If you think coaching is easy, you’re probably doing it wrong
Coaching is not something you just start doing, contrary to what many players seem to think. It's a challenge requiring constant education and development.
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Coaching is not something you just start doing, contrary to what many players seem to think. It's a challenge requiring constant education and development.
As much as we may wish it otherwise, players (and teams) don't always play at one consistent level. They have a distribution of performances. This has implications for our coaching.
Some coaches are highly successful while others not so much. Why is that? Here are three things I think contribute to coaching success.
If you haven't read it already, you definitely want to make Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code the next book on your reading list. It could really impact your coaching.
There's a paradox in how we tell non-starters they need to improve to play while we expect our non-starters to keep getting better. How do we deal with it?
When you strip coaching down to its most fundamental level, there are two primary things that determine success or failure.
It's the end of the season and you can't make the playoffs. What do you do to keep the players - and yourself - motivated through the rest of the season?
A team-building exercise resulted in my getting a bunch of positive feedback from the Midwestern State players, and the other coaches.
What skills do you need to be an elite coach? Here are some ideas from myself and others. Would love to hear your thoughts as well.