Self-Awareness – The Basketball Coaching Roadmap
Self-Awareness is critical to implementing every step of the Basketball Coaching Roadmap. If you don’t have the ability to step outside of yourself and honestly evaluate yourself and your surroundings then you will find it extremely difficult achieving your coaching goals. You will find yourself confused and frustrated at your team’s lack of success and your inability to connect with your players. In this episode my brothers, Brian and Brady and I discuss the importance of being a coach who is self-aware and how you can gain self-awareness.
This episode is the final installment of the Basketball Coaching Roadmap. Each part focused on one specific area where successful coaches shine. We shared some stories, re-lived experiences and explored 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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Self-Awareness Topics
02:05 Self-awareness is a life skill not just a coaching skill.
05:39 Some inadvertent self-awareness slips into the conversation.
06:27 Accepting feedback as the coach and modelling behavior you want in your players.
07:01 Talk to your players after you’ve challenged them. Find out how it made them feel.
07:32 Understanding your strengths and weaknesses.
09:15 The benefits of learning from your mistakes and having players who aren’t afraid to make mistakes.
11:05 Players and coaches must continually evaluate themselves in order to expect improvement.
11:40 There isn’t always time to be self-aware during a game. Find quiet times to reflect and evaluate.
12:09 Brian shares his most humbling coaching experience that almost led to quitting. It took a lot of self-awareness and courage to change everything mid-season.
16:57 Accepting feedback from your assistant coaches is just as important as accepting feedback from your players.
18:44 The guys evaluate themselves and what they need to improve on to become better coaches and get better on this podcast.
23:22 Last words on self-awareness, Basketball Coaching Roadmap and the podcast (by the way it’s currently staying as bi-weekly thing).
25:43 To gain more awareness of your coaching style or how you relate to your players find someone to record your actions during a game.
