My newsletter focuses on the three pillars of peak performance; building high-performing athletes, creating championship cultures, and coaches who sustain excellence. In the newsletter, I provide frameworks and practical strategies that I have used during my 23-year career as a Varsity Boys Basketball coach and as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant.
A Preview of Aligned: The Inside Out Path to Coaching Excellence
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The Competitive Advantage- A Newsletter for Coaches
My newsletter focuses on the three pillars of peak performance; building high-performing athletes, creating championship cultures, and coaches who sustain excellence. In the newsletter, I provide frameworks and practical strategies that I have used during my 23-year career as a Varsity Boys Basketball coach and as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant.
Quentin The 3C's of Trust, the Backbone of a Successful Season Issue 157- Jason Payne, CMPC It is late September, and for many of you this means that pre-season is underway: weeks of practice and intersquad games until the season gets rolling. It can feel tedious. One coach I talked to this week said his team could not wait for games to start; they are tired of battling and crashing into each other every day. While you and your team may be restless, this is not a trivial window. It is where...
Quentin The Small Steps I Took to Rekindle My Love for Coaching Issue 156- Jason Payne, CMPC I have written a lot about the moment when my coaching career flipped. Burnout led me to make an important choice that significantly changed my life. I needed to find a more meaningful way to coach or find a different way to spend my time. The cost of maintaining the status quo was too high. What I have not written much about is what I did the following season. The changes were not dramatic or flashy....
Quentin The Sunday Scaries Issue 155- Jason Payne, CMPC You know the feeling. It's Sunday night. You start thinking about the week ahead, practices, games, maybe a tournament. You're doing what you love; you should be excited, or at least ready. Instead, something in your body feels heavier than it should be. Not tired or stressed about a specific play or a specific player. Just off. Most coaches call it burnout. Or fatigue. Or the season is getting to them. It's usually none of those. Not...