Coach Development Series: Let’s Get Better and Do Better (Self-Confidence)

By Andy Gillham
(October 26, 2021)

Sanford Power in collaboration with Sport Coach America presents a 6-part coach development series featuring Dr. Andy Gillham, Lead Performance Psychology Specialist at Sanford Health.

Part 3A: Self-Confidence

Video Produced by Sanford Power (at Sanford Health)

Part 3B: Self-Confidence

Video Produced by Sanford Power (at Sanford Health)

Follow the 6-Part Series

Part 1: How a Trusted Advisor Can Help You as a Coach
Part 2: Team Building
Part 3: Self-Confidence 
Part 4: Get 10-Percent Better as a Coach
Part 5: Working with Allied Professionals 
Part 6: Sport Specialization


Sanford POWER is the region’s most well-established Sports Performance Training Program. Our goal is to improve athletic performance by stressing the principles of proper functional movement through customized programming based on an individual’s specific needs.

The integrated focus of our professional staff can help maximize an athlete’s potential improvement with their strength, speed, power, and agility. In addition, we have the resources to identify those keys components of nutrition, hydration, and biomechanics to deliver the most comprehensive program available while reducing the incidence of injury.

Our certified strength coaches, along with our orthopedic physicians, physical therapists, certified athletic trainers, sports nutritionists, and the Sanford Sports Science Institute (SSSI), offer the most integrated and comprehensive sports performance programming available to athletes of all ages and skill levels.

POWER works closely with the Sanford Sports Science Institute (SSSI) in Sioux Falls, SD on research initiatives, which address training, competition, and rehabilitation for athletes of all ages and abilities.

Author

  • Andy Gillham

    Andy Gillham is the Lead Performance Psychology Specialist for Sanford POWER within Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine in Sioux Falls, SD. Previously he owned his own consulting practice (www.ludusconsulting.biz). More specifically, Dr. Gillham works primarily with coaches and athletic administrators on improving systematic coach evaluation and providing targeted coach and program professional development opportunities. His Ph.D. is in Education with a major of sport and exercise psychology from the University of Idaho and has a B.S. in Fitness and a M.S. in Human Performance from University Wisconsin-LaCrosse. He has been a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association since 2003 and is a Certified Mental Performance Consultant through the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Dr. Gillham has helped athletes, coaches, administrators, and business executives in Canada and the United States improve their performance. Dr. Gillham works across competitive levels ranging from youth through professional levels for both coaches and athletes. In addition to his applied work, Dr. Gillham has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. He is also an Editorial Board member for International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching; NSCA: Coach; PHE America, Sport Coach America, and an Associate Editor for International Sport Coaching Journal.

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