1-on-1 with DP – 93.7 The Ticket KNTK - 1-on-1 Special: The Path for Coaches Vol. 4: Communication - May 23rd, 2026

Episode Date: May 23, 2026

Chip Baker, Aaron Alejandro and Brian Barnes join DP to talk about an upcoming co-authored book 'The Path for Coaches Vol. 4: Communication.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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I know most of you, especially locally, are just waking up from a 2 a.m. Oscar Big Ten tournament quarterfinal win over Michigan. Sleepy eyes, but that's all right. We got one for you. He is my brother from another mother. He is one of the great human beats. that I have ever had the blessing to come across.

And when he sends up the bat signal to say, hey, it's time to do something special. Superheroes unite. Let's get to that together and do something great. And as he loves to say, it's time to go get it. Let's bring it. Brother Chip, figure.

Yeah. What's going on? Good morning, good morning. Good morning. Oh, man. It is, for those, most of the folks who follow this station and

follow my show specifically. They know Chip Baker. He's often spoken of and spoken to. This morning, a special project is about to be launched. We want to introduce you to it. And then we want to introduce you to some new superheroes, some new, absolute badasses that are changing

the way coaching is approached and execute it. And it's always a joy and a pleasure. when these conversations happen. Chip Baker, let them know who you are, and then let's introduce the superheroes in the room. Yes, sir. Well, first, you know, got to start off by saying thanks to you, DP.

It's always a treat when the good guys get to meet. It's always a good time when we're together. I always look forward to it. Love who you are. Love what you do. Love what you're about. I'm truly grateful that the big man has allowed us to cross paths and do so many great things.

together. You know, in life, it's important for us to, first off, seek great teammates, you, then next strive to be a great teammate, right? And so you're both of those. And so I'm just grateful to be on the team, same team. Let's go hashtag same team with you with you and these amazing guys. And so I'm Chip Baker, fourth generation educator, teacher, former coach, blessed and fortunate to be raised by some great people, being around some awesome folks to learn from. Have a YouTube channel,

podcast, The Success Chronicles. A few years ago, started writing books, written a few of those. They've been bestsellers. And just grateful that, you know, get on the ride with UDP for a lot of those. We've done some great things. Most have been bestsellers.

And we're dropping a new project, The Path for Coaches, Volume 4, communication. Oh, let me give them that title again. The path for coaches, volume four, communication. And, you know, as you know, communication is the bridge between, you know, striving to do great things and being great at great things, right? That's the bridge between the two.

You have to have great communication. I'm so excited to have these two great men on with you today, Aaron Alejandro and Coach Brian Barnes, just two great men. men doing amazing things and impacting the world in a great way. And so again, D.P., thank you so much for having us on and it's on. Let's go get it, baby. Let's crack it. Let's start with Coach Barnes.

Coach Barnes, good Saturday morning. How are you? Introduce yourselves to the folks of Lincoln, Nebraska and the country. Yeah, likewise, D.P., I appreciate it. You know, I do have to say, though, I am from the state of Michigan. So your jab with the Nebraska beating up Michigan guy last night, I took that to heart. So it was a great game. It was all good. No, it's all good, guys. I appreciate you guys. And I echo what Chip says, man. I've had this opportunity to get to know him and all you guys during this journey in this process the last few years. And it's just been incredible. I've been a high school coach and an educator for close to 30 years and they've been really involved with sports. And I'm transitioning a little bit because I got to that point in my life as I approached 50 that, you know, I wanted to be known more than just being a coach. And I found that I can positive. impact a lot of people in my life and through various ways. And so I created Be a Rock LLC.

It's my motivational speaking business. And I've also written some books as well. And just recently published a book, Conquer Your Fears. And I'm really proud of that myself. So yeah, now this opportunity, you know, that Chip's given me and to work with you guys, you know, now we're extending that even more to help coaches. And I'm trying to, one of my next steps as well for me personally, is really get involved with younger coaches and youth coaches, even on a one-on one level to really help them, you know, help them reach their goals, right, as, as coaches and educators. And especially now at a time in our society, right, like kids and athletes need us more than ever and they need us mentors and strong men in their lives more than ever.

And so men and women actually in their lives. And so I hope to help them, you know, provide that for our athletes. And I'm really, really excited about this journey and excited to talk to you guys today. It is often in these spaces, in these conversations, where, you add fuel to fire and it becomes something else entirely. The ability to add to is necessary, is necessary. And I too on that journey from coaching into the next thing. It's just been exceptional and I'm glad to have you with us this morning. Coach Alejandro, introduce yourself, Katz, sir.

Good Saturday morning. Well, good morning, DP. Nice to meet you, Coach Barnes. see you. Mr. Baker, good to see you. Let's go get it this morning. I like it. Love that hat. Love that hat. So my name's Aaron Alejandro. I'm the executive director of the Texas FFA Foundation. Now, I know you're probably saying, well, does that have to do with coaching? Well, let me tell you something. I met Chip Baker. And when I met Chip Baker, and I saw how he was pouring into other people, I said, this is the kind of guy I want to hang around. And I've been

doing it now for 26 years working with young people working with educators from coast to coast and here's the bottom line this is the reason why what chip does and what this program and what we're sitting here talking about is so important i'm just going to take texas for a second we're going to come back to michigan coach barnes but we're going to take texas for a second uh do y'all have to know how many high schools are in the state of texas anybody want to take a jab at that one It's huge. There's over 3,000 high schools in the state of Texas. Now, think about that.

How many of those are going to have to graduate in class this year? Every single one of them. All those kids out there looking for a job, a scholarship, an opportunity. Here's my question. What's your competitive edge? What's going to separate you from the competition? And I'm going to tell you something when you got people like Coach Chip, Coach Barnes, DP, you with the show, what I do.

do, we're pouring into young people to give them a competitive edge where they can get out there and they can go get it. Coach Barnes, you're not going to like this, but I got to tell you, my next door neighbor, all of our kids grew up. They're all the same age. They all grew up together. But he was the coach at Ohio State, J.T. Barrett. So J.T. Barrett's my next door neighbor. And so now he's the coach of the Bears. I think he's a quarterback coach at the Bears now. But anyway, I'm good friends with him. I'm good friends with the Nebraska Cornhus Groups and obviously

anything Texas I'm good to go with. But DP, thank you. Chip, thanks for this book. Thanks for the opportunity. Yes, sir. Chip will tell the story. We were introduced by a fellow coach. So when I was coaching in the Woodlands, Texas,

at John Cooper, and I was the three-sport coach, a spinal fusion accident literally ended that career. And the transition, I've been doing sports radio and sports TV for 30, 36 years. So the transition was a little bit easier because I'd already been in it. But getting familiar with Texas and the way business was done and the volume of young people that are affected, the volume of coaches that are required and great coaches. Then there became a competition between the coaches.

Who can pour the most? And that's when you know good things are happening. When the competition becomes normal business. And Chip has introduced that in the space. I found it interesting. When Chip reached out and says, hey, I've got this success chronicles. I'd like to talk to you. He came to my house.

I was just post-surgery. So I was kind of, yeah, a captive audience. I think it took us three minutes to realize, yeah, this is the universe at work. He put us together. Chip, what is the thing? I mean, we always say that great families make great, great people, great people make great family. Yeah. Talk to me about the family because that's where all of this course from is family.

and the people who poured into you. Who are those people, Coach Baker? Oh, man, like I said earlier, I just truly been blessed in my life. First off, in my household, right, with my single parent mom that raised me. Father was in my life, but from afar, you know, I come from a family of church folk. You know, you don't put the ass on there. That means he was in church a lot. Church folk down south, which means we were in church a lot. church folk and educators. And so in my household within my family, I was taught that it was about service.

It's bigger than you. It's not about you, right? Get over yourself and use the blessings that you're blessed to have to help others. And so I was able to watch that in my home, in my community, with great people. And then, you know, mom knew it was important to have me around amazing people to show me the way. So great coaches to pour into me. you know, Little League, high school, college. And then once I got into my career of education,

oh my gosh, like just, you know, like you said, just the caliber quality of people that just reached out of helping hand to guide me. It was truly amazing. And then starting the journey of the YouTube channel and podcast, it's crazy how when you just take one step, to make a positive difference and do something, your world just opens up and you get connected to so many amazing people

and so many great things happen for you that you never even plan. So now we're at a space to where, like, I could reflect on being a kid, sitting on my porch, dreaming, and thinking of my goals, and none of this was in the plan. This is far surpassed anything I ever thought it would be. And so, you know, the family is, you know, family of authors, family of coaches, family of impactors, right? Like, growing up, I didn't grow up around any authors, right?

Like, all my friends are authors. You know, like, it's crazy. Like, it's just truly been a blessing, but it starts from family. And the whole journey, I've come across people that I consider to be family. And you guys on this interview are that as well for me. Thank you all. Coach Barnes, that core, that the thing that fuels the engine, the thing that is the standard and the basis for what you are and what you've become, where does that come from?

Oh, you know, similar to Chip, you know, when you're surrounded by good people growing up, right, that have similar values that you have and believe systems that you have, it just excites you to want to do more. And I was taught at an early age from my parents. You know, we weren't put here to be average. Like, I truly believe that. And we all have something to offer the world in a lot of different ways. And regardless of your skill set and talents, like we can positively impact people around us in so many different ways.

And so, yeah, for me, you know, when I started getting into coaching, like, a big part of it was because I just remember how it, you know, playing sports and being around those types of people, those successful people, those good people, like made me feel, you know, made me feel welcome. Like I knew it, you know, it was part of something that was bigger than me. And so I got into coaching pretty much because of that. And then that's evolved into the servant leadership aspect, right, where we put the needs of the others ahead of ourselves. And like that really, and that's sometimes as hard as a coach and as hard as for anybody in our society because we live in a society where everything now is about getting clicks and it's about getting likes and it's about getting views and all that and all that self-serving stuff, which is great. But ultimately, like the real gratification where you know you can feel good. good and fulfilled is when you're serving others and impacting others and they can come up to you and say, hey, thank you. Like, hey, hey, Coach Barnes, I listened to your video the other day talking about

leadership. Hey, that really made a difference. Or hey, coach Barnes, like, this has happened to me. One of the things I talk about serving others, I reached out to somebody who I went to high school with and I graduated high school about 30 years ago. And I just said, hey, happy birthday, right, the power of social media. And he says, hey, thanks, Brian. By the way, I never forgot that time you taught me how to throw a baseball when I was trying out for baseball. Like, you're telling me, like just gives me chills just thinking about it and talking about it. I impacted somebody 30 years ago and I didn't even know it. Like every day, like we positively can interact with others and make an impact on their lives

in that moment. And a lot of us don't even realize it. And so that gets me excited knowing that. Like when I go give talks and I go, you know, have that opportunity to meet people, like you don't know. Like everybody's got something on their heart that they're dealing with. And if we can help them even like that little bit, whether it's get through that hour, get through that day, give them some motivation.

And there's nothing like it. And that to me is the whole point of my journey and what I'm trying to do and impacting those around me that I come into, you know, that I come into contact with everything. It's been said oftentimes in conversations with Chip Baker that we've been blessed with the ability to plant seeds for fruit we don't get to consume. It shows up and it's purposeful, but we are the seed planners. That's part of the deal.

Aaron, for you, where are the seeds? Who planted the seeds? Where does it come from? Good Lord, number one. Let me just confess. Good Lord, number one, let me tell you, I grew up in Dallas, Texas. I remember the day my dad left. I was six years old. I also remember the day that he died when I was 10 years old.

I didn't have no Coach Barnes, D.P. or Coach Baker in my life, and I did some things and got me in trouble. And I got sent to a place called Cal Farley's Boys Ranch. And when I got out to Boys Ranch, I had some men in my life. that mentored me, that gave me some direction, corrected me when I was wrong, believed in me that I had some potential, played all the sports at Boys Ranch, but my journey found myself into this organization called the FFA. And that became my vehicle to make it, I ended up, you know, took a test,

had to take a test to get into college, scored a 14 on my ECT. Coach Baker, I'm sorry, I should have told you that up front. But I'm hard-headed. I'm hard-headed. They told me I could take it again, and I said, no, I'll do it the hard way. I asked my mom, can you give me some help? She wrote me a check for $25. And I had $25 in a 14 on the ACT, but let me tell you something,

because of good men like you, you told me that I lived in a country, and I could dream as big as I wanted to be, and I could do anything I wanted to do. And I found my way in that blue and gold jacket, Texas, Texas, Tech University on five scholarships. Came the state FFA president, traveled all over Texas, and now God has blessed me to return to my roots to pour into others. And that's how I met Chip Baker.

And again, you know, guys, y'all are all saying it. I love the Ziegler quote. You can have everything in life you want if you'll help enough other people get what they want. And that's what y'all do. Y'all are encouraging and empowering. The other thing that I like that coaches do, They hold people accountable.

And, you know, there's a lot of times kids know, I don't want to be accountable. Let me tell you something. That's a compliment. If somebody believes in you, I used to work with true and offenders. I worked in a boot camp. I worked into prison.

And I used to tell those kids, I said, let me tell you something. Anybody that cares about you will never let you off the hook. Anybody that cares about you will never let you off the hook. That's what coaches do. Coaches communicate. They love. they hold them accountable because they see their potential.

So my journey took me to this DP and now I get to give back. It is often, and Chip Baker and I owe everybody an apology. Normally, when we get together with this band of superheroes in whatever form and fashion, we give the warning in advance, folks get some water, have it by the radio, have it by the computer, because we're about to set it on fire. and we get hot. Hey, man, we forgot to warn him. We forgot to warn him.

Right, we forgot to warn him. He is Jim Baker. These are the authors of the path for coaching, Volume 4 coming up and coming out and being released in June. Volume 4 is about communication. Now, here's the part that I want to set up for the next segment, but I kind of want to plant the seed here, that in each of these cases we're talking about

Chip Baker and the impact of influence and the people who poured into us. Chip said a thing that is absolutely true and it's out loud that we can't dream for us what God has in store. There's zero explanation for any of us being here other than the blessing, favor, and then really good people.

in the communities that we were in who looked at knucklehead and saw the saint that saw the good in us when quite frankly the not so good in us was much louder and much prouder. So it helps us identify those young people. We see them in their natural form. I'm no longer coaching,

but I coach every day. And let me tell you, if you want to coach some interesting, characters, get sports radio folks and get them together. It's a real thing. Let me tell you. You know, and you got to get Jay Foreman and Adam Carrier

and that crew and keep them in line. Hey, brother, you better have some coach in you. Chip, I'll ask this. What is the thing? I was asked what my mantra was, literally yesterday. What is the mantra? What is the coaching seed that is

planted in everything that you do? What is the thing because you can communicate, but if you don't have a core to go to, it's really hard to get any point across, especially the point. What is the point, Chip Baker? I think the point is, and you may know this because I've heard you say, talk about this a couple of times in your day. I think the core principle is love, right?

because I love what I do, I'm going to have some standards by which I operate, right? Because I love and care for you, I'm going to hold you accountable, right? Like, I'm going to be, you know, I'm not going to, just like, you know, Aaron said, you know, I'm not going to let you just make it because I see bigger and better in you than what you even see for yourself. Now, what I have to do is I have to communicate that. you know, the path of coaches communication, I have to communicate that effectively and, you know, and show you that by my actions that, hey, hey, because I care for you, because I love you, hey, I'm expecting greatness, right? But hold on, this is how you achieve the greatness.

Then now I'm going to coach you to do that. Your job is to step up to it. Show up with a great attitude every day and give me everything you got. And I promise you you won't be disappointed with it. I can promise you that. It's not too many things I can promise you. But I can promise you that if you show up every day with a great attitude and give everything you got to give, oh man, you're going to blow yourself away with what you achieve.

Jeff, it's glorious. And we said as a coach, I don't expect you to learn if you don't know that I'm going to love. Like, it just people don't listen to people that they don't care about. And it doesn't care about them. And that's just a big part. always say to the local schools here, tell them, put a sign outside your door, letting your students know what's on the menu that day.

Let them know what you're feeding them that day when they walk in the door. And then you don't have to worry about it because then they'll hold you a count before. And if the food is good, they'll keep showing up. Coach Barnes for you, what is the thing? Oh, you know, our athletes and our kids that we work with nowadays, they have so much going on. Right. I mean, there are so many distractions in our society right now, and there's so much negativity out there and whatnot. I'm a firm believer of this. Like I just said, I don't think we're anybody's here put here to be average. And I want kids to recognize that you're better than you think you are. And that's something I try to express to my players.

Because we're filled with doubt. And like I said, our kids have gone through so much and think about, you know, since 2020 and everything that happened with that. And they're so fragile. And I think at times, they feel like, and this is really society in general, I think people, feel like what they're going through in the moment is going to be like that forever. And it's just not. And you're never a finished product. And just because you haven't done something yet doesn't mean you can't do something. And so from a coach's perspective and dealing with our players, like I want them to reach their ceiling, whatever that is.

And we want them to be a little bit better than they were the day before. And when you start stacking those positive days, like they can feel good about what they're doing instead of getting frustrated and then compare themselves to others. because that's where a lot of, you know, defeat and problems come into as well when they start, you know, oh, I want to play. I want to be, you know, I've got to be a starter. I got to be this. Well, keep the main thing, the main thing. Like, focus on, you know, you're helping yourself get better today and you're helping your team get better today and stack days. And then you're going to reach that ceiling. And you can feel good about whatever that outcome may be. And I stress that to all the teams, too, and any coaches I deal with. You know, don't focus on the end result and the wins and losses. That's just going to give you a lot of anxiety. You know, don't focus on the scoreboard when we're playing. Focus on that next. play and have that next play mentality. Have that, again, the belief that you're just going to reach your ceiling. We'll be a better team. You'll be a better player at the end of the year than you are at the beginning. When you start focusing on things like that, like kids and coaches, like you begin to have fun and the pressure goes away and you just enjoy, you know, being out there playing that

sport, being the best that you can be. And so for me, it's all about, you know, personal growth, player growth and team growth and focusing on that and enjoying the process. Aaron, it is it is loud and proud. It's the thing you say with your chest that comes from your chest, comes from your heart. What is the thing for you? You know, I've got to say that it's everything that y'all just said. I mean, that's the beauty of core values. They really are solid and they work and they work for all of us.

I guess, D.P., if I'm really drilling down, it's three things. It's hope, encouragement, and gratitude. And I can't stress those enough. Hope, encouragement, and gratitude. I remember the great Zig Zigler, his son one time Tom Ziegler was talking with his dad, and Zig looked at him and said, son, how do you know somebody needs encouragement? And he said, I don't know, dad.

And he said, if they're breathing, if they're breathing, they need encouragement. And I think we all, even coaches, that's the reason why what you're doing with the show, what Coach Barnes does, what Coach Baker does, even with fellow coaches, is every one of us need encouragement. And then we've also got to pour that into the kids. When I look at what my responsibility is as a coach and as a leader, and I tell this to the adults, our job as adults is to create opportunities. That's our job to create them on the field, to create them in the game. That's our job to create opportunities.

And then I look at the young people and it said, your responsibility is determine the outcome. You're not entitled to anything. You've got to go out and you've got to earn it. So when you drill it all down, I've got to say it's got to be hope, encouragement, and gratitude. And I'm going to tell you there's a lot of positive emotions that come with gratitude. Gratitude brings energy.

It brings happiness. it brings hopefulness versus entitlement. Entitlement is the opposite of gratitude, and it brings anger. That's mine. Give it to me. And I tell you what, when I see coaches like you guys

that sounds so grateful for the journey they've been on and you're pouring that into others, man, tip, like you said, I say the same thing. I said the essence of leadership is to plant trees under whose shade you may never set. That's what you're doing. You're planting.

trees. That's who he is, and that's why we're here. It is a big part of why when the phone rings, when the bat signal goes up, those three Gs in the sky that say, go get it. When that signal goes up, we're out. And purpose of so we'll take our first break. These are the authors of the past approaching. Volume four, again, you'll be able to find it.

We'll talk about how to find it. But when we come back from a break, a lot of the time. I'll ask them each to kind of preview their portion, their chapter in the compilation. What is communication and how does it show up in the lives of these young people and grown folks as well? DP Chip Baker, Coach Barnes, Aaron Alejandro, Moore on the ticket when we come right back. Download our app by searching 93.7 the ticket in your app store. You're listening to One-on-One with DP. on 93-7 the ticket and the ticket FM.com to one-on-one with DP,

sponsored by the downtown Lincoln Foundation on 93-7 the ticket. Welcome back on a Saturday morning, special conversation on one-on-one with the authors of The Path for Coaching, specifically volume four communication, with that being the key and the focus. And I was asked to be a part of this thing and then to help shed some light to it. Chip Baker knows how I get down. And in order to communicate the important and urgency of the day, it is important for me to say the two things that I'm about to say.

And I'm appropriately so. Today is the day 23,310 for me. it's the only one I get. I've never been this old before. I'll never be this young again. This day is special, and I mark it so. If I don't make it special,

I have to market as such so that I can move in and I'm accomplishing what I need to accordingly. And in that day, this day, I have to do the three things, say the three things that I say the most. One, thank you for the day.

Feet to the carpet. Thank you for the day. Then I must say love you as much as possible and be active in it. And if I've done those things and said, thanks in the morning and I work and live in love throughout the day, at the end of that day, when I put my feet back in those two very, very large footprints, I can say, well done. That's the life of a coach, a mentor, a leader, a teacher, and a servant. And that's what we're doing today. And on this day, 23, 310. I get to title this episode, the authors, because I have a brotherhood of gentlemen and servants and good people. So, Chip Baker, kind sir, you chose the word, communication, the idea and the thought. What does communication mean to you and how does it fold out for you in the life that you live? I think communication is so important.

it. Again, it's the bridge between wanting to achieve great things and actually achieving great things and leading others to achieve great things. And so communication is vital. And so I always, I like to share this. I heard this before. So I'm going to share this. You know, if you write down the word communication in the middle of the word communication is you and I. Get him. You told him it was going to be hot. In the middle of the word communication is you and I. So to be a great communicator is not just about you, right? To be a great communicator is not I. It's about both of us coming together and communicating effectively, right? Being a good listener, a caring,

helping others, being of service, right? Stretching yourself to learn and grow, right? More so than what you say, but your body language, how's your posture? Like, all of those things are going to play to be a great communicator. And communication is so important. And this is what my chapter starts with. Effective communication as a culture leader goes far beyond simply taking or giving instruction. It is the ability to clearly deliver a message.

ensure it is understood and inspire the right action. So to me, that's what effective communication is. It is important and, again, in different levels and different spaces in our lives. Communication is often the bridge between where we are and where we're trying to go. And urgency often says this is a short bridge or this is a long bridge, whatever it is. It has to be directional. It has to have some time code to it. Coach Martin, communications for you in descriptive form, what is the definition of communication?

Yeah, that's great. You know, my favorite phrase when it comes to communication is, say what you mean and mean what you say. I think right now it's so challenging because we are so afraid of hurting the feelings of others and, you know, being sensitive to that. And, you know, you guys mentioned it earlier. Ultimately, it's about what our kids can get from us. Like we can know everything. Like we know the sport.

You know, we know all the, all the strategies that goes with it, but it's not what we know is what they know. And I focused on three things in my chapter is we, it's important as coaches to recognize that we need to meet the needs of our players. And they have so, again, I go back to it. They have so much going on nowadays. They might play multiple sports. They have all the social media distractions. And we got to be receptive to that and recognize that we're going to have to meet those needs. The second one I finish or I talk about is giving the players a voice.

Like there was a time, you know, back in the early 90s when I was playing that, you know, your coach was the authority figured you didn't question anything or you didn't have conversations. And in some degree, that's great. Like the coach has to be, you know, the buck stops here, so to speak. But it's okay to listen to our players and get some feedback on how they're feeling, how the team's feeling, what's the mojo like in the locker room and things like that. And then thirdly, like setting clear expectations, right? Like we there still has to be a little bit of like you guys talked about the accountability factor.

Like you don't hold people and kids accountable because you don't like them and you don't want them to be successful. You hold people accountable and kids accountable because you love and you want them to be great. And so setting those clear expectations on practice and off the field behavior and classroom behavior goes a long way. And it's important. And I've seen coaches not have those clear expectations and run into trouble. And none of this happens though if coaches don't build those relationships first. with their players. Like we need to care about the kids as much as people as they are athletes.

And until you do that, none of that matters. And so yeah, I'm fired up about, you know, what I got to talk about with this communication part because, again, it's so hard for society to communicate nowadays. I love social media, but it's so much in phones, but it's so much easier just to text somebody instead of picking up the phone and calling them or instead of having a one-on-one conversation just to hash things out or, or, you know, just have a conversation.

It's heart. And so, yeah, I was fired up and I'm fired up about this chapter. Aaron, it is often misunderstood that communication, the clarity part of it, because we think the young people and the people around us that we're giving information to know what we know. So communication is vital in it. For you, what is communication and how does it come into play? You know, so I don't know, I titled my chapter.

It's not what you say. It's what they hear. Can they see it? And I've got to tell you, all the great leaders that I've worked with, they all have one thing in common. And that is they have this unique ability to have vision. Athletes, exceptional athletes, have this ability to read a play, to see the field, to see the opportunity, to move into space. So, number one, it starts with communication. The communication has to really set the strategy of can they hear it and then can they see it.

And I like to add to that that if a person can't see themselves as the hero of the story, if they can't see themselves as how can their body perform that? Communication is so important to help them see themselves as the hero of the story. And then to add a little to that, action to the mind is like mental glue. So when you can communicate in a way where they can see the action in their mind is mental glue, they can ultimately see themselves as a hero of the story. And this is the power of a coach. The power of a coach, I was talking to Keith Mundy, the president of American Hat Company,

he said, Aaron, he said, a coach will take you places that you can't take yourself. I believe that success begets success. I believe that if a coach can communicate effectively, help us, athlete see themselves as a hero of the story, they can take that success and they can duplicate that in other areas of their lives in their families, in their jobs, in their careers. So it's not what you say. It's what they hear and can they see it. That's what effective communication is. There's so much. And again, another part of the disclaimer is that Anytime a group of four like this gets together,

an hour is next to impossible. But especially in the radio, the FCC radio assortment. We have to go to our next break and we'll set it up. But my chapter was an ode to a captain. In a situation in a critical game, my captain through a relationship that we had built over the course of football season, going to basketball season. and the most critical moments, the biggest crowd, the most chaos, the most friction,

pulling him aside and only having the conversation that I could have with him, whispering only the words that would fit in the time that was allowed, that, hey, without saying the building's on fire, saying the buildings on fire, it's time to put your cape on and go full Superman. And he was ready. that young man had one of the great quarters in Virginia State basketball history, leading a thing down from 22 in the fourth quarter to a state, to a regional title. He then went on to attend and graduate from the Air Force Academy and is now one of our country's finest.

And if you don't identify in the moment and free those young people up to be the great heroes that they are intended to be. Sometimes miss it. We'll go to break. We'll come back. We'll ask you these gentlemen to let folks know how to follow them, how to find them, ask Chip about the timetable for book release and how folks can commit to purchasing it and reading it, etc. And then I'll ask them each to close out with who their great communicator is. Who comes to mind when we say great communicator?

We'll do that when we come back to one-on-one. Watch live on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch. You're listening to one-on-one with DP on 93-7 the ticket and the ticketfm.com. To one-on-one with DP, sponsored by the downtown Lincoln Foundation on 93-7 the ticket. Oh, heroes. Paint your face. Pump up, pump up your muscles. Show them the power.

The power of the warrior. We don't spell warrior the way they do, though. Us superheroes, we spell warrior. W-A-R-Y-E-R- Warrior. Superheroes everywhere. We love it. We are with the authors of The Path for Coaches. And Volume 4 on Communication,

these gentlemen, and gentlemen, thank you for the hour and the insight. The soul is more full this morning for anybody to get a chance to listen. We have about a minute each. Chip Baker, kind sir, let them know how to find you. And then tell me, kind sir, when I say great communicator, who comes to mind? Right.

They can find me at Chip Baker. All of my social media is at Chip Baker TSC, except for X. It's Chip Baker 19. And so you check out my social media, all the things. And the person that comes to mind to me is a great communicator. It's my mother. You know, she had a healthy dose of love, accountability. And because she loved me, she held me accountable.

Like, no, boy, you ain't going to do that because I love you. And so it allowed me and helped me be who I am today. So that person is my mother. Coach Barnes, let him know. Appreciate it. At Coach Barnes, 2-0 on X. You can search me on Facebook or Instagram, be a rock LLC, or just with my Brian Barnes. Yeah, you know, historical figures that stand out for me that are great communicators

are the ones that inspire and inspire change. So I'm thinking about Winston Churchill. I'm thinking about Martin Luther King Jr. And as a man of faith, Christian Catholic, I think of Jesus. And all of them, what they have in common to me is they inspire and they didn't come out communicating with anger. And on a personal level, the person I think of is my wife. I'm extremely blessed to have her in my life. And I can't think of a time where my wife has been mad to the point where she's had to raise her voice and she's been calm at everything. And that's, to me, effective communication doesn't mean get loud, get angry. It means stay calm and get your point across.

Aaron, it is special kind, sir. We appreciate you. Let them know how to find you. I'm on all social media platforms. You're either going to find me as Aaron Alejandro or are you going to find me at Live Your Brand. Everybody knows that's my handle. Live your brand. Live your brand.

Like, go get it. Live your brand. I think that I echo all of those. my mom, obviously, the man that raised me at Boys Ranch, but I kind of go back to what Coach Barnes said. I think that when I think of the kind of communicator I want to be, I think of Jesus. I would say he's the greatest communicator of all time because his message met you where you were. It didn't matter if you were the rich man, the poor man, the downtrodden, the highest exalted.

His message met you where you were at. And I believe that effective coaching, I believe effective communication is to do so. in a way that meet your audience where they're. Chip Baker, kind, sir. Let him know about the book, book release, how they will be able to find and purchase. Yes, sir. So the path for coaches, volume four, communication.

We are doing the virtual launch, best-teller run next Saturday on the 30th. That's crazy. May 30th. And the books will go live the following week so you can get them. You know, it's on Amazon. But I'd ask you to, you know, check out the authors. Please go to their pages, you know, if you know the authors so that they can get the credit for those, check their pages out, take the time to do that, and purchase those a signed copy from them.

All right. And so again, DP, thank you so much for who you are, how you do what you do. Thank you so much for having us. Grateful for you, love you. And thanks for having us on. Hey, hey, hey, hey, bro. giving them three words kind sir

one two three go get it gotta boy love y'all appreciate you thank you for what you do in full leave it better than you found it that's the mission love as the beginning

love as the end and love as the way as simple as we can say it that's what leadership is it's just love out loud we thank y'all don't go anywhere business builders matt warner coming up here 93 7 the ticket and the ticket fm dot com