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26 Nov

How can coaches get the most out of social media?

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Coaches and social media. While it’s a topic that is often dominated by negativity, we think social media is something coaches should embrace. While there are risks, they are certainly outweighed by the benefits. From recruiting to fan engagement, owning your message to media attention, social media is something that, if used intentionally, can be an asset for a coach.

We recently partnered up with the America East Conference for part of their 3 Pillars Academy, where Fieldhouse Media founder Kevin DeShazo chatted about how coaches can use social media to their benefit and why it matters.

Make social media training a priority for your student-athletes and staff. They won’t become great at it on accident. Our spring semester calendar is filling up quickly. For information or to schedule a session, email us

 

 

Fieldhouse Media is an award-winning firm dedicated to helping athletics departments get the most out of their social media efforts, from educating student-athletes and staff to providing an overall strategy. To find out more about us or to join the more than 180 schools utilizing our services for their athletics department, contact us today.

06 Apr

Lessons from Donte DiVincenzo’s viral for all the wrong reasons tweet

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Monday night, Villanova guard Donte DiVincenzo put on a show for the ages at the Final Four. He came off the bench to score 31 points and give Villanova their second national championship in three years. It was and is an incredible story about DiVincenzo, about Villanova and the culture Jay Wright has build, and the value of believing in yourself and taking advantage of your moment.

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25 Oct

Fieldhouse Media at the 2018 NCAA Convention

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The 2017 fall season is off and running and spring will be here before you know it. And that means it’s almost time for the 2018 NCAA Convention in Indianapolis! We’re excited to be involved this year with our founder, Kevin DeShazo, participating on a panel discussion on What Athletics Directors Should Know About Social media.

Details on the session
Topic: What Athletics Directors Should Know About Social Media
When: Thursday, January 18 from 2:30-4:00
Location: Indiana Convention Center
Panelists:
Russ Houghtaling, Oregon State Director of Ideation
Pat Kindig, Ohio State Assistant AD for Digital Assets
Kevin DeShazo, founder of Fieldhouse Media

 

Mark this session on your calendar. We look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. If you’ll be there, let us know!

 

Fieldhouse Media is an award-winning firm dedicated to helping athletics departments get the most out of their social media efforts, from educating student-athletes and staff to providing an overall strategy. To find out more about us or to join the more than 130 schools utilizing our services for their athletics department, contact us today.

02 Sep

On Social Media, Student Athletes Need Models Instead of Critics

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Student-Athletes have a lot of critics. From fans to media to opponents, even parents and coaches can, at times, be critics. It seems everyone has an opinion on what they should do. When it comes to shaping behavior, what they really need are models. Critics tell them what not to do, while models show them what to do. Critics call them out, models call them up to what they’re capable of being.

At practice, coaches spend a significant amount of time reinforcing good technique, good habits, good decisions. If you continually tell a player to not drop the pass, they end up focusing so much on not dropping the pass that, of course, they drop the pass. There’s so much tension and anxiety around not screwing up.

Instead, we coach them on what needs to happen in order to reach the desired goal of catching the pass. We focus on good route-running skills, timing and proper hand position. When they drop it, we step out and show them how it’s done so that they can see it. They can visualize it. We model the right way to do it. Then we send them back out to practice it over and over until it becomes second nature to simply catch the pass. The fear of dropping it is no longer there.

When it comes to social media, too often we are doing the exact opposite. We are coaching them on what not to do, continually criticizing their poor behavior and decisions. We bring in speakers who are unfamiliar with social media, who only know the negative side of it and try to instill in them a fear of messing up. We have coaches who don’t use the platforms preaching that same message. They only thing they know about social media is what not to do. When that’s all you are focused on, you are bound to slip up.

What student-athletes need on social media are models. Someone to guide them on how to use social media well, to help them develop goals for their social media use. Leaders who can explain what that looks like and why that matters. Someone who uses it often and can show them how powerful social media can be when used with a purpose. They need coaches, staff members, people in the community and business world to follow online who can show them what it means to use social media for more than just talking to your friends. People they can learn from and model their social media behavior after.

As educators, it is our job to model. To preach purpose over fear. To prepare them for success online. We have the opportunity to shape how they view and use social media. Are we taking the best approach?

To quote John Wooden, “young people need models, not critics.

Fieldhouse Media is an award-winning firm dedicated to helping athletics departments get the most out of their social media efforts, from educating student-athletes and staff to providing an overall strategy. To find out more about us or to join the more than 130 schools utilizing our services for their athletics department, contact us today.

 

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