Do you have a question that you don't know who to ask?

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This episode introduces a special series within the show... Ask Nick!

Once again, Anthony needs help thinking through something that puzzles him. So, he asks Nick.

Nick and Anthony invite you to Ask Nick anything. Coaching. Sports. Life.

In Part 2 of the conversation with Chris Bates, we discuss drafting players as a professional General Manager vs. roster management as a high school coach at St. Andrews (DE). Chris has been a parent on the sidelines watching his kids while also having the chance to coach them throughout their high school years. With his significant experience as a college coach, Chris delivers a unique and passionate message about the great responsibility he feels as a coach. This episode provides you with real strategies to implement in your daily life.

With over 30 years of coaching at the high school, college and professional levels, Chris Bates joins Anthony and Nick for a passionate discussion about his career as coach and educator. As the head coach at St. Andrews School (DE) and in the Premier Lacrosse League, Chris offers real strategies on communication, accountability and what it means to be an educator.

How do you tackle something you have never done before? How do you systematically take yourself through the steps necessary to learn how to achieve success? Anthony and Nick discuss the process of S.P.A.C.E. and how it can apply to coaches. Great Coaches Never Stop Learning, and this is another tool in the toolkit to achieve real results.

In Part 2 of the conversation with Joe Ceglia, Joe speaks about “foundations of care” and “emotional deposits” in coaching. Joe offers his coaching concepts that he has learned are most important. Joe also shares some of his favorite lessons from The Nick Anthony Show. Anthony and Nick provide their takeaways from their conversation with Joe.

Anthony and Nick welcome Joe Ceglia, a high achieving career athletic administrator, former professional lacrosse player and co-founder of one of the most successful high school lacrosse showcases. He offers his reasons for success and his path from a Division 3 recruit to Division 1 All-American and professional lacrosse champion. Joe discusses the most influential coaches in his life; how they affected him and how he uses their lessons in his position as an Athletic Director.

Are there more components to a coach than most people think? Anthony and Nick share their ideas about the major elements great coaches must address. In-game decision making is all most sports fans see, but Anthony and Nick believe it takes so much more to make a great coach. Do you agree?

In Part 2 with Denise Dillon, Denise discusses how important it is to surround yourself with people who share the same values, even if they differ in basketball strategy. She talks about why it is important to listen and learn from others, especially as a young coach. Denise provides her observations on how parent involvement has changed over the span of her career. There are practical takeaways that Anthony and Nick reflect upon in their wrap up of their discussion with Denise Dillon.