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Bill Zadick: Learning Life Lessons From A Coach

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Positive Coaching Alliance is proud to have worked with Liberty Mutual Insurance to create this podcast and other powerful resources.

This podcast series features Positive Coaching Alliance staff interviewing prominent former athletes, coaches and general managers. Each episode, these influential stars share insights from their own sports careers. Listen in as they talk about filling emotional tanks, bouncing back from mistakes, staying motivated through long seasons to continually give 100% effort, and how they translated their sports experience to invaluable life lessons.

IN THIS EPISODE: BILL ZADICK
In this episode, Syer talks with USA Wrestling National Freestyle Developmental Coach Bill Zadic. Bill shares his personal experiences as an Olympic athlete and as a coach on several different levels including his experiences with Dan Gable and John Smith. Here's where you'll find Bill talking about featured topics:

  • Coaching Own Child- 5:18 and 25:24
  • Mistakes- 21:10

ABOUT TINA SYER
Syer (@tinasyer4) is the former President of Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), a nonprofit organization founded at Stanford University with the mission of helping to transform the culture of youth sports to give all young athletes the opportunity for a positive, character-building experience. PCA served as the experts behind the Liberty Mutual Play Positive™ program.

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