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October 29, 2017
Coaching with Craft: What Role Do Mentors Play?
What Role Do Mentors Play? Who are the people who influenced your development? The individuals who planted the seed, taught the lesson, or gave us the hard advice we needed. A mentor is an...
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October 22, 2017
Introducing: Coaching with Craft
I’m thrilled to announce a new initiative called Coaching with Craft. We’ve brought together a group of professional coaches to answer one new question every week. We’ll explore...
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October 19, 2017
Episode 59: Culture and Belonging: Interview with NAU coach Mike Smith
This is a MUST listen episode. In this weeks On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, we bring in NAU coach Mike Smith to talk about team culture and training. In this wide ranging and deep episode, we...
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October 11, 2017
The Insecurity of Hard work
If you work hard, you can achieve anything. These fine words are burned into our collective conscience. It’s part of our DNA, the American dream. We need to believe that hard work can triumph over...
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October 6, 2017
Episode 58: What Coaching Methods Have You Outgrown?
Welcome Back! In this episode of On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, it’s time to take on one of the important concepts in coaching: Change! How have we as coaches evolved in our thinking?...
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September 26, 2017
An Analysis of Eliud Kipchoge’s Training Before His Berlin Marathon Victory
Seldom do you get a peek behind the hood of one of the best runner’s in history. But with the release of his training log in the months leading up to his Berlin marathon victory, we get just that with
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September 15, 2017
Form: How It Feels Is More Important than How it Looks
“How did it feel?” It was an endless process. Run a 100-meter stride, walk back and hear this question repeated over and over. These weren’t the words of some uninformed coach or...
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September 12, 2017
Episode 57: The Discernment Spectrum: Smart, Intelligent, or Sophisticated
In this episode of On Coaching with Magness & Marcus, we delve into a concept Jon calls “The Discernment Spectrum,” which is: Smart—Intelligent—Sophisticated As we learn a...
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August 28, 2017
Flooding and Tragedy: A Lesson in Hope.
This is normally a running site. For those who don’t know, I live in Houston, TX. It’s under water right now. That’s tragedy #1. I also found out that the running community lost one of its...
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August 21, 2017
Episode 56- How To Become A Champion
In this episode of On Coaching, we discuss the amazing book Athletics: How to Become a Champion by Percy Cerutty. Cerutty was the coach of Herb Elliott who was the 1960 Olympic 1,500m Champion and...
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