What Actually Makes A Great Coach (Not What You Think)

Timestamps 00:01 – Intro: checking we're actually live 00:46 – Welcome back: Sky Hill filling in for Nick this week 01:19 – My week off: track sessions, spoiled kids, and a lecture about buses 02:34 – Lexi's exam results and the CV pub crawl round Uppermill 04:10 – Running recap: a brutal new hilly route and 9k of intervals on the canal 05:26 – Sky's week: the Affex competition and what it actually involves 07:49 – Plan to clip Sky's Affex review for extra reach 08:02 – Q&A begins 08:14 – Going live with an online offer in a month, leads but no one obvious to ask for 1:1 first 10:09 – Should we run an SGPT panel at the conference (and maybe a podcast episode on it)? 11:57 – A prospect pushing for a month's free trial after already getting seven days 14:00 – Building the confidence to open a gym or small group setup in a new area 20:22 – The three most important skills a coach needs — Sky's answer 23:38 – The three most important skills a coach needs — my answer 27:02 – What's coming up: Connected Coach, the next Accelerator push, and the November conference 28:44 – Outro: no episode next week, bank holiday Welcome back, it's been a rough week without me. I've been off with the kids for the week, Sky Hill's stepped in for Nick who's on his annual leave, and we open with the usual state of play before getting into a full listener Q&A. I run through my week off, track sessions with the kids at Sports City, Lexi's exam results, and the now-legendary CV pub crawl round Uppermill where she handed her CV into half the bars in the village while I had a beer in every one of them. Sky's just come back from the Affex competition and gives a full breakdown of what it actually involves for anyone thinking about entering. Then it's straight into questions from the coaches. We cover what to do when you've got a list of leads for a new online offer but no one obvious to approach for 1:1 first, whether an SGPT panel would work at the conference, how to handle a prospect trying to push a seven day free trial into a month, and how to build the confidence to open a gym or small group setup in a completely new area (which happens to be relevant to us right now too). We close out with the big one, the three most important skills a coach needs, and Sky and I both give our answers. Quick look ahead: Sky and Nick's Connected Coach, the next marketing push for the Accelerator ahead of October, and the coaches conference on the 27th and 28th of November in Manchester.