What type of coach are you? Leadership styles in weightlifting with Michael Richards

🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/leadership-in-104128061 🏋️‍♀️

Coaches are leaders whether they want to be or not. But how does one become a good leader, and what does it mean in the context of weightlifting? Michael Richards discusses what leadership entails, the various types of leaders, and the different styles leaders can implement.

Michael serves as a strength and conditioning coach for the US Air Force Special Warfare School in San Antonio, in addition to being a weightlifter and weightlifting coach. This interview covers types and styles of leadership with specific examples in real-life Olympic weightlifting scenarios so you can apply it to your coaching practice.

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