Sport Coach Adaptability: Coaching Styles, Behavioral Adaptations & DISC Styles

Bo Hanson
4x Olympian, Director, and Lead Consultant

In this video clip, Bo Hanson discusses the difference between coaches having their natural coaching styles and their adaptive coaching styles.  He covers how coaches can utilise sport coach adaptability and adapt their behaviors to coach to the needs of the individual athletes, based on their DISC Style.

If you would like an introduction to how to use and understand the Four DISC Coaching Styles we have written a new article on this topic! Read about Coaching Styles here!

Where to from here…

At Athlete Assessments, we’re experts in the people side of sport. We know sport and live high-performance every day. Our reputation and proven success at the elite level speaks for itself. The results that our National, Olympic, Professional and Collegiate team clients achieve directly reflects their focus on getting the people side right.

ATHLETE ASSESSMENTS’ DISC PROFILES HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR SPORT TO HELP SPORTING INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS ACHIEVE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE WITH BETTER COMMUNICATION, RELATIONSHIP, AND CONFLICT STRATEGIES.

DISC Profiling provides practical strategies to improve performance by:

  • Developing self-awareness
  • Fostering effective communication
  • Enhancing more productive relationships
  • Tailoring coaching, mentoring and managing
  • Identifying how each person contributes their best
  • Optimizing team dynamics (getting team chemistry right)

Looking for more videos to watch? Catch up on our 5 Minutes with Bo Hanson series.

At Athlete Assessments we’re here to provide you with excellence in service and to help you and your team be your best. If there is anything we can do to be of service, please contact us.

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This webinar masterclass will provide an opportunity for you to take away practical leadership learnings from the experts in this field. Joining four-time Olympian and Founder of Athlete Assessments, Bo Hanson, wil be: 

Meg Barber
2023-24 Season National Championship Winning Coach. Meg will share her own leadership journey and experience building a program into a national championship winning team.

Kevin O’Connor
As the best student-athlete leader Bo has worked with, Kevin will share firsthand experience in leading a large roster, practicalities, and challenges of leading as a student-athlete.

Sarah Leberman
Expert and Professor of Leadership, we couldn’t think of a better person to offer their perspective on teaching and developing leadership in others, and sharing what has been seen in research.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn from seasoned experts and elevate your leadership skills!

Bo Hanson

Senior Consultant & Director

Bo Hanson’s career within the sport and the business sector spans over 25 years, delivering leadership, management, and coach development. In addition to his own athletic career comprising of four Olympic appearances and including three Olympic medals, Bo has worked for many years with coaches and athletes from over 40 different sports across the globe. Bo was also the winner of the Australian Institute of Training and Development (AITD) 2023 Award for L&D Professional of the Year, for his dedication to L&D and transformational work across various industries.

After a successful career in sport including four Olympics and three Olympic Medals, Bo co-founded and developed Athlete Assessments in 2007. Bo now focuses on working with clients to achieve their own success on and off ‘the field’, and has attained an unmatched track-record in doing exactly this.

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Now, watch us interrupt him for a round of quick fire questions.