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51 Ways to Motivate Your Athletes

Fifty-one motivation tactics sent in by working strength coaches, each credited to the coach and school that uses it. Point systems, attendance T-shirts, a Strength GPA, Lifter of the Month, team carries and end-of-session competitions, mostly from high school and college weight rooms.

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We collected 100 tips and tactics from actual strength coaches to help kickstart your offseason. Every human sometimes struggles to find motivation. That is why we’re here to help! We also want to give a special thanks for the TeamBuildr customers that contributed to the majority of this list. We’ve identified them with the symbol.

Warning: Some of these (like #41) might give you chills.

45. Support The Athletes Outside The Weight Room

"I like to stay positive at all times. Making sure they know that I am seeing more of the good things they are doing helps them become more confident in the weight room."

Matt Walker, Asst. S&C Coach at Arcadia University

“With a group of younger basketball guys, I tell them if they work hard they can do curls. Works every time!”

Mylan Fairmont, St. Francis Xavier University

Chapters

  1. 151 Ways To Motivate Your Athletes In The Offseasonp.1
  2. 2What is Motivation?p.2
  3. 31. Stay Positivep.3
  4. 42. Curls For The Girlsp.3
  5. 53. The Point Systemp.3
  6. 64. T-Shirt For Attendancep.3
  7. 75. Focus On The Relationshipp.4
  8. 86. Create A New Sportp.4
  9. 97. Focus On Mental Imageryp.4
  10. 108. Comparative Assessmentp.5
  11. 119. Tough Lovep.5
  12. 1210. The Champions Beltp.5
  13. 1311. Accountability Buddiesp.5
  14. 1412. Office Politicsp.6
  15. 1513. Leverage Numbersp.6
  16. 1614. Playing Other Sportsp.6
  17. 1715. Know Their Goalsp.7
  18. 1816. Us vs. Themp.7
  19. 1917. The Whiteboardp.7
  20. 2018. The Fundamentalsp.7
  21. 2119. Talent vs. Hard Workp.8
  22. 2220. Coach Mac's Big Boardp.8
  23. 2321. Explaining The Philosophyp.8
  24. 2422. Dog Tagsp.9
  25. 2523. Campus Runp.9
  26. 2624. Weekly Point Systemp.9
  27. 2725. Comprehensive Awardsp.9
  28. 2826. Red Zonep.10
  29. 2928. Lifter Of The Monthp.10
  30. 3029. Group Progressionp.11
  31. 3130. Getting On The Playing Fieldp.11
  32. 3231. Get Outside The Comfort Zonep.11
  33. 3332. Combine Testingp.11
  34. 3434. Fun Fridayp.12
  35. 3535. Keep It Candidp.12
  36. 3636. Assign A Mentorp.13
  37. 3737. Investing = Return On Investmentp.13
  38. 3838. Create A Fun Environmentp.13
  39. 3939. Strongman Competitionp.13
  40. 4040. Strength GPAp.14

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