To close out 2017, USA Football is re-publishing the 12 best podcasts of the year. This is the seventh podcast of the series. Look for the remaining five podcasts in the coming days.

Brian Kight and Keith Grabowski teamed up for this special Leadership Journey edition of the USA Football Coach and Coordinator podcast. This podcast will reoccured weekly throughout the football season, focusing on issues that teams face during the season. Kight, the CEO of Focus 3, discusses emotions, energy and attention in this inaugural edition of the podcast, which originally posted Aug. 21, 2017.

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Show notes

• 1:54 Emotion and attention play a huge role in the sports journey
• 7:14 Having the right energy and emotion can combat uncontrollable situations
• 13:50 "Great coaches are the coaches who know how to move the human heart"
• 17:33 Focusing in on energy
• 18:38 Steps to creating your own energy
• 21:38 Conditioning drills
• 24:45 Giving your attention, time and energy to things that matter
• 28:47 Building focus as a coaching staff
• 32:11 Players pick up patterns from coaches
• 38:32 Maintaining physical energy
• 42:02 Discussing work-life balance

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