The best teams have 'player-led' leadership. The coach doesn't have to micromanage because players understand the mission and lead each other to accomplish it.
"Silent leadership" anticipates and teaches what can happen so players respond in real-time without continuous communication.
That doesn't mean the coach isn't leading. "Leaders make leaders." Great coaches cite chapter and verse about their team leaders through the years.
Yelling doesn't make leaders. Remember the proverb, "an empty barrel makes the most noise."
Coaching is about relationships. Relationships flourish with communication, respect, and trust. Coaches deliver messages that players don't always want to hear.
Great leaders listen. Nelson Mandela's father always spoke last after hearing everyone's opinion. Young Nelson attended those meeting and learned that processing others' voices allowed for nuanced comments.
Understand "Commander's intent" as in Belichick's "Attack weaknesses, utilize strengths." The lionesses don't attack the fastest strongest prey. They attack the most vulnerable when possible. Commander's Intent is how the leader intends to execute the mission.
A team devoid of leadership is no team at all.
Lagniappe. Well-designed BOB with a slip.
Stanford
— MaxFrontini (@MaxFrontini) September 28, 2023
BLOB into a 5 out
Inbounder pretending to set a flare screen and slipping to the rim pic.twitter.com/8xDEvUluac
Lagniappe 2. Urgent cutting and passing starts in practice.
Want to know why Kelvin Sampson is one of the greatest to ever coach the game?
— Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) September 28, 2023
How they do anything is how they do EVERYTHING
One minute passing drill and look at the intensity. The players know the standard bc it’s the standard in everything they do
pic.twitter.com/p0YrFeHM4i
Lagniappe 3. Creating space.
This finishing concept is great when you’re not in a blow by situation.
— Reid Ouse (@reidouse) September 28, 2023
Skip into them so that they are forced to absorb your contact. When you land and you want to transition your way to your back foot so that you can feed without being out of control pic.twitter.com/MUbpgu2Tqd
