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Missy Mitchell-McBeth - Volleyball Strength Coach 🏐

@missymmcbeth

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Volleyball S&C
Former Division I Strength Coach
In Person Training in DFW
Author | Speaker | Consultant
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Do you need to drink to enjoy your kids youth sports games?

Is it appropriate?

What message do we send kids when we need to drink to enjoy their games?

Coaches, what’s your take?

Parents who drink at games, what am I missing?

Maybe it’s totally fine at the college level?

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Looking forward to digging into this training resource from @missymmcbeth on “Developmental to Division 1”

Looking forward to adding new pieces to my programming and learning how to communicate better with athletes, parents, and coaches from the language used in the book. I’m not just looking at how to create better s&c programs from these books, I’m aiming to gain better communication tools based on the language in the books.

Thank you for the note Missy!

#learn #volleyball #education #strengthandconditioning #coach

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HIPPO NATION🔥

Burnt orange just hits different at Hutto High School.

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Power Lift Reps: @pbmstrong @missymmcbeth

#FacilityFriday #RaiseTheStandard #PowerLiftProud #PowerLiftBuilt

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Man this was a long time coming.

After a week of reflecting on our first-ever Non-Superficial BS Conference, I’m still not sure I have the words for it. But I do know that the most fulfilling thing was seeing it all finally come together.

If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know I never claim that my work, or anything we do at Art of Coaching, is “perfect.” And to be frank, that’s not the goal.

But I’ll be damned if we don’t bring people together, make them think, make them laugh, make them confront things they otherwise wouldn’t, and help them grow and adapt—all while they help us do the same in return.

There’s no way I could capture that entire weekend in a set of photos or fully express the appreciation I have for everyone who was part of it.

But I know this: This was two years of trying to get this building done.

Ten years of a dream coming together. And in a couple of months, it all culminates with the official release of my new book, #TheAntiheroAdvantage

None of it came easily. There were more fights, setbacks, and moments of doubt along the way than I could ever adequately explain.

The lyrics of the song in this post was on repeat in my brain during the hardest months…”Not done fighting…I don’t feel I’ve lost…”

It was one battle after another.

But getting to bring all these people together, learn from some incredible speakers, and have my son there to experience even a small part of it made the whole thing that much more meaningful. And worth it.

‼️😈This weekend embodied what it means to be an antihero and a misfit. Someone who wants to do good but has a little chaos in them. Someone who wants to learn how to leverage their flaws, doubts, fears, and demons—all in the service of good.😈🏴‍☠️

What higher calling is there?

We’re all going to go through shit in life, and we need more pragmatic people and resources to help us overcome it.

That’s what our work is about.

When you read the final chapter of my book you’ll have a new definition of the word “RISE.”

Like the lyrics say- “is there more like us?” I hope so.

Thank you to everyone who was a part of this dream. And even to those who were part of the nightmare.

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The first meeting of the Geriatric Foodie Club was a success!

#foodie #food

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Still Carving

For most of my career I thought the way to get better was to keep adding.

I figured the accumulation of more information would lead to increased knowledge … and me being a better coach.

I read as much as I could. I applied it as often as I could. And it led to some semblance of success.

It worked

… until it didn’t.

By 2008 I knew a lot about a lot of things, but I was burnt out. In fact I was going to transition out of coaching entirely after the 2010 Olympic Games [that’s another story for another day].

It took me a long time to figure out that real understanding comes from what we learn to take away.

“We add to know, and we subtract to understand.”

But subtraction is hard. Much harder than adding. What you know becomes part of who you are, so letting go of a method or a belief can feel like letting go of a piece of yourself. And in a complex system you don’t know whether you’ve cut the right thing until well after you’ve cut it.

So I try to take things away a little at a time, safely. Dave Snowden calls these safe-to-fail experiments. You try something small, you watch what happens, you keep what works and drop what doesn’t, and then you go again.

I’ve been coaching for over forty years, and I’m still doing it. Still adding and subtracting at the same time, and the balance keeps shifting.

… still carving.

*From my talk “When Smart Becomes the Problem” at the Non-Superficial BS Conference. Thanks to @coach_brettb for the opportunity.

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What went into building Texas Tech Football’s weight room?

Sit down with Coach Lance Barilow to hear the story behind the space.

▶️ Watch the full video on YouTube.

#PowerLiftProud #PowerLiftBuilt #TexasTechFootball

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Coach Lance Barilow takes us inside Texas Tech Football’s weight room to break down the vision, functionality, and identity behind the space and the role Power Lift played in bringing it to life.

Stay tuned.

@texastech_fb ✗ @powerlift_tx

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I didn’t take nearly enough photos this past weekend at Antihero Advantage.

One, I was front row. Two, I was so enthralled with everyone’s story I did not think to grab my phone and snap a photo.

I can’t believe I was lucky enough to trip and fall into that room (thanks @michaelwttullis_ ).

I was humbled and honored to not only be around the uncommon animals in the world of coaching, but to witness moments of real vulnerability from each and every one of them.

It is a healing thing to witness and be witnessed as a human in this state, and it means that much more to get to be in the crowd observing this rare type of event happen.

I am still digesting the weekend and the lessons that came forth, but for now I am grateful I landed in what felt like the right room. It’s been a minute.

To the man commanding the room @coach_brettb, the speakers that demonstrated the culture created, the support that made it all happen and to @aocoaching , thank you 🙏🏼

James 1:4 Let perseverance finish its work

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Day 1 of the Non-Superficial Bullshit Conference in Phoenix, Arizonia.

No hacks. No hype. No performative nonsense.
Just people who have built, failed, rebuilt, and stayed honest about what it took.

Day 1 lineup:
Brett Bartholomew [@coach_brettb] opened the room and set the tone.

Juliet Starrett [@julietstarrett] on risk, relationships and building something that lasts.

Missy Mitchell-McBeth [@missymmcbeth] bringing 20+ years of real coaching from high school to Division I.

Jess Elis [@physio_elis] on leading yourself and learning from loss.

Jen Widerstrom [@jenwiderstrom] on strength, mindset and learning from chapters of life.

Sanjeev Javia [@askjeevers] on networking and building from the ground up.

Then every speaker comes back together for a panel and open Q&A. That's where the best stuff tends to come out.

Small room. Real conversations. The kind of people you stay in touch with for life.

Grateful to be here with Art of Coaching [@aocoaching].
#NoBSConference #ArtOfCoaching

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A quick reflection on the first Non-Superficial BS Conference, held at my buddy @coach_brettb’s new compound just north of Phoenix.

First, it meant a lot to be invited to the very first one, the grand opening of the compound. Thanks to Brett for the invite, and to everyone who took time to come to spend a couple of days with us.

The highlight for me was the time with the other speakers. @thereadystate and @julietstarrett are two of the best people on the planet, and any chance I get to hang out with them is special. I hadn’t met @jenwiderstrom or @missymmcbeth before. It was a real treat, and I hope it’s the first of many interactions with both of them.

Brett had told me about his buddy @jasonleydon and that I’d really like him and he was right. His presentation was inspiring and told with real vulnerability. I appreciated that, and it was great to meet him.

Brett wanted something different for this one. The audience wasn’t only health, performance and fitness people, and he asked the speakers to skip the polished advice and talk about how real people deal with real hardship: change, doubt, setbacks, starting over. So I told my story from 1995 to now, through a running narrative and a handful of heuristics I’ve used to make sense of the complexity of this industry, our business and our lives.

Big thanks to the @aocoaching facilitators, to everyone who took time out of their busy lives to come, and to fellow presenter and good buddy @askjeevers for sharing six 45-minute drives between downtown Scottsdale and Anthem over the course of 3 days. And also for being the 3rd funniest presenter after Missy and Juliet.

Brett gave us some constraints. I had to work in this guy. I have seen maybe 15 minutes of Game of Thrones in my life. But I went all-in on Tyrion. No half measure …

I started my story in the middle — meeting Dan Pfaff in 1995, and how this meeting set the course for the rest of my career.

In 2008, I was burnt out. And honestly was ready to step away from coaching. Obviously I didn’t, but I was very close

After a series of financial setbacks, in 2018 we had to redefine what ALTIS is. From a T&F company that did some education to an education compa

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