Building Trust with Jason Watson

About this episode

Jason Watson discusses his approach to building trust and culture as a head coach in volleyball.

As someone who’s held head coaching positions at three very different institutions, Jason Watson is very familiar with building new cultures. He’s coached and found success at BYU, Arizona State and now Arkansas, where he led the Razorbacks to the Regional finals of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Jason works very intentionally to shift culture and establish trust with his athletes by being transparent with feelings and expectations – both his players’ and his own – encouraging feedback and adapting strategies to it, and becoming more unstructured in communications with his players. His goal is for his athletes to know him as other people in his life.

People in this episode

Guest: Jason Watson

Topics covered

• coaching
• trust building
• athlete relationships
• sports culture
• feedback
• communication

Keywords

• trust
• coaching
• athletes
• feedback
• communication
• sports culture
• NCAA

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BYU, Arizona State, Arkansas

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