Hi again!
In this post, we will continue taking about coaching basketball. How we just said, this is important to play basketball and it is something that we must algo training.
What is your coaching philosophy?
This goes in line with what you emphasize to your team but it's not about
specific basketball skills, like rebounding. It's about much more important
things.
As a basketball coach, you have a VERY important responsibility.
You have a bunch of young players that look up to you. Believe it or not, they
listen to you.
In addition, you have an opportunity to have an impact on their life!!
Think about it.
You're in a very powerful position. Most teachers would do anything to have the
power that you have. Many of their kids could care less about what they are
teaching. Heck, many of the students don't even want to come to class.
However, your players actually look forward to practice and games. These kids
actually come to you and want to play basketball. They enjoy it. They are
passionate about it.
Here is just a few of the things that players might be expecting from you:
Your choice is, what life lessons do you want them to learn and how.
You have an unbelievable opportunity to teach them so much about life and
basketball.
You probably don't realize it, but the things you say without a second thought
can stick with a kid for LIFE!
Think back to all of the coaches that you had in your life. You remember every
one of them don't you?
Of course you do.
I do too.
I remember so many little things about my basketball days. I remember the coach
praising me. I remember the coach yelling at me. I can remember his exact
words. I remember whether the coach had confidence in me or not. I remember
believing everything that my coach told me, whether he was right or wrong.
Don't overlook the power of your position.
Some of the things you say and do can have a positive effect on these
kids for life!
So what can you do about that?
Decide how you want to affect them. What message do you want to communicate?
Consider this interesting coaching tactic...
I knew a truly successful coach whose number one goal was to communicate and
emphasize teamwork.
He communicated it in practice verbally. He reinforced it with drills. Every
single time someone passed the ball, he offered praise. In fact, it was the
only time he offered praise.
Even more impressive to me as a parent was how he handled the games. Regardless
of whether the kids won the game or not, he reacted exactly the same way --
every time! He praised the teamwork efforts.
He didn't criticize the players for not passing the ball but he didn't praise
them for single handedly scoring either. He only praised for teamwork. The
players that showed more of an effort to work as a team played more during
games.
When the kids lost a game, he wouldn't say, "I'm sorry that you
lost." When they won a game, he wouldn't say "Congratulations"
or "Good Job."
He only pointed out the teamwork efforts.
Now this team did manage to win a majority of their games. Do you know why?
Because they worked together as a team. (And because he emphasized the
fundamentals.)
How did the kids react? They strived to work together as a team. Even the
showboats!
Decide how you want to affect your team, what message you want to communicate
to them and write it down. Document your coaching philosophy, goals, and what
you want to emphasize.
You need to get your priorities in order first if you want to be able to
communicate them well. Once you've accomplished this, then you can get your
players priorities in order.
To give you an idea, Morgan Wooten, the basketball coach with the most wins in
high school history, had the following priorities:
I personally like to take things a little further. I have similar priorities
but I write down the "life lessons" I want to teach the kids for that
year.
For example, some of the things I often try to teach and emphasize are:
These are all things that will teach the kids how to be successful in life.
Now make sure you write down your coaching philosophy and the important things
you want to emphasize. Keep those things with you at all times. Look at them
before every practice.
This will help you stay focused and emphasize the right things.
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This goes in line with what you emphasize to your team but it's not about specific basketball skills, like rebounding. It's about much more important things.
As a basketball coach, you have a VERY important responsibility.
You have a bunch of young players that look up to you. Believe it or not, they listen to you.
In addition, you have an opportunity to have an impact on their life!!
Think about it.
You're in a very powerful position. Most teachers would do anything to have the power that you have. Many of their kids could care less about what they are teaching. Heck, many of the students don't even want to come to class.
However, your players actually look forward to practice and games. These kids actually come to you and want to play basketball. They enjoy it. They are passionate about it.
Here is just a few of the things that players might be expecting from you:
Your choice is, what life lessons do you want them to learn and how.
You have an unbelievable opportunity to teach them so much about life and basketball.
You probably don't realize it, but the things you say without a second thought can stick with a kid for LIFE!
Think back to all of the coaches that you had in your life. You remember every one of them don't you?
Of course you do.
I do too.
I remember so many little things about my basketball days. I remember the coach praising me. I remember the coach yelling at me. I can remember his exact words. I remember whether the coach had confidence in me or not. I remember believing everything that my coach told me, whether he was right or wrong.
Don't overlook the power of your position.
Some of the things you say and do can have a positive effect on these kids for life!
So what can you do about that?
Decide how you want to affect them. What message do you want to communicate?
I knew a truly successful coach whose number one goal was to communicate and emphasize teamwork.
He communicated it in practice verbally. He reinforced it with drills. Every single time someone passed the ball, he offered praise. In fact, it was the only time he offered praise.
Even more impressive to me as a parent was how he handled the games. Regardless of whether the kids won the game or not, he reacted exactly the same way -- every time! He praised the teamwork efforts.
He didn't criticize the players for not passing the ball but he didn't praise them for single handedly scoring either. He only praised for teamwork. The players that showed more of an effort to work as a team played more during games.
When the kids lost a game, he wouldn't say, "I'm sorry that you lost." When they won a game, he wouldn't say "Congratulations" or "Good Job."
He only pointed out the teamwork efforts.
Now this team did manage to win a majority of their games. Do you know why? Because they worked together as a team. (And because he emphasized the fundamentals.)
How did the kids react? They strived to work together as a team. Even the showboats!
Decide how you want to affect your team, what message you want to communicate to them and write it down. Document your coaching philosophy, goals, and what you want to emphasize.
You need to get your priorities in order first if you want to be able to communicate them well. Once you've accomplished this, then you can get your players priorities in order.
To give you an idea, Morgan Wooten, the basketball coach with the most wins in high school history, had the following priorities:
I personally like to take things a little further. I have similar priorities but I write down the "life lessons" I want to teach the kids for that year.
For example, some of the things I often try to teach and emphasize are:
These are all things that will teach the kids how to be successful in life.
Now make sure you write down your coaching philosophy and the important things you want to emphasize. Keep those things with you at all times. Look at them before every practice.
This will help you stay focused and emphasize the right things.
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