"No progress comes without change, but not all change is progress." - John Wooden
Coaches and players have clay feet. Use the power of change within parameters of skill, strategy, physicality, and psychology. Become a team capable of winning by talent or by tactics.
What one change could be a difference maker? Every team, coach, and player will have different answers.
As coaches, can we:
- Become more positive
- Bring more energy
- Communicate better
- Teach better
- Handle frustration well
- Delegate better
- Be more media friendly
- Work better with administration
Skill. Shoot better.
- Take better shots...the quickest path to improvement.
- Avoid 'free shooting'...add defense and time or other constraints.
- Constantly seek to achieve your PB (personal best).
- Run similar actions from differing formations.
- Run different actions from the same formation.
- Force defenders to make hard choices.
Post entry cutter option series.
- "Winners are trackers."
- Workout with a partner. Drag a teammate into the top 10%
- Stay in top condition with 220 yard sprints and 80 seconds of rest. Repeat eight time finishing each sprint in under a set time (36-40 seconds). Must have medical clearance.
- Better physical condition facilitates mental toughness. "Fatigue makes cowards of us all."
- Mindfulness improves focus and sleep, reduces stress hormones and it's absolutely free
Defense involves communication. If you are not talking, you are not playing Defense.
— Lewis Shine (@LewisShine) September 16, 2022
Lagniappe 2.
Great way to improve your 1v0 shooting segments in practice this season! https://t.co/J0UOBTY1tw
— Aaron Fernandez, M.Ed. (@CoachFernandez1) September 17, 2022
Lagniappe 3.
Different ways to play pickup at Open Gym. Ways for players to find different challenges in the games. pic.twitter.com/sotFOeqGjw
— Chris Abaray (@ChrisAbaray) September 17, 2022