Javan Bexson lives in Saskatchewan, Canada, and is the founder of Underdog Coaches. Over the course of his high school coaching career he has coached seven sports.
1:00 - Javan describes how he came up with the name "Underdog Coaches" and what the organization is about.
3:11 - Javan describes becoming a head football coach, having never coached the sport, and how leveraged technology to bring himself up to speed in the sport.
6:04 - Relationships, according to Javan, are the best part of coaching. Javan talks about how he builds those relationships.
8:30 - A key part of developing those relationships is to be vulnerable. Javan discusses the risk-reward factor of being vulnerable, and how you do that without stepping over the line and becoming too close.
10:50 - The importance of owning up to mistakes when coaching.
13:00 - How to get kids to buy-in to what you are trying to get across. "What have you won?"
17:30 - How coaches get kids to walk a continuum from finishing, to winning, to championships.
19:50 - The biggest difference between high school sports in Canada and the US? Opportunity
22:30 - The importance of learning to celebrate each step of the athletic process.
26:00 - Coaches can improve themselves by taking training in sports that they don't coach.
30:00 - Javan on what he wants his coaching legacy to be.
