as a swing consultant to Tiger Woods, gives him the unique skill to translate sophisticated concepts into simple, tangible coaching practices. 

Given the uncertainty of these times for players, coaches, and leaders, this episode will aim to provide additional guidance on managing this time of uncertainty and chaos with your athletes, dealing with the abrupt end to a season (or for some, a career) with no finality, and what you can do to improve during the time away from your competition - among many more topics.

This week's guest is Jamy Bechler, an expert in developing team leadership and creating championship cultures. After two decades of coaching college basketball, Jamy now leads leaders and is a coach to coaches as a team consultant and trainer. His training and experience as a certified John Maxwell leadership coach and speaker have allowed him to work with professional and college teams, as well as multi-million dollar businesses.  

Sport is full of legendary rivalries: Yankees and Red Sox, Duke and North Carolina Basketball, Lakers and Celtics, Alabama and Auburn, and so many others. But what, exactly, elevates a competition to the level of rivalry? Is it a defining moment, such as the Christian Laettner buzzer beater that propelled Duke to shatter a thousand dreams across Kentucky during an NCAA Tournament game? Is it simple geography, such as Green Bay’s proximity to Chicago? Is it a storied past colliding in the present, as with the Yankees and Red Sox? Or two cities, states or organizations which are so similar that they, much like siblings, can’t help but clash (say, Ohio State vs. Michigan)? How about all of the above? Our guest this week on The Secrets to Winning is the Founder of the Know Rivalry Project Dr. Joe Cobbs, an associate professor of sports business at Northern Kentucky University and former sports marketing executive who dreamed up the “Battle of the Bricks” brand to promote the football rivalry between Miami (OH) an

On this week's episode of The Secrets to Winning, I sat down with Entrepreneur and Founder of Golf Science Lab Cordie Walker to talk how to create content that sells...and wins! When creating great content, there are a number of different rules you need to follow if you are going to create excellent, stand alone content. There are 5, specifically, that Cordie talks about in this episode that are proven to get a ton of views.

There are times in your life when you need to make a change. Often it starts with a shift in mindset, then actions follow. Those times of change become milestone moments that alter everything and you're never the same again. That moment came for this week's guest Patrick Sweeney minutes after almost losing his life against a rare case of Leukemia.   Patrick took on the world in his 20's training for the USA Olympic team in rowing, and then when he still felt empty he took on the business world in his 30's and 40's trying to reach 40 by 40 -a net worth of $40 million by 40 years old, thinking it would build confidence and courage. But it didn't.   In one moment, Patrick walked away. He'd just fought for his life on an operating table against a rare case of leukemia. In that moment of perspective, as he stood outside the hospital, he decided to fight the fear of the unknown and embrace a different future. One that would bring fulfillment, joy, and happiness. What he discovered was life-changing.    

The world of social media has opened up the doors to tons of new ideas and mindsets in the sports world, but understanding how to utilize social media to build your brand and to deliver information is critical. This week's guest is a YouTube sensation and online golf instructor Eric Cogorno. Coaching is never easy, and when you get into new methods and use digital media or facets like that, it's really important as a teacher to be able to touch and impact individuals in different kinds of ways. There's an art and skill there. It's not just about putting content out, it's about knowing what resonates. Eric embodies that mindset.

Today’s young athletes belong to a group known as Generation Z. While they may be the best-educated generation in history, critics also notice Generation Z’s shorter attention spans, need for frequent (positive) feedback, lack of independence, and increased screen time. So, how can you most effectively coach the 21st century athlete? Explain the 'why', communicate effectively, be direct, precise and immediate feedback, promote resiliency, and promote situations for critical thinking.

My guest on this week's episode of The Secrets to Winning is Xan Barksdale, founder of Catching-101.com, the web’s top resource for those who suit up behind the dish. As a former pitcher, it was awesome to have a conversation with a catching guy as there is this seemingly automatic bond between pitcher and catcher. Throughout his career as a collegiate player (Ole Miss) and coach (Louisville), Barksdale has been a highly sought after speaker and clinician, speaking at some of the nation’s most well-attended baseball gatherings such as the ABCA National Convention, Pitch-A-Palooza and various youth baseball podcasts across the globe.  

Dr. McGee is an orthopedic surgeon with sub-specialty fellowship training in sports medicine. He is the team physician for College of Southern Nevada’s athletic programs. He is also involved with the Justin Boots Sports Medicine team which provides care for the Professional Rodeo Cowboys, the Professional Bull Riders and the National Finals Rodeo. Dr. McGee grew up in Las Vegas, NV, and then attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. There, he received a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Physiology and also was a pitcher and outfielder on the winningest baseball team in Ute’s history.