GEN Z - UPDATES FROM THE FIELD:
Effectively Coaching Gen Z in an Optimal Sport Experience
Continuing education for how to communicate, connect with, and coach today’s student-athlete. This course takes into account the current landscape of sport and offers tangible insights into creating an optimal sport experience for coaches and athletes.
If you’re a coach and you’ve found that...
- "Kids these days" are expressing strong emotions more frequently - often in the form of tears
- “Respect your elders” doesn’t hold the same weight with today’s athletes as it used to
- Many of today's student-athletes find it challenging to maintain a sense of confidence
- Today's student-athlete aren’t as resilient and need more support than previous generations…
Any of this sound familiar?
Then you’ve found the course for you!
"Kids these days..."
Today’s coaches feel challenged to meet the needs of today’s athletes without feeling like they’re lowering their standards or expectations.
Luckily coach, you’re in the right place…
Introducing
GEN Z - UPDATES FROM THE FIELD:
Effectively Coaching Gen Z in an Optimal Sport Experience
This course offers insights from thousands of conversations with current athletes to identify the most important elements of a quality sports experience. Using the acronym T.E.A.C.H.E.R.S. coaches learn how to improve the quality of their coaching while working collaboratively with Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
The young people we are coaching today have never known life without the Internet. That unique context translates into both challenges and opportunities for coaches everywhere.
The Curriculum
Module 1COURSE INTRODUCTION
This course offers insights from thousands of conversations with current athletes to identify the most important elements of a quality sports experience. Using the acronym T.E.A.C.H.E.R.S. you will learn how to improve the quality of your coaching while working collaboratively with Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
Module 2TRANSPARENCY
Gen Z craves transparency. Our opportunity is to lean into their desire for information while creating shared understanding.
Module 3EMOTIONS
Gen Z has all the feels. Our opportunity is to help athletes learn to self-regulate and use the energy of emotion to facilitate growth and resilience.
Module 4AFFIRMATION
To Gen Z, who they are is more valuable than what they do. Our opportunity is to shift our language from praise to affirmation.
Module 5CHOICES
Gen Z loves to co-create. Our opportunity is to give them choices that allow for customization of their sport experience while increasing ownership and accountability.
Module 6HELPFUL
Gen Z values instant, expert feedback. Our opportunity is to offer feedback that deepens their learning experience and sets them up for future success.
Module 7EMBRACE
Gen Z is unique! Embracing who and how they are increases our coachability, flexibility, and well-being.
Module 8RESPECT
Gen Z demands respect. Our opportunity is to learn while old adges no longer apply and and how to show and earn respect.
Module 9SUPPORT
Gen Z thrives with support. Our opportunity is to create environments that optimize growth and champion love.
Module 10CLOSING REMARKS & OUTTAKES
Elevating the quality of our coaching is a win for coaches and athletes in today’s sport landscape. Our opportunity is to lean into the vulnerability of change (and I’ll go first by sharing some outtakes from filming this course). Enjoy!
After completing this course, you will..
And much more!
This Course Includes
Questions Your Fellow Coaches Asked Before Enrolling Into The Gen Z - Updates from the Field Course
Effectively Coaching Gen Z in an Optimal Sport Experience was designed with coaches of all levels in mind. Whether you are a college, high school, or youth coach, the information in this course is relevant for anyone who coaches student-athletes born during or after 1996.
One of my favorite things about communication is the need for improved skills is not sport-specific or gender-specific. The same is true for this course. Effectively Coaching Gen Z in an Optimal Sport Experience was intentionally designed to provide options for coaches of all sports.
It takes roughly 1.5 hours to complete the videos in this course. (Diving into the additional resources will take longer, and is completely at your discretion).
The course will stay available for a full year from when you first log in. You can complete the course at your own pace and circle back on certain sections as often as you like!
First, great to see you again, and welcome back!
When designing the course, I had coaches like yourself in mind.
While I built this course as a stand alone for coach education in working with today’s student-athlete, it is ideally meant to compliment the foundational education provided in the “Relating to Today’s Student-Athlete: Effectively Coaching Gen Z” course! I’m thrilled to offer you new tools and a fresh perspective on how to work collaboratively with today’s athletes for team success.
Lol, I’m glad you asked! While that would seem the more economical route, repeated logins from multiple IP addresses flags in the system as “suspicious” and future access is revoked.
Upon purchase you’ll be prompted to create your own username and password. From there, you can work through the course at you own pace and complete each module individually as you progress towards course completion.
Additionally, with your own accounts, you can utilize the “Ask Betsy” forum to ask questions specific to you and your experience.
Group discounts are available depending on the number of interested coaches. If several coaches in your department are interested, I suggest forwarding to your Athletic Director so they can take advantage of the Departmental License offer to enable ALL coaches at your institution to benefit from learning about Gen Z.
About Betsy Butterick
Meet Betsy Butterick, aka “The Coaches’ Coach”, a seasoned pro who utilizes the transformative power of communication to help build high-performing teams. As a former coach, Betsy understands that “chemistry” is more than a buzzword – it is the result of genuine connection, and at its core lies effective communication.
In her role as “The Coaches’ Coach,” Betsy meets individuals where they are and supports their growth and evolution. As a Communication Specialist, she works collaboratively to enhance communication effectiveness and drive positive change at every level. Betsy has the exceptional ability to connect with diverse audiences, and as a facilitator and educator, she offers a professional, playful, and people-centric approach to learning and development.
A life-long athlete, Betsy grew up playing all sports and was a competitive basketball player (and fairly awful golfer) at the collegiate level. She now spends her time with her family, hiking, biking, practicing yoga, chasing sunsets, and in constant pursuit of the perfect breakfast burrito.
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