As coaches we have a variety of responsibilities that we must be aware of, especially when it comes to the kids we coach. One element of our responsibilities is to keep things in perspective. This post discusses the idea of why it is important for coaches to keep our perspective. A short time ago when…
“I Just Don’t Read”
Today’s post comes from a comment I have heard various coaches make through the years – “I just don’t read.” As an English teacher for 18 years, reading was obviously a very big part of my job. Reading was a huge part of what I was trying to get my students to do. As teachers,…
Be Precise
This is the next in a series of posts that come from some ideas I wrote about in my first two booklets A Head Coach’s Guide for Working with Assistants and The Assistant Coach’s Guide to Coaching. While those booklets were born out of some specific head coach/assistant coach issues I was facing with some…
“You Can’t Do That!”
My previous post in my series on the “Coach as Teacher” was titled “There is Power in Your Words.” While today’s post is not in the realm of “Coach as Teacher,” it does fit into the concept of the Power of our Words, so it is fitting to have it be the post following the…
Another 5 Team Themes to Help Develop Your Culture
In my last post, I wrote about 5 team themes that I have used with my teams through the years to help develop our program’s culture. If you missed that post click here to read it. Today, I am going to talk about five more of the themes I have used through the years. Also, if…
5 Themes to Help Develop Your Culture
For quite a few years now, I have established and taught team themes with my teams. Whether it be our team’s core covenants, John Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success,” or just random life lessons that I believe are important to discuss with our kids, we have had some kind of focus each week throughout the season.…
There is Power in Your Words
This is the third in this series of posts I have done on the importance of coaches being teachers – not teachers in the sense of having to be classroom teachers, but in the sense that they must learn strategies to teach their players the same way that classroom teachers use strategies to teach their students. To see the previous two…
Championship Team Culture
Today I am suspending my series of posts on coaches being teachers to talk a bit about the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship game last week. I am not going to be breaking down plays or going into any specifics on basketball. I just want to talk a bit about the beauty of watching two…
Do You Understand?
This post is the second of a few that come from some ideas I wrote in my first two booklets “A Head Coach’s Guide for Working with Assistants” and “The Assistant Coach’s Guide to Coaching.” While those booklets were born out of some specific head coach/assistant coach issues I was facing with some members of…
Hey Coach! Be a Teacher
This post will be the first of a few that come from some ideas I wrote in my first two booklets A Head Coach’s Guide for Working with Assistants and The Assistant Coach’s Guide to Coaching. While those booklets were born out of some specific head coach/assistant coach issues I was facing with some members…