Podcasts about caz mccaslin

7.8.18 sermon by Caz McCaslin.

With a vision to create the best sports experience possible for every child, Caz McCaslin founded Upward Unlimited, the world's largest Christian sport league for young athletes. In 1995, Upward Unlimited launched Upward Sports and has grown under McCaslin's leadership and guidance from several hundred children playing in seven church basketball leagues to more than half a million children playing in 2,500 multi-sport clinics, camps, academies and leagues in 47 states. Caz also has released a new book titled "Coach Em Up - Reclaiming Sports For the Benefit of the Athlete." On this episode, we talk to Caz about starting Upward Basketball, why youth sports are broken, and how the founder of the game of basketball, Dr. James Naismith, actually invented basketball to be a ministry, much like Upward.  For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com or http://Upward.org 

Caz McCaslin is the founder of Upward Sports, the world’s largest Christian sports provider for youth. Upwards Sports mission is to promote the discovery of Christ through sports. Caz had a vision to create the best sports experience possible for every child, while providing an environment to nurture kids’ faith. Trusting God for direction, Caz has lead the program’s growth from several hundred children playing in a few church basketball leagues to over half a million children playing in 47 states and 72 countries.

-   Craig Haworth is the founder of Winning Youth Coaching, whose mission is to empower and train youth sports coaches at all levels to build championship programs by creating a culture that values the contribution of each individual and accelerates deep training to achieve peak performance. - Listen Now: Listen on iTunes: iTunes link Listen on Stitcher: Stitcher link Listen on Google Play Music: Google Play link - Quote 'Be a coach that builds up children and teaches them to overcome adversity, instead of being the adversity the child has to overcome.' The 4 Cornerstones 1 - Establishing Core values 2 - Accelerate deep training 3 - Defining an important role for everyone & Developing your leaders 4 - Achieving Peak Performance Taking action - How to implement the 4 cornerstones Your equivalent to attending a live conference, but at the convenience of listening on your own schedule. 6 sessions that are about 40 minutes each Do-it-yourself worksheets and attachments to put pen to paper and make a plan of action for your program. Networking – 2 month membership to our culture bus masterminding network group to help encourage you and to learn from each other along the way. Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign – this will allow me to understand the size and scope of the audience, and take feedback through comments on the kickstarter campaign page itself – to tweak this course to make it exactly what you, as a coach, need and want. IF NOTHING CHANGES, NOTHING CHANGES. Get started here - Caz McCaslin's 2 minute Coaching tips Spirituality - It's one of our most important influences to help kids see they why behind what we do, and help them find their own why -  Today's Sponsors Established in 1995, Upward Sports is the world's largest Christian youth sports provider. Approximately 100,000 leaders and coaches deliver Upward Sports programming to half a million young athletes around the country. Upward Sports promotes the discovery of Jesus through sports, by providing a fun, encouraging environment in which young athletes can learn technical skills and a love of the game. We use sports like basketball, volleyball, soccer and flag football to help young athletes develop mentally, athletically, spiritually, and socially. We are about the whole athlete—that's our 360 Progression. -- Reviews are the lifeblood of the podcast!- If you like the podcast- please take 2 minutes to write a review! Click here -  Ready to be an Awesome Youth Coach? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter:

- Jim Harshaw Jr is a speaker, consultant and former Division I All American wrestler. Here is a quick story by him: I grew up in a blue-collar home so learned the value of hard work early on. I have spent my life surrounded by Olympians, CEO's and millionaires. They've all struggled and failed on their way to success. Just like you.   On March 20, 1998, my sixteenth year of wrestling ended in a locker room with blood on my face and tears in my eyes. I'd just lost the match to become an NCAA Division I All American. But I had one more season at the University of Virginia. One more chance. And exactly one year later, in front of over 14,000 fans at the NCAA Championships, I did it. I earned a place on the podium as one of just eight wrestlers in the country with the status of Division I All American. I followed a blueprint for success to get there. The same blueprint got me invited to the Olympic Training Center and took me overseas to compete on a US National Team. Website, TEDx talk, & Podcast: jimharshawjr.com Twitter: @jimharshaw Facebook: /jimharshawjr - Listen Now: Listen on iTunes: iTunes link Listen on Stitcher: Stitcher link Listen on Google Play Music: Google Play link - Quote 'There are 2 pains in life: the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret' 'We all need an unreasonable person in our life that holds us to a standard higher than we believe we can attain.' Outwork everyone Jim's goal from day one was to outwork all of his competition Coaching your own kids Each kid is unique and has different needs and ways to communicate Success through Failure podcast Most of what we do starts with a failure. The failure along the way is only because we set our goals high. The more successful the person, the more failures they have in their past. You don't see the grind and struggles and times they wanted to quit after they succeed, but it's there. 'Failure is an option. In fact, it's quite likely.' Goal setting Set audaciously high goals. Then reverse engineer the process it will take to get there. And then forget about the goal. All you can control is your actions. Set action goals. 'We all need an unreasonable person in our life that holds us to a standard higher than we believe we can attain.' Caz McCaslin's 2 minute Coaching tips Kids today are digitally connected, but struggle to connect socially face-to-face - Sports is a great place to make this happen. Best-practice - At end of practice once per week - have one player on team share a story about themself for 3 minutes while all the other players squat against the wall - then ask the players questions about the story afterwards - if they can't answer they have to keep squatting - great combination of teaching listening skills while under physical exertion Championship Culture 'The coach cares more about me as a person than he cares about me as an athlete' Connecting with kids A young man Jim coached who was hearing impaired wanted to quit, but Jim had a great conversation with the young man and he has stuck with it and his confidence has gone up and he's doing great with it. Someone believed in him. Best Stolen Idea Variety Quote 'There are 2 pains in life: the pain of discipline, and the pain of regret' Leadership and life coaching Website, TEDx talk, & Podcast: jimharshawjr.com Coaches people and former athletes on goal setting, success, and leadership Parting Advice Focus on the life lessons. Translate the actions they are doing into life lessons. -  Today's Sponsors Established in 1995, Upward Sports is the world's largest Christian youth sports provider. Approximately 100,000 leaders and coaches deliver Upward Sports programming to half a million young athletes around the country. Upward Sports promotes the discovery of Jesus through sports, by providing a fun,

- Pete Jacobson has been a varsity wrestling coach for 15 years. Coaching is a passion and a labor of love for him. It's essentially been his “other” full time job for the last decade and half. Now with the many years of experience under his belt; dozens and dozens of books on coaching theory, sports psychology, performance nutrition, team building and motivation read and on his bookshelf; thousands of dollars worth of clinics, seminars and classes attended and PLENTY of trial and error, he is able to answer a lot more of these questions, so he has started a blog and resources called Win Smarter. Website: winsmarter.com Website with free WYC offer: winsmarter.com/wyc/ Twitter: @PJacobsonEmont - Listen Now: Listen on iTunes: iTunes link Listen on Stitcher: Stitcher link Listen on Google Play Music: Google Play link - Quote  'The best aren't born that way. They work harder and practice more to master their craft.' - Jon Gordon Cringe Moment Pete and his head coach butted heads a lot during Pete's early years- Pete was like a typical young man who thinks they know it all Teaching Skills Incorporate fun competitions as much as possible Group based competitions helps create great culture, and keep mixing up the groups Self-confidence and peak mental performance Pete recently observed 2 NFL coaches' reactions to their kickers missing game-winning field goals in overtime of a game. One coach said 'he is a professional and has to make that kick.' The other coach said 'he made a bunch of kicks that even put us in the position to win the game. He'll make a bunch more for us and we love him.' Which coach would instill more confidence in his kicker going forward? 3 pillars Pete's teams focus on: 1 - Focus on process over outcome 2 - Embrace failure as a necessary step towards success 3 - For the kids to embrace #s 1 and 2 - you need to embrace these as their coach Free E-book on mental toughness Just go to winsmarter.com/wyc/ Caz McCaslin's Coaching Tips Developing a player's mental capacity Winning requires: Resiliency, concentration, and a willingness to embrace the grind Championship Culture Defining core values: TAAO Teamwork Attitude Accountability One More Before the season begins they do 2 things: 1 - Off-site team building ropes course 2 - Team community service project In season: Buddy week - Pair up kids that don't know each other that well (ideally they have the same lunch) - then at end of week they have a contest to see who knows their buddy best Coach Appreciation dinner - They assign groups and each group comes up with a skit to 'make fun' of the coaches. Make sure you define what is appropriate. :) Favorite coaching book/quote Quote: 'The best aren't born that way. They work harder and practice more to master their craft.' - Jon Gordon Book: The Energy Bus, The Hard Hat, Training Camp, and You win in the locker room first - All by Jon Gordon Book: The Carolina Way by Dean Smith Book: A Wrestling Life by Dan Gable Book: How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie Book: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson Win Smarter Blog to help coaches up their game Email Pete at Pete@winsmarter.com Website: winsmarter.com Website with free WYC offer: winsmarter.com/wyc/ Parting Advice You know a lot but you could learn much more. Go talk to as many other experienced coaches as you can. -  Today's Sponsors Established in 1995, Upward Sports is the world's largest Christian youth sports provider. Approximately 100,000 leaders and coaches deliver Upward Sports programming to half a million young athletes around the country. Upward Sports promotes the discovery of Jesus through sports, by providing a fun, encouraging environment in which young athletes can learn technical skills and a love of the game.

Caz McCaslin shares the vision God gave him about Upward sports.

 What does it take to be a winning youth coach? Listen in as Caz McCaslin shares stories and discusses God's journey in developing Upward Sports to reach Hundreds of Thousands of kids through youth sports. Caz is the founder of Upward Sports.  Established in 1995, Upward Sports is the world's largest Christian youth sports provider.  Today, approximately half a million players at more than 2,000 churches in 47 states participate in camps, clinics, and leagues through Upward Sports' Recreation Division.  In 2012, Upward Sports created its Performance Division – Upward Stars – aimed at young athletes wanting to further develop their skills and participate in a higher level of competition. Within the first year, approximately 900 athletes competed on Upward Stars teams.  Caz is married and has 3 grown daughters. Website: upward.org Twitter: @CazMcCaslin; @UpwardStars; @UpwardSports Facebook: /UpwardSports Listen Now: Listen in ITunes: Itunes link Listen in Stitcher: Stitcher link   Coaching/Leadership Quote 'Caz, you don't need another gym…What you need is 1,000 gyms.' Coaching Your Own Kids Remember that each kid is different so you have to coach them differently Teaching Children & Keeping it Fun HUGE IDEA #1 The 360 Progression - Grow children mentally, athletically, spiritually, and socially Children want to grow - so give them the right direction The progression for each kid is very different - you have to build on where they are at - then progress them.  It has nothing to do with their age or grade. The greatest challenge for a parent/coach - is to understand where each child is in their journey - then progress then appropriately Mental Peak Performance Confidence and arrogance are 2 very different things - They are the same on the inside, but the difference is on the outside - are you confident internally or are you bragging externally? Getting better, progressing - builds self-confidence on and off the court Coaching Resources Upward equips and trains their coaches in all elements of coaching Discipline HUGE IDEA #2 Billy Graham on sports: 'It's the last thing left where there is immediate discipline for wrongdoing' - so make discipline immediate and make it be something the kids really want: Freezeball: If a kid is dribbling and picks up his dribble - yell 'Freeze' - everyone freezes, then explain to the child that he cannot dribble again or it is a double-dribble.  His options are to pass or shoot.  Then unfreeze. Let the team come up with the rules - i.e.: If someone talks when the coach is talking - let the team decide at the beginning of the season what the punishment is Teambuilding Every team should do a service opportunity in their community as a team Inspiring Story Being on a team often has a powerful impact on individuals but on and off the field Coach K response to Duke's only loss of one season: 'How could I be disappointed in how these kids have grown and matured? I don't have one ounce of disappointment in anything that has happened with this team' The One that Got Away In Upward Stars' early days - they had a game ripped away from them by a referee - but Caz actually wouldn't change a thing - because the Upwards Coaches, players, and parents handled it perfectly with class Upward Stars Created to bring the positive impact of Upward Sports to post 6th-grade athletes in competitive levels 480 areas across the country targeted Currently 41 areas served and growing Parting Advice The tagline for Upwards - 'Play with Purpose' - Coaches have a purpose with everything you are teaching these young men and women - a purpose on the court and more importantly a purpose off the court 'The moment you decided to be a coach - you became a legacy.  What kind of legacy are you going to leave?' Ready to be an Awesome Youth Coach? Sign up for our free weekly newsletter:

The Wise Counsel Project host Gary Martin Hays interviews the Founder and President of Upward Sports, Caz McCaslin, to discuss how his organization is a uniquely designed total sports experience that adapts and expands as players grow in their personal athletic journeys. As a faith based org, Caz also shares how important it is for youth to walk with the wise. For more information please visit: http://www.WiseCounselProject.comFor more information about our host, visit: http://www.GaryMartinHays.comYou can also visit http://www.upward.org/ to learn more about Upward SportsYou can learn more about All Pro Dad by visiting: http://www.allprodad.com