Nate Baker's Newsletter #113 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers 7 Lines Great Coaches Never Cross (The Developer’s Anti-Vision) March 21, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 5 minutes The best version of yourself as a coach begins with a clear understanding of who you can never become. But what if the coach you can never become is the only example you see. That can be...
13 days ago • 6 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #112 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers The Match Is NEVER a Proving Ground for the Coach March 14, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 6 minutes | Newsletter Archive Validation is a drug that can turn any match from the next step on the path into a proving ground for the coach. This is true of all coaches, including the Developer. Long-term...
20 days ago • 7 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #111 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers How Development Makes Impossible Possible (The Power of Process) March 7, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 4-5 minutes I have a big match this weekend. My group is competing for the right to make playoffs for the first time in the club’s history. Winning would put us in a great position. Losing puts a...
27 days ago • 5 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #110 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers 7 Ways Collaboration Can Fuel Your Team’s Growth February 28, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 5 minutes Development thrives on collaboration, yet our soccer culture remains stuck in silos. It’s everyone for themselves. The coach prioritizes career advancement. Players prioritize self-interest. Directors...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #109 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers Session Planning 101: 7 Ways to Create the “Perfect Practice” February 21, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 5 minutes A yellow legal pad, a pen, and an idea. That’s all he would use to create that day’s session. This was the process for one of the most successful coaches in college soccer history. He’d...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #108 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers What My 13-Year-Old German Shepherd Taught Me About Life February 14, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 4 minutes I have a dog named Forrest, and tomorrow will be his last day. Four months ago, we found out he had, at best, a month or two left. Bone cancer, a fractured leg, and a timeline… As fair warning...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #107 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers A Developer Walks Alone Before They Find Their People February 7, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 4 minutes All coaches begin as novices with nothing more than intuitions, a machete, and a choice to make… Do I follow the path of least resistance, where everyone drifts despite knowing deep down it's a...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #106 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers Culture Divides Coaches Into 3 Groups January 31, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 4 minutes I write a lot of articles about culture and its creation. And they don’t usually do well… On an intellectual level, this makes no sense to me. There is something about the topic that divides us despite its...
2 months ago • 4 min read
Nate Baker's Newsletter #105 "The coaching education newsletter for those dedicated to helping their people pursue their potential." The Culture Rep Essential Reading for All Developers Great Coaches Back Themselves (Coaching Education Should Too) January 24, 2025 | Read on my website | Read time: 6 minutes “You can’t do that.” “I can’t do what?” Eleven years ago, I received my “A” Coaching license. During my practice test, I was told to construct a session around switching the point of...
2 months ago • 4 min read