Sam Callan, the USA Ultimate Manager of Youth and Education, will be facilitating this discussion about motivation. The discussion will cover kinds of motivation and what a coach can do to enhance motivation and to stifle it (more of how not to do that). The webinar will also touch on self-determination theory and its relation to working with athletes.
Sam has master’s degrees in counseling and in exercise science. He has served as a sport scientist for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and for USA Cycling. He has also been the manager/director of coaching education for USA Cycling, USA Fencing, and, now, USA Ultimate. He is also adjunct faculty in the Coaching and Performance Science department at West Virginia University.