Coach Parker and Coach Lansky discuss the challenges of delivering authentic coaching from an online platform.

They offer their opinions on the question of whether you can be an effective coach from a distance? How do the pros and cons balance in such a situation?

The coaches also offer insight into the influence of other types of technology on strength and conditioning and the benefits and limitations of sport analytics.

Coach Parker and Coach Lansky are joined by Coach Duane Carlisle. Coach Carlisle has been the head strength and conditioning coach for the San Francisco 49ers and Purdue University. He has also coached with the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL and worked as a strength and conditioning coach and/ or Track Coach at Penn State, La Salle, and Stanford. The coaches discuss a myriad of topics, including coaching influences, establishing relationships with athletes and fellow coaches, and the similar and different challenges associated with private clients compared to collegiate and professional team sport athletes. Coach stresses the importance of being a servant as well as a mentor when coaching as well as the importance of creating and maintaining alignment between coach and athlete throughout the training process. We hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Relationships Over Reps.

Relationships Over Reps Episode 14. September 5, 2026. We are joined this week by Coach Zach Even-Esh, a fantastic coach who works at both the high school level as well as the private sector. He has impacted thousands of athletes and coaches over his career through his Underground Strength Coach facility, educational offerings and presentations.

Coach Lansky and Coach Even-Esh discuss the importance of building relationships through authentic coaching practices with their athletes, parents, fellow coaches and administrators. Their conversation today ranges from comparing the public school setting to the private sector, the challenges of today’s social media influences on strength and conditioning, the transfer issues at the high school levels, the importance of competition and hard work, balancing the pursuit of winning with teaching life lessons and skills, the ‘Rocky Mentality’, and their Jersey roots.

Parker and Lansky delve into the potentially challenging situation where a coach makes a move from being the head coach to an assistant on someone else’s staff.

Roles and responsibilities change as coaches move from being the head guy or girl at a high school to an assistant at a college, or moving from college to the pros or the opposite situation where coaches move from college to high school. Sometimes changes in ownership or leadership result in a head coach moving to a former opponent’s staff as an assistant.

Adapting from being the decision-maker to the coach offering opinions and suggestions can take some time and effort to adjust.

Parker and Lansky discuss how an authentic coaching mindset can impact your ability to adjust, adapt and thrive in new situations. Knowing your role and embracing new challenges is impacted by being able to put your ego aside, opening up to new ideas and concepts, demonstrating loyalty and adopting a spirit of humility so you can excel at what you do best: helping your athletes to improve and grow and achieve their dreams.

Coach Johnny Parker and Coach Rich Lansky are joined by Coach Chris Ruf, the Head of Olympic Sports at Baylor University.

The coaches discuss authentic approaches to athlete-coach interactions, building trust and how to manage daily interventions and adjustments to training load, intensity and performance.

In addition, discussions include some of the different approaches to motivation and coaching that can be utilized for different types of athletes with varying demographics, training backgrounds and life experiences.

Join us for this week’s episode of RELATIONSHIPS OVER REPS with 3x Super Bowl Winning Strength Coach Johnny Parker and High School HOF Coach Rich Lansky and their close friend, Coach Chris Ruf.

Coach Parker and Coach Lansky continue their discussion on authentic coaching advice for new coaches. This is a follow up to Episode 6.

Episode 6

Advice For New Coaches Part 1

Coach Parker and Coach Lansky provide advice for new coaches from an Authentuc Coaching Perspective.