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🎂 This all started a year ago

🔮 Crafting Tech Teams • 79 implied HN points • 24 Apr 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. The past year involved successful podcast testing, mentoring, and community building in the engineering field.
  2. Balancing multiple content creation channels and refining strategies was essential for sustained growth in the coaching and content business.
  3. Feedback from surveys and direct interactions highlighted the importance of clear design, diversified content, and fostering a supportive learning environment in the coaching and content creation journey.

Georgia's Defensive Philosophy

MatchQuarters • 314 implied HN points • 06 Mar 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Georgia's defensive philosophy focuses on controlling the line of scrimmage with elite talent and coaching.
  2. Despite losing key players to the NFL Draft, Georgia's defense remained strong and dominant in the 2022 season.
  3. Smart's defensive strategy emphasizes stopping the run with minimal defenders to achieve efficiency and success on the field.

Aubserver Mailbag 139: Is this a Year Zero?

The Auburn Observer • 294 implied HN points • 29 Sep 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. The concept of 'Year Zero' in college football refers to a significant rebuild season where short-term results may not matter much.
  2. Auburn's 2023 season is seen as a 'Year Zero' under Hugh Freeze, focusing on rebuilding the team for the future.
  3. The win-loss record in 2023 matters less in the context of a traditional Year Zero due to the focus on future development.
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Fake

TrueHoop • 294 implied HN points • 15 Mar 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Faking in basketball can disrupt the defender's timing and slow down the offensive player.
  2. Faking is a basic skill that all basketball players can do, but many NBA players don't utilize it effectively.
  3. Coaches often discourage NBA players from faking during games.

One of One

Scott Bell's newsletter • 157 implied HN points • 25 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Jim Harbaugh is leaving the University of Michigan to return to the NFL in pursuit of a Super Bowl ring.
  2. Despite Jim Harbaugh's departure, the success he brought to Michigan can continue.
  3. Jim Harbaugh's legacy is marked by his unique coaching style and impactful achievements.

Why Ben Johnson is atop the coaching wish list

Go Long with Tyler Dunne • 176 implied HN points • 05 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Ben Johnson is a highly sought-after coaching candidate for his innovative play design and dynamic offense building skills.
  2. Being an effective leader in the NFL is not just about X's and O's, but also about instilling belief, accountability, and demanding excellence from players.
  3. Johnson's coaching style is marked by fearlessness in playcalling and an emphasis on detail, communication, and creativity to maximize player skill-sets.

Learning Hard Things Later in Life: 8 Years of Surfing

Jay's Data Stream • 17 implied HN points • 31 Dec 25
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. You can start a hard skill later in life and still get meaningfully better if you keep showing up over months and years.
  2. Breaking bad habits with focused, deliberate practice and occasional coaching is what gets you past plateaus and makes real improvement possible.
  3. Small, consistent gains compound over a long time into noticeable progress, resilience, and lasting enjoyment, so the struggle is often worth it in the end.

Life update, March

Sasha's 'Newsletter' • 955 implied HN points • 07 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Events with Misha: The power of finding inspiration and guidance in unique individuals along life's journey.
  2. Lost in perfume: Embracing the challenges and excitement of starting a new enterprise, even amidst uncertainties.
  3. Sometimes life turns you into a life coach: Embracing unexpected shifts in your career and finding fulfillment in helping others navigate life's complexities.

Navigating Burnout in Tech

Notes in the Margins • 39 implied HN points • 03 Jun 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. The tech industry faces challenges like layoffs, declining funding, and AI impact, influencing mental health of professionals
  2. Tech workers experiencing burnout exhibit symptoms like questioning work value, detachment, and physical health issues
  3. Coaching provides personalized support, career clarity, and skill development to help tech professionals navigate challenges and make informed decisions

Does Locker Drama Matter?

House of Strauss • 15 implied HN points • 08 Jan 26
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Stories of locker-room drama get a lot of attention, but once they’re widely reported the betting market usually prices that information in.
  2. Early rumblings are hard to measure and often make bettors nervous, even though it’s unclear how predictive they actually are.
  3. Many people believe strong team chemistry is important for winning in tough moments, but real cases show mixed outcomes so it’s not a reliable guarantee.

Coaching Toolkit: Balance coaching to find new perspectives

Tech and Tea • 131 implied HN points • 07 Jul 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Balance coaching helps people change their perspective when they're feeling lost or stuck. It encourages exploring new ways of thinking about a situation to regain agency.
  2. Shifting mindsets can be very powerful, like moving from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset. This means believing you can improve with effort rather than thinking you're just good or bad at something.
  3. Common mindset shifts include going from feeling like a victim to feeling more in control. Being curious and compassionate towards yourself can help in tough times.

The Easier You Train The Faster You Finish

The Healthtech Initiative • 5 implied HN points • 09 Feb 26
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. More total mileage in the six-month build-up leads to faster marathon times — about 4.4 minutes quicker per extra 100 km.
  2. Spending lots of time at or above race pace can backfire — extra race-pace minutes were linked to slower finish times.
  3. A large amount of easy, low-intensity running pays off — roughly 1,000 more minutes of easy training was associated with about 7 minutes faster.

Welcome to my Substack!

The Uncommon Executive • 99 implied HN points • 22 Feb 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Yue Zhao is passionate about helping minorities succeed in the business world, as she believes the best opportunities are unfairly distributed to white men.
  2. Yue Zhao started her career in engineering, worked at prestigious companies like McKinsey, Thumbtack, and Instagram, and is now a venture partner at LifeX Ventures.
  3. Yue Zhao aims to use her Substack newsletter to share insights and advice to help minorities and women advance in their careers and personal lives.

How LSU Landed Lane Kiffin: Private Jets, Politics, and a Record-Breaking $91 Million Contract

Huddle Up • 26 implied HN points • 01 Dec 25
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. LSU signed Lane Kiffin to a record $91 million contract that is very coach-friendly, featuring an 80% buyout and no offset language.
  2. The governor had pushed for performance-based, market-resetting contracts to limit payouts, but the actual deal ignored that plan and gave coaches more leverage instead.
  3. Politics, secret private flights, and a high-powered agent played big roles in the hiring, helping Kiffin get terms that even beat Brian Kelly’s package.

A Rivalry Plucked From Fiction

Passing Time • 133 implied HN points • 20 Jun 25
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Rivalries in sports, like Federer and Nadal, show how two strong characters can define each other. They push each other to improve and create some of the best moments in sports.
  2. Each player has unique styles and strengths, making their matches thrilling to watch. Federer’s elegance and Nadal’s grit complemented each other perfectly on the court.
  3. Despite being fierce competitors, Federer and Nadal shared a deep respect and friendship. They recognized how their rivalry elevated the game of tennis and enjoyed playing together.

MatchQuarters ICYMI - Week of 1/22/24

MatchQuarters • 117 implied HN points • 26 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. The NFL Championship preview highlights the matchup between the Chiefs and Ravens featuring strong defenses.
  2. The Lions face the 49ers with the offense being a key focus in the game.
  3. Evaluation caution is advised, reflecting on players like Isaiah Simmons and Kyle Hamilton in the draft season.

Coaching Toolkit: Sitting With the Unknown

Tech and Tea • 82 implied HN points • 21 Aug 25
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. It's okay to not have a plan during big life changes. Embracing the unknown can lead to exciting new opportunities.
  2. Many people rush through uncomfortable times instead of reflecting on what they really want. Taking a pause can help clarify your true desires.
  3. Practicing self-care, like getting enough sleep and journaling, helps create a calm space to think through uncertainty and make better decisions.

Welcome to The Recovering Academic

The Recovering Academic • 217 implied HN points • 13 Sep 23
🚌 Education Coaching
  1. The Recovering Academic newsletter offers exclusive interviews, essays, poetry, and resources for writers.
  2. Paying subscribers get access to behind-the-scenes interviews, thought pieces on higher ed, personal essays, and craft resources.
  3. Joshua Dolezal, the writer behind the newsletter, has 20 years of experience, has published a memoir, and co-produced a podcast.

Why Are Interceptions Overblown Now?

House of Strauss • 22 implied HN points • 12 Dec 25
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Interceptions get blown up by social media and highlight culture, so mistakes feel much bigger now and push players and teams toward avoiding visible errors.
  2. Modern efficiency stats (like passer ratings and QBR) overweight completions and punish interceptions, which incentivizes safer, shorter throws and can reduce overall offensive production.
  3. Offenses should balance efficiency with productivity by accepting some risk—more air yards, deeper targets, and occasional interceptions can lead to more yards and points than a purely conservative approach.

Town Square #2: Kipchoge training partner caught blood doping

Honest Sport • 39 implied HN points • 18 May 24
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Rodgers Kwemoi received a six-year ban for blood doping, marking him as the first Kenyan athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics due to doping.
  2. He was coached by Patrick Sang, who has had multiple athletes caught doping, raising questions about coaches' awareness of their athletes' actions.
  3. Doping continues to be a serious issue in athletics, damaging the sport's credibility and the reputation of Kenyan athletes.

Ashamed (Burnout Part 5)

Notes in the Margins • 19 implied HN points • 04 Jul 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Coaching
  1. Acknowledge feelings of shame and realize asking for help is a strength, not a weakness.
  2. Build a support network to reduce isolation and share experiences for emotional and practical support.
  3. Set realistic goals, practice self-care, learn to say no, and seek coaching to overcome burnout and prevent shame.

Thoughts on Defending the Pistol Spread

MatchQuarters • 196 implied HN points • 11 Sep 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. High school football shifted from power football to spread offenses like the Air Raid to accommodate smaller athletes.
  2. Defensive strategies needed to adapt to the spread offenses that maximize space and create lag in defensive scheme reactions.
  3. Modern defenses had to adjust to the changing offensive landscape with concepts like Zone Read and defending against Air Raid schemes.

Hiring Agile Coaches

It Depends / Nimble Autonomy • 19 implied HN points • 30 Jun 24
💼 Business Coaching
  1. Agile coaches play an important role in helping teams improve their processes. A good coach can guide teams to recognize their own mistakes and improve without directly fixing their problems.
  2. When hiring agile coaches, it's essential to look for candidates with a solid background in product development and broad knowledge of agile methods. This experience helps them understand the 'why' behind agile practices.
  3. Building a successful agile coaching practice should start small, hiring one coach at a time. This allows the coach to establish what the role means in the organization before adding more coaches.

The Best Available Human Standard

One Useful Thing • 817 implied HN points • 22 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Coaching
  1. AI is widely accessible to various people around the world, regardless of their background.
  2. AI can be powerful in practical applications that are often overlooked.
  3. AI has limitations and risks that need to be taken into consideration, especially in fields like education, healthcare, and mental health.

Leveling up the Leadership Lab in Year 4

The Leadership Lab • 98 implied HN points • 03 Jan 24
🚌 Education Coaching
  1. The Leadership Lab has evolved significantly over the years, starting from a simple idea to now offering additional features like paid subscriptions and 1-on-1 calls.
  2. The addition of paid subscriptions allows readers to directly support the content created, offering perks like exclusive sessions and contributing to the growth of the platform.
  3. The introduction of Subscriber Chat provides a new interactive space for subscribers to engage directly with the author and suggest topics for future editions.

Alison Wade's essay on John Babington emphasizes a major problem of coaching abuse: never knowing where the edges of trust end

Beck of the Pack • 157 implied HN points • 21 Feb 23
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Coaching
  1. Coaching abuse can blur the edges of trust, making it hard to know where to draw the line.
  2. The issue of sexual abuse in coaching is complex, with challenges in identification and communication.
  3. Victims of abuse may struggle with speaking out, highlighting the importance of supporting those who come forward.

The Jets' STAB tag in Quarters coverage

MatchQuarters • 157 implied HN points • 13 Mar 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Cover 3 is common in NFL but use of Quarters coverage is increasing due to offensive adjustments.
  2. More NFL teams are utilizing Quarters coverage to counter running QBs and Spread/RPO schemes.
  3. Robert Saleh has significantly increased Quarters coverage usage with the New York Jets.

Illinois Penny Package vs. Michigan ('22)

MatchQuarters • 157 implied HN points • 03 Apr 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. Illinois football team improved from a tough season in 2020 to being 3rd in defensive FEI in 2022
  2. They utilized a unique defensive system featuring a five-man front and excessive use of Cover 1
  3. Their defense finished 4th overall in EPA/play, excelling against both the pass and the run

Rain Check!

MatchQuarters • 157 implied HN points • 31 Aug 23
🎾 Sports Coaching
  1. MatchQuarters analyzes Bill Belichick's favorite pressure
  2. Combining pressure with a base look can amplify its effectiveness
  3. Read pressure utilizes the offense's protection scheme against them