Gaining the Trust of Your Team
As a coach you need to know how to do many things. You need to know X's and O's. You need to understand game situations. You need to understand different styles of play. You need to be able to scout and opponent and how to self scout honestly and openly. You need to be unbiased in your decision making and make sure you select the best players to make your team. The one thing that is most important to do is to have your players trust you. To be a good coach you need to be able to say things to your players and they need to believe what comes out of your mouth. How do you do that? How can you, as a coach, lay down a plan and then have your kids believe that what you say is what they need to try to do? There are 7 ways you can do this. Be prepared for practice and games - Don't ever seem disorganized. Always plan. The old adage that if you fail to plan you plan to fail is valid here. Prepare your team for as many contingencies as possible in practice - The old a