How Soccer Explains Leadership Podcast Winning with Character with Robbie Handy, Health and Wellness Coach and Former College Soccer Coach
Jan 20, 2022
39:49
In Episode 65, Robbie Handy, Health and Wellness Coach and Former Head Coach of William Jessup University and Yuba College, talks with Phil about the differences between a head and assistant coach role, his coaching philosophy, how he measures success, why he left soccer coaching and started a different type of coaching, humility and learning, controlling the controllables, and the central role of communication in all we do.
Specifically, Robbie discusses:
- His story, how he developed his passion for soccer and leadership, and how he got to where he is today (2:18)
- The different leadership lessons we can learn from head coaching and assistant coaching (5:15)
- His coaching philosophy as a head college coach (12:01)
- His success metrics in his coaching days (15:54)
- His personal why and how he lives it out (19:30)
- Why he stopped coaching soccer and started coaching others to flourish in their health and wellness (20:54)
- How he uses what he learned from soccer in his coaching business (24:16)
- How he uses the lessons he has learned through soccer in his marriage and parenting (30:33)
- Communication and earning credibility with those you're leading (33:10)
- His recommendations (37:31)
Resources and Links from this Episode
- Link to Robbie's Health and Wellness Coaching
- Uncut Video of the Episode
- HSEL Facebook Group
- Coaching the Bigger Game information
- Warrior Way information
- The Messiah Method: The Seven Disciplines of the Winningest College Soccer Program in America, by Michael Zigarelli