Marcus Brown - Identifying & Developing Championship Talent - 2024 USTFCCCA Convention

In Identifying & Developing Championship Talent, Marcus Brown, Assistant Coach of Throws and Meet Director at University of North Texas, discusses his coaching process for finding and developing athletes in the throwing events.

Coach Brown uses his experiences both as a coach and all-conference thrower to provide insight, motivating and insuring belief in your athletes, while also training them physically.

Additionally, Coach Brown shares how to identify your athlete’s strengths and weaknesses, develop a comprehensive training program, and using data from training and meets to achieve team and individual goals.

Topics covered include:

• Identifying Strengths and Weaknesses
• What is Success?
• Traits of Successful Athletes
• Being Adaptable as a Coach
• Do the Athletes Fit Your Program?
• “Attitude is Key”
• Look Past the Numbers
• Develop a Holistic Plan
• Use Data from Practice and Meets
• Instilling Confidence