#48 - Dana Cavalea: The Right Side Of The Game

In the 48th episode of The Strength Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest, The Former Head Strength Coach and Director of Performance for the Newyork Yankees Baseball Organization and High-Performance Coach, Dana Cavalea, will talk about Dana’s origin story, his internship, call from Brian Cashman at the age of 23, everything about being a professional Head Coach, winning the world series, and his career transformation.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk! 

In this chapter, you will discover: 

(1:10) Introducing our special guest, The Former Head Strength Coach and Director of Performance for Newyork Yankees Baseball Organization and High-Performance Coach, Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

(2:00) Newyork Yankees’ fan since childhood

(2:20) Alternative path

(2:35) Lesson learned from players

(2:55) Right side of the game

(3:30) Be a fan!

(3:40) Fan vs. coach: the difference

(4:40) Dana’s origin story

(5:45) Shout out to Coach Ron McKeefery @rmckeefery

(6:00) Shout out to Jeff Mangold @jeff_mangold23 Linkedin: Jeff Mangold

(6:15) The beginning of Dana’s internship

(7:45) Becoming the assistant 

(8:15) Relationship with players

(8:25) Shout out to Jason Giambi @therealjasongiambi

(8:30) First game as head

(8:45) Time, work, and effort

(9:30) About relationship building

(10:00) Creating player profile

(10:50) How player profiles were used

(11:35) Shout out to Steve Donahue @steve.donohue Twitter: @Coach_Donahue

(12:40) Decision making

(13:20) Identify risk and learn to maintain

(14:25) The longevity you need

(14:40) The gap that Dana identified

(15:20) “You can identify the mistake, but if you are not willing to correct it, then what are you doing?” - Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

(16:45) 2009, Newyork Yankees

(17:30) Meeting in Atlanta

(17:55) The difference in 2009

(18:15) The fight

(18:45) “The one thing that brings a team together more than anything is not winning. It is a fight.” Jeff Mangold @jeff_mangold23 Linkedin: Jeff Mangold

(19:25) Play the game hard!

(20:15) Difference between sports and corporate world

(20:55) When dana didn’t show up

(21:30) Working with high performers

(22:20) Dana’s client

(23:10) Off days are off days

(23:50) Habits of a champion by Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

(24:00) “The best players do less than everybody else. They know exactly what they need to do and do not worry about other stuff afterward.” - Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

(24:10) Overachiever mind

(25:05) Habits of a winning team by Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

(26:00) Dana’s style of writing

(27:30) Where to find Dana? @therealcoachd

https://danacavalea.com/ 

Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTzgH9tgy--ekdtX7BprOEw 

Habits of a champion by Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Champion-Dana-Cavalea/dp/1641840382#:~:text=Habits%20of%20a%20Champion%3A%20Cavalea,9781641840385%3A%20Amazon.com%3A%20Books 

Habits of a winning team by Dana Cavalea @therealcoachd

https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Champion-Team-Formula-Business-ebook/dp/B09LTJKFFG 

(28:00) Free copy of 1 Day Strength Challenge

https://www.mystrengthconnection.com/