Encouragement – The Basketball Coaching Roadmap
In today’s episode myself and my brothers, Brian and Brady discuss encouragement. In our minds, creating an encouraging and positive atmosphere for your team is essential to team success. We share some stories about encouraging coaches and how encouragement affects your player’s level of play.
This episode is part six of a seven part series we call the Basketball Coaching Roadmap (click here to learn more). Each part focuses on one specific area where successful coaches shine. We’ll share some stories, re-live experiences and explore the impact coaches can have on their players. If you haven’t done so already, go back and listen to the previous episodes.
The Basketball Coaching Roadmap can be your off-season coaching course. Our goal is to add a little more to your coaching portfolio with each episode and by next season you’ll be ready to shine.
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Encouragement Topics
01:50 What kind of coaching style did you prefer as a player?
06:08 Brian re-lives old, embarrassing non-encouraging moments as a young adult.
08:13 It can be difficult to stay positive when it’s close to home.
12:07 Sharing times of encouragement and what it meant to the players.
14:25 The art of keeping it light – laughing at yourself is great for team chemistry.
15:38 Brian shares a story about his high school days – encouragement during tough times goes a long way.
19:33 Not all your players want to play basketball.
20:45 Nominate an encouraging coach (by the way “insentify” is not a word).
22:58 Being overly encouraging does not mean you are soft!
