Jim Davis is the founder of the Good Athlete Project and author of Get Steady: Essays at the Foundation of Sustainable High Performance. This conversation was recorded live at New Trier High School the day before we both presented at the Beyond Strength Summit in Chicago.

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We cover Jim's High Order Performance Framework, from the physiological bedrock of sleep, nutrition, and movement, all the way up to gap capacities like grit, gratitude, and resilience. We also get into the inverted U curve, flow state theory, the three V's of communication, and a decision-making model called AUIRS that every coach needs in their toolkit.

If you believe sports don't teach lessons, coaches do, this one is for you.

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Every season, coaches name captains. Hand out the 'C.' Fire everyone up.

And then the season hits, and half the time, those captains don't know what to do with it.

Not because they don't care. Not because they're bad leaders.

Because nobody ever taught them how.

This episode is the story of what happened when I decided to change that.

I'm in the middle of my doctoral program in educational leadership — and this past season, I took my five high school lacrosse captains and put them through the same process I was going through myself. Pre-assessments. Eight structured leadership lessons. Post-assessments.

What came back surprised me.

We talk about what the research says about why captain development fails, what we actually did differently this season, what changed — and what didn't. Including the moment late in the season when one of my captains walked up to me unprompted and said four words that told me everything I needed to know.

If you're a coach who's ever wondered why your leaders lead great in practice and disappear when it matters, this one's for you.

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What separates a good strength coach from a great one? According to Matt Nein, it's not the programming. It's the environment you create and the experience you deliver — every single day.

In his 21 years at Salisbury University, Matt has built one of the most decorated strength and conditioning programs in all of college athletics — 14 national championships, 360-plus All-Americans, and the 2018 NSCA Collegiate Strength Coach of the Year award. And he's done it without the budget, the staff, or the square footage of the programs that get all the attention.

We also go deep on his role as Strength and Conditioning Coach for USA Lacrosse's Box and Sixes National Teams, the physical demands of the fastest game on two feet, and what it means to keep a flame lit when your athletes are scattered across the country.

This one is for every coach trying to build something real with limited resources and unlimited heart.

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