N43: Trent Kersten, LMU Volleyball - Coaching With a Purpose

The Hawkin Podcast 〡Hawkin Dynamics

Today we are joined by Trent Kersten on Episode 42 of The Hawkin Podcast.

Trent has recently been appointed the Head Coach of the Loyola Marymount University (LMU) Women's Volleyball Team starting in 2023. Coach Kersten was previously the Head Coach of San Jose State University's Women's Volleyball Team where he lead the Spartans in three very successful seasons. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Coach at Texas Christian University (TCU). Trent attended UCLA where he played on the Men's Volleyball team where he lead UCLA in both hitting percentage and blocks per set. Once his playing career came to an end, Trent decided to pursue his passion for the game as a coach. In this episode Coach Kersten touches on his unique style of coaching, utilizing force plate technology as a coach, and much more...

Time Stamps For Today’s Episode:

• 00:07 Who is Trent Kersten?
• 06:13 Facilitating force plate culture
• 11:44 Choosing the right metrics
• 15:32 Data paired with good coaching
• 20:54 Training buy-in
• 29:02 Advancing practices
• 34:19 Managing people
• 39:45 Utilizing force plates for recruiting
• 46:10 “What’s good?”
• 49:15 Continuing to improve
• 52:26 Trent’s advice to his younger self
• 54:53 Contact information

If you are interested in learning more about Trent Kersten, he can be found on LinkedIn here, Instagram here, Twitter here, or by email at [email protected].

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