UK Coaching Podcasts

UK Coaching Podcasts


Curious Coaches’ Club (EP 14): Coaching Mavericks

July 03, 2020

Paddlesports athlete, Team Coach and Team Psychologist at Team GB Johnathan Males and Performance Coach Developer at England Netball Sarah Green explore the concept of a maverick and the impact they have on the people around them.


What makes someone a maverick?


Is a maverick jut the disruptive, audacious player who thinks the rules are for other people?


Are some mavericks those athletes who see and interact with their performance world a little differently from the expected norms of a specific situation?


If so, what and how can we learn from them?


What impact do mavericks have on the people around them?


As coaches, are there some ways in which we can understand and be more effective at coaching mavericks?


Listen another great discussion.


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