Coach Chad Parks joins Eric Bond on this week's installment of The Competitor's Mentality Podcast.
Coach Parks is a wrestling coach, teacher, author and strength training specialist. He is also a renowned speaker who has dedicated his life to inspiring others to reach their fullest potential.
Chad wrote a best-selling book called, Game Changing Moves: Life Lessons from the Locker Room and Beyond
Chad was a college all-American as a wrestler plus a 3-time academic all-American. As a coach, he was the 2018 Kansas Class 5A State Wrestling Coach of the Year, he's been Class 5A Regional Coach of the Year 5 times.
Chad is also the host of Coach P's Perspective Podcast.
On this episode, Eric and Coach Parks discuss:
His journey from small town Oklahoma to present day
Relational Leadership Principles
His book, Game Changing Moves
How an athlete bounces back after being broken
What makes him successful as a coach
His motivations as a coach
Lessons from his dad. Chad's father is in the Oklahoma branch of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a coach
The value of hard work and having a strong work ethic
How Chad and his wife Laurie raise their four children with two successful coaches in the house. Laurie is a 3x state champion softball coach.
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