David Joyce’s passion for developing people has been the red thread that goes through everything he does.
For more than two decades in his career in elite performance, David has trained, rehabilitated, and maintained multiple world champions, Olympians, and more than 100 national champions.
He was the Head of Athletic Performance of the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League.
He is also the first athletic performance coach in history to work with team China after working with another national Olympic team.
Today, as the High Performance Leadership and Strategy Specialist at Synapsing—a sports-strategy and decision-making consultancy—David remains dedicated to his mission to help individuals and teams uncover their inner greatness.
David joins me today to discuss coaching development and building better coaches for the long haul.
He explains what makes coach development different from coach education and outlines how to improve your decision-making hygiene.
He describes how individuals can curate their career and personal development.
And David also underscores the importance of applying knowledge and highlights the factors that make a master coach.
Facts and figures don’t move people the way we think they would—it’s emotions that do. And the greatest coaches are the ones who understand where their clients’ goals are. – David Joyce
This week on the Physical Preparation Podcast:
- Coach development and why David is passionate about grooming and developing coaches
- The four ways to approach development
- Learning versus doing and the difference between coach education and coach development
- How the industry can start developing better coaches from the get-go
- The importance of having “human” skills and the power of communication
- The makings of a master coach and the value of emotions in moving people
- The reason coaches shouldn’t rely on motivation alone
- What career curation and executive coaching are
- The gardening approach to personal and career development
- What decision-making hygiene is and how to make better decisions
- David’s favorite chapters in his book, High-Performance Training for Sports
- The writing process behind High-Performance Training for Sports
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Connect with David:
- Book: High-Performance Training for Sports: The Authoritative Guide for Ultimate Athletic Conditioning
- Book: Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation: Integrating Medicine & Science for Performance Solutions
- David Joyce on LinkedIn
- David Joyce on Twitter
Make 2022 Your Best Year Ever
With the new year right around the corner, I want to help YOU make 2022 your best year ever. I’ve made it a goal to totally revamp my online coaching platform. In fact, I want to help more people than ever before – and that starts with people like you.
So if you’re interested in getting in the best shape of your life this year, I’ve got two options for you.
Option Number 1: Private Online Coaching
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I’ve already filled two spots so I’m down to three left in 2022, so if you’re interested in my one-on-one online coaching, send me an email ASAP at [email protected]
Option Number 2: My RTS Annual Program
In the RTS Annual Program, we go through four 3-month phases of training:
- Building the Engine
- Leaning Season
- Athletic Domination, and
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But the cool part about this program is that it’s more than just a training program. Every month, you’ll not only get a new workout to follow but we’ll also set monthly challenges where we develop habits in nutrition, recovery, and mindset to help ensure that 2022 is your best year ever.
If you’re interested in an annual training group, you can learn more at RobertsonTrainingSystems.com/Annual. And if you’ve got any questions whatsoever, feel free to email me directly at [email protected].
Let’s make 2022 your best year ever!
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