The Winning Youth Coaching Podcast: Youth Sports | Coaching | Parenting | Family Resources

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TJ Rosene is a 3x National  Coach of the year. He has already compiled over 300 wins as a college coach and has most recently put together 8 straight 20-win seasons. TJ also serves as the Director of Coach Development for PGC Basketball, and co-hosts the Hardwood Hustle podcast.

Twitter: @CoachTJRosene

Websites: pgcbasketball.com; hardwoodhustle.com

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'If your dreams don't scare you- you're not dreaming big enough' - Chasing the Lion

1st steps in building culture

The first step is believing

Then define key cornerstones

Buy-in & Building great teammates

Have your players brainstorm about what the characteristics are of the best teammates. Then ask the players whether you have their permission to hold them accountable to those standards.

Empowering players

The best time to have players figuring things out on their own is when there is less on the line. That's true of lower levels of youth sports. That's true of early in the season even at higher levels of athletics.

Communication needs 3 things:

Truth

Love

Transparency

Start each practice talking for 5 to 8 minutes

This helps everyone to get to know each other and

My commitment Monday

Tough Tuesday

Thankful Thursday

Communication - Life skills

They have their athletes do the following when ordering at a fast-food restaurant:

Eye contact

Call the person by name

Ask them how their day is going

Express gratitude

Caz McCaslin's 2 minute Coaching tips

Tough love - Set standards that build not just great athletes but great leaders

Remember the off the court impact you have is more important than what happens on the court

Captains

TJ's teams have never elected captains. He just lets the natural leaders emerge.

When leaders arise who he wouldn't have chosen - he is honest with them and works to develop them and train them how to be a better leader. He is also honest about what the 2 or 3 behaviors are that will affect their teammates adversely if they don't work on improving them or eliminating them.

Leadership development

The first step is asking the players who wants to lead

They create levels of leadership around 4 traits: Character, Courage, Consistency, Communication

They define levels 0 to 3 with tangible steps

Connecting with kids

Sometimes you have to draw lines. It's scary because we don't want to alienate a player, but it is important.

The One that got away

Losing a national championship game - TJ had not prepared himself for what could go wrong.

You have to learn from the adversity and not live in the adversity

Best Stolen Idea

Don Meyer - Sent TJ a note and book within 48 hours of his passing. TJ learned that you're never too big for any situation or person.

Be a lifelong learner!

PGC Basketball Clinics

10,000 kids go through their camps every summer - check them out at: pgcbasketball.com

Parting Advice

Keep perspective. Define your legacy.

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Sara Erdner is a PhD student in Sport Psychology & Motor Behavior at the Univ. of TN. She is a lifelong athlete including multiple triathlons and most recently Strongman competitions. Today she will share with us some of the research she has done on relational resilience.

Twitter: @serdner

Facebook: /sara.erdner

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'In society we think of competition as going head to head with someone else and trying to beat them. But if you look at the Latin root of the word - it means To Strive Together. You put your best foot forward and I'll put my best foot forward. Even if I lose, I will thank you as my competitor for bringing your best that day.' - Joe Ehrmann, paraphrased

Competition

Joe Erhmann talks about the word competition - 'In society we think of competition as going head to head with someone else and trying to beat them. But if you look at the Latin root of the word - it means To Strive Together. You bring your best foot forward and I'll put my best foot forward. Even if I lose, I will thank you as my competitor for bringing your best that day.'

Relational Resilience

Adversity - Perception is reality, so if you perceive a situation as adverse, then it is.

5 characteristics of being resilient:

1 - Positive outlook

2 - Intrinsically motivated

3 - Focused

4 - Confident

5 - Perceived social support is high

Coaches' & Parents' role in resilience in athletes

It all starts with you. If you are not resilient yourself, it's nearly impossible to develop resilient athletes. Are you positive & focused?

Self reflection is one of the most powerful thing you can do as an individual.

Acknowledging when you've done something wrong is important.

Emotional support is the key. The concept of empathy is critical. Being able to strive to put yourself in the other person's shoes. Empathy is important to overcoming and working through the shame that has been put on you by your parents or coaches or others in your life.

Mental toughness

Traditional coaching behaviors such as yelling, throwing things - these old standards create negative emotions that drive fear and anxiety

Care, love, positive emotions - are the true ways to bring out the best performances

Caz McCaslin's Coaching Tips

Developing a player athletically:

Teach them to have a great work ethic

Teach them to be constantly learning

Empowering kids

Ask open-ended questions

What do you think you would have done in that situation?

Are there other things you might add to that?

It takes more time, but it has infinitely more valuable

Positive Energy

Sara gets her positivity from her mom - Shout out to Sheryl Erdner!

The One that got away

Sara was in a triathlon and was so in the flow state that she forgot to do the 2nd lap of the biking portion.

She had a friend tell her - 'These are the moments that will have the biggest impact on making you a better athlete, because it forces you to think about what happened and what you could do have done better'

Best Stolen Idea

Dr. Rebecca Zakrajsek, PHD from Univ of Tennessee - Had a book called The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha - she shared a story from to start each class. Started the class with positive energy.

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Pete Jacobson has been a varsity wrestling coach for 15 years. Coaching is a passion and a labor of love for him. It’s essentially been his “other” full time job for the last decade and half. Now with the many years of experience under his belt; dozens and dozens of books on coaching theory, sports psychology, performance nutrition, team building and motivation read and on his bookshelf; thousands of dollars worth of clinics, seminars and classes attended and PLENTY of trial and error, he is able to answer a lot more of these questions, so he has started a blog and resources called Win Smarter.

Website: winsmarter.com

Website with free WYC offer: winsmarter.com/wyc/

Twitter: @PJacobsonEmont

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 'The best aren't born that way. They work harder and practice more to master their craft.' - Jon Gordon

Cringe Moment

Pete and his head coach butted heads a lot during Pete's early years- Pete was like a typical young man who thinks they know it all

Teaching Skills

Incorporate fun competitions as much as possible

Group based competitions helps create great culture, and keep mixing up the groups

Self-confidence and peak mental performance

Pete recently observed 2 NFL coaches' reactions to their kickers missing game-winning field goals in overtime of a game. One coach said 'he is a professional and has to make that kick.' The other coach said 'he made a bunch of kicks that even put us in the position to win the game. He'll make a bunch more for us and we love him.' Which coach would instill more confidence in his kicker going forward?

3 pillars Pete's teams focus on:

1 - Focus on process over outcome

2 - Embrace failure as a necessary step towards success

3 - For the kids to embrace #s 1 and 2 - you need to embrace these as their coach

Free E-book on mental toughness

Just go to winsmarter.com/wyc/

Caz McCaslin's Coaching Tips

Developing a player's mental capacity

Winning requires: Resiliency, concentration, and a willingness to embrace the grind

Championship Culture

Defining core values: TAAO

Teamwork

Attitude

Accountability

One More

Before the season begins they do 2 things:

1 - Off-site team building ropes course

2 - Team community service project

In season:

Buddy week - Pair up kids that don't know each other that well (ideally they have the same lunch) - then at end of week they have a contest to see who knows their buddy best

Coach Appreciation dinner - They assign groups and each group comes up with a skit to 'make fun' of the coaches. Make sure you define what is appropriate. :)

Favorite coaching book/quote

Quote: 'The best aren't born that way. They work harder and practice more to master their craft.' - Jon Gordon

Book: The Energy Bus, The Hard Hat, Training Camp, and You win in the locker room first - All by Jon Gordon

Book: The Carolina Way by Dean Smith

Book: A Wrestling Life by Dan Gable

Book: How to win friends and influence people by Dale Carnegie

Book: The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

Win Smarter

Blog to help coaches up their game

Email Pete at [email protected]

Website: winsmarter.com

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Ted Quinn is the director of coaches programs at the Nations of Coaches. Prior to that Ted had spent  seventeen seasons on the sidelines. A coaching career that saw him serve at Wakonda High School(SD), Mount Marty College(SD), Graceland Univerisity(IA) and Nyack College(NY). In addition to his coaching career, Quinn has also served as an Executive Board Member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches(NABC) Ministry Team and an Advisory Board Member of Nations of Coaches. He and his wife Jackie have been married for eighteen years and are the proud parents of ten-year-old daughter Jenna and seven-year-old son Kellen.

Website: nationsofcoaches.com

Twitter: @NationofCoaches

Facebook: /nationsofcoaches

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 'It's better to have flown than to have landed' - John Wooden

Nations of Coaches

Serve men's college basketball

Mission is to serve, equip, and connect to support coaches

Character Coaches

The biggest jump from losing to winning is improving the culture within your locker room and around your program.

Caz's Coaching Halftime

Coach towards victory instead of just trying to win

Building a team with great culture

The first step - is as a coach to ask yourself why you are doing this

Then - prioritize building relationships with your players. Get to know them before getting to know their game.

Connecting with and Impacting Kids

Ted values the relationships with his players. He even had the opportunity to be the minister who led the ceremony for one of his player's marriages.

A player you invest in becomes a son or daughter to you.

Best borrowed/stolen idea

Tony Bennett at Virginia - The simplicity of their defense is their key. They just have a few rules and they don't bend on those rules.

Favorite coaching book/quote

Book: A Lifetime of  observations and reflection off and on the court by John Wooden and Steve Jamison.

Quote: 'The journey is the destination.' 'It's better to have flown than to have landed' - John Wooden

Cool stories about Coach Wooden on WYC Episode 24 with Randy Montgomery

SEC Legacy Breakfast

Host speaker - Brice Drew - Head Coach at Vanderbilt

Wed, March 8th at 7 a.m. in downtown Nashville - A few tickets still available

Website: nationsofcoaches.com

Parting Advice

Get to know your players at a heart level before you worry about getting to know their game

Know your why

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Scott Hearon believes athletics can be the most effective forum for growing people, and has coached and mentored in many different arenas hoping to make a difference. Scott feels a call on his life to help men make sense of who they are and why they are made so that they can lead lives of deep influence, purpose, connection, and freedom. Scott is the executive director at The Nashville Coaching Coalition, whose mission is to connect, support, and equip athletic coaches in their work to build excellent programs that transform the lives of their players and empower them to perform to their greatest potential.

Websites: NashvilleCoachingCoalition.com; TheCoachForum.com

Twitter: @TheCoachForum

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 'If you want to make slow change, coach behavior. If you want to make sustainable change, help change their paradigm.' - Stephen Covey, paraphrased

Early Influence

Scott during high school read the story about Joe Erhmann's team in Season of Life and looked around and didn't really see the type of mentors from the coaches he had in his life

'To be a man, you have to see a man'

Boys and girls need to see role models. The best thing we can to demonstrate this to the players we coach is to work on our relationships with each other as a coaching staff.

The most dangerous coach is one who is not confident with who they are and are trying to prove themselves

From Joe Hermann's book Inside-Out Coaching, the goal is to be a transformational coach instead of being a transactional coach. You can't try to fulfill your insecurities by using kids to accomplish your goals.

Building a team with great culture

The first step is defining your core values and what you are all about

This begins with the relationships and communication within the coaching staff

Then have each coach write a mission statement about what this coaching staff's priorities are going to be

Then relay this philosophy to your parents so they are on board with your approach

Caz's Coaching Halftime

Develop the whole athlete, on and off the field

Coaches are the #1 position of influence on today's youth

Building Self-confidence

2 biggest things kids need: To belong and to matter

When kids understand their role and know they are valued regardless of their performance on the field, they become free to play all-out without fear. 'Play Free'

The Thrive Center for Human Development

Connecting with and Impacting Kids

A really gifted athlete on a team Scott was working with was struggling with controlling his emotions. Their team's coaching staff spent time with all the seniors before the season, and hearing this young man's struggles personally with how hard his life had been opened things up with their relationship to connect with him personally.

The One that got away

Scott was on a coaching staff and during a game sensed that they needed to call a timeout and encourage their team. But he was new to the staff and didn't say anything, which he regrets.

Best borrowed/stolen idea

Apologize as often as you need to

4 at the door - 4 things to do every time you talk to your athletes:

1 - Look them eye to eye

2 - Shake their hand

3 - Call them by their name

4 - Share one thing of personal value to them

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Coach Lisle currently works with numerous MLB, professional and college players and is a former collegiate hitting coach.

Lisle’s knowledge is deeply rooted in all aspects of the game, but his passion and knowledge for hitting has proven to be a game changer for all the hitters he works with. Many know of Coach Lisle through his large social media following where his followers get encouragement, instruction, tips and insights on the game. His positive coaching approach has been a great motivator for players, parents and his peers. Coach Lisle has instilled his philosophy of teaching and sharing in the creation of The Hitting Vault, where their goal is to help every baseball and softball hitter unlock their power.

Websites: TheHittingVault.com & coachlisle.com

Twitter: @CoachLisle

Facebook: /coachlisle

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'Good is the enemy of great'

Coaching your own kids

Matt coached his son along with his Dad as the assistant. His dad is very laid back while Matt is very technical, so Matt enjoyed watching how hard the kids played for his dad because of how much he enjoyed them and kept things fun.

Cringe Moment

Matt began coaching at a very early age (23 years old as head coach), so initially he was trying too hard to be 'cool' and be friends with the coach. Then he swung to the opposite extreme and became too shut-off. Eventually he found the balance of caring for the kids while not trying to impress them.

Teaching Skills

The challenge is to take complicated actions and teach them in words they understand with as few words as possible. Feel it instead of think it.

Every kid should have a bat/ball so they are following along with you. Matt also uses a 120" screen and shows what the pros look like so they can see more examples of what great looks like.

Good analogy - Cars -  Your body is the engine of the car, it's where the power comes from, your bat is the steering wheel.

Self-confidence and peak mental performance

The parents and coaches influence confidence more than the kids themselves.

Allow the players to fail and let know it does not affect how you feel about them. When they make mistakes, instill trust in them. Give them permission to fail and encourage aggressive play and mistakes are OK.

Championship Culture - Core values

Core covenants - This is what we're all about

2 rules on this team:

1 - Don't be late

2 - Don't let your teammates down

Captain's meetings every Friday morning to train their captains

Rewards

Don't reward average

Get excited and celebrate exceptional effort and performance

Best Teambuilder

Team Olympics - Team handball can be a great game

Connecting with and Impacting Kids

Treat each athlete like one of your own kids and try to instill love and guidance in their lives

The One that got away

Matt's team in 2012 coached a great team. They were undefeated going into the last game of the season, and the coach of the other team in the last game was Matt's dad. They lost 2-1. Matt had not started his best pitcher because they had pretty easily beat this team earlier in the year.

Best borrowed/stolen idea

Bruce Brown - Proactive Coaching

Favorite coaching book/quote

Allistair McCaw is a Sports Performance Coach, Speaker, Author, Coach to Olympians & World Champions, Passionate about improving athletes, coaches & teams. Allistair is from South Africa. His family was very athletic, his mom tried out for the Olympics in the 400 meters. He grew up playing a multiple of sports, he wanted to play professional tennis, but due to financial pressures he switched at age 14 from tennis to running. He was a junior national champion, and went on to become a duathlon competitor. He has since switched to running marathons and just completed his 28th marathon.

Website & Book: themccawmethod.com

Twitter: @AllistairMcCaw

Facebook: /mccawmethod

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'World-class athletes are better able to handle repetition better than the next person.'

The marathon/racing culture

It's a unique environment where everyone is cheering for each other

Book: 7 Keys to Being a Great Coach

Allistair's dream was to write this book to help share what he has learned

Link to book: themccawmethod.com

Key 1 - Standards

It all starts with your standards - Rules for your life. Standards is a much more palatable word than rules

3 important standards for coaching:

1 - Standards for yourself

2 - Standards for your workplace/coaches

3 - Standards for your athletes

Key 2 - Your Methodology/Philosophy

What do you believe in? How do you believe in achieving this?

Key 3 - Great coaches adapt

To the unexpected. They are calm, controlled.

Adapt to the generation you are working with: Listen better. Discipline. Communicate in their style: they want short bursts of information (they are the Twitter-generation.)

Key 4 - Have great energy

It all starts with you. You have to exude passion. People should look forward to seeing you.

Key 5 - Interpersonal skills

Respected. Likability. We are in the people business who play sports.

Key 6 - The fundamentals

Great coaches have teams that are great at fundamentals.

Daniel Coyle in The Talent Code:  'Mastering the mundane.'

World-class athletes are better able to handle repetition better than the next person.

Key 7 - Invest in yourself

You are in the top 7% of your industry if you are spending 20 minutes per day investing in yourself

Listen to 1 podcast everyday. Podcasts: The Strengthcoach Podcast; Pacey Performance Podcast; Rich Roll podcast; Tim Ferriss podcast, Lewis Howes Podcast

Read 2 books per month

4x per year attend a conference. Not just one in your own industry.

The One that got away

2002 World Duathlon competitions in Atlanta - Came in 2nd. Lost by 40 seconds. Gave it his everything so it wasn't a failure. But still had a disappointed feeling.

Allistair's advice to young people - don't have any regrets

Best borrowed/stolen idea

Michael Boyle - Training exercises and how he relates with people

Favorite coaching book/quote

Book: Jack Canfield's Success Principles

Book: Alex Ferguson's Leading

Book: Jeff Olson's The Slight Edge

Book: Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code

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Marshall Lehr is a baseball and softball coach in Texas. He is the father of 4 and has coached many of their teams growing up. He is a passionate believer in the power of sports, and specifically baseball and softball. He is also a great student of the game, having recently gone through John O'Sullivan's Coaching Mastery course.

Website & Blog: marshalllehr.com

Twitter: @MarshallLehr

Facebook: /marshall.lehr

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'The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place' - George Bernard Shaw

Coaching your own kids

Make decisions based on results more than potential (it is easy to see the potential in your own kids, but the results need to be the criteria used)

Cringe Moment

Marshall had two moms complaining to the ref and instead of diffusing the situation he got in an argument with them.

Diffuse situations with the phrase 'I can see why you think that'

Teaching Skills

'The ability to learn faster than your opponent may be your only true competitive advantage'

Make everything competitive to raise the energy level - You can buy one of those little scoreboard flip charts

Game - Pull out a stop watch and see how quick the girls can get fly ball into cutoff

Championship Culture 

A healthy learning environment is one where kids are playing free and aren't afraid to make mistakes

Keep one error one error.

Book: Top Dog - Penalty kicks:

Kicking not to lose: 63%

Kicking to win: 93%

Rewards

They had toy WWE belt they gave to best defensive player - and would use Discount Double-check motion during games to lighten the mood and excite each other

First out after an error is huge - so after games they would recognize who made the play to get the first out after an error

Connecting with and Impacting Kids

Marshall sends notes in the mail to his kids - there is a service where you can print pictures off Facebook in a card format.

Reinforce with kids their importance is not dependent on their sports performance

The One that got away

Marshall got a 2nd & 3rd chance - He had a kid struggling with pitching and took himself out of the game. The first time he let the kid leave the game. 6 months later the kid wanted to take himself out, Marshall asked the kid to get him 1 out. The kid still struggled. Then 6 months later he asked the kid to get him 1 out and he worked out of a bases-loaded no outs situation without giving up any runs.

Best borrowed/stolen idea

The decision is part of the skill - learned from Mark Upton

Compete and measure it!

Favorite coaching book/quote

Quote/Book: 'We went out looking for exceptional kids and what we found is exceptional conditions' - Benjamin Bloom in Developing Talent in Young People. Be the coach to develop exceptional athletes and people.

Book: Mindset by Carol Dweck

Parting Advice

You can't teach everyone the same way

Have a preseason meeting with your parents to set expectations. 'The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place' - George Bernard Shaw

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Steve Cournoyer has coached 38 different teams, from AAU basketball to 3rd grade kids, primarily in baseball and basketball. He has authored an excellent resource called The Inspired Coach - A guide to inspiring teams, players, and parents from the inside out. He has served our country in the military for over 10 years and worked as a medic in the operating room.

Website & Book: theinspiredcoach1.com

Twitter: @InspiredCoach1

Facebook: /theinspiredcoach

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'If you change the way you look at things, what you look at changes' - Mahatma Gandhi

Coaching your own kids

Dave Cisar's Winning Youth Football program is one of the best examples of a good youth A to Z program

Assistant coaches

It all starts with communication

The goal is to develop the kids and help them fall in love with the sport.

Steve has a rule that the coaches don't coach their own kids, they share those duties so that no one has the stress of trying to coach their own child

Parents

You must set the expectations with the parents

A parent meeting is a no-brainer

Make sure you've let the parents know your background, especially if you're a volunteer coach

Set expectations for playing time - is it all equal?

Coach the parents on how to cheer - if they give conflicting messages it is very confusing to the kid. 'Cheer to inspire instead of cheering to instruct'

Players

Ask the players 'Why are you here?'

Discuss their philosophy and the philosophy the team is going to have

Create some glue to pull them together:

A team name (that is different than your given team name)

A team song

A team cheer (Boston Celtics' championship team used 'Umbootu')

Self-confidence - Unleashing fearless players

Coach doesn't talk about winning with his players. He does talk about it with his coaches, but not with the players. A kid should never feel like it was their fault the team lost a game.

Teach the kids: 'Always be surprised when you miss a shot (or strike out, or miss a tackle.)' "Fail miserably, but learn from it, then be surprised when it happens again"

Don't use conditioning as a punishment. 'The harder you work in practice, the funner the games are.' You want the players to believe that their conditioning has a distinct purpose and challenge them to bring their best to it.

Best team builders

For basketball - takes 5 players on one side of the gym and 5 on the other, then puts 17 basketballs in the middle, and asks them to pass the balls and get all the balls going. It's great because they fail miserably at first and laugh about the struggle, but usually by the end of the year they start to get it

The One that got away

Listen to your assistant coaches and give them specific assignments during games so you can all catch different things going on

Best borrowed/stolen idea

'If you're teaching 12 year-olds, and you treat them like 16 year-olds, they will play like 14 year-olds.'

Favorite coaching book/quote

Quote: 'If you change the way you look at things, what you look at changes' - Mahatma Gandhi

Book: Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

Book: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Book: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Inspired Coach book

Kevin was recently hired on at a charter school in Georgia called Lake Oconee Academy. He has been coaching basketball for over 26 years. Kevin grew up in San Jose California and played football, basketball, and baseball growing up. Kevin shares with us how he is creating the culture at Lake Oconee specifically with Benchmarks and Action Steps, as well as how he founded the Legends Clinic coaching conference.

Twitter: @kevinfurtado

Video of Legends Clinic Conference: loatv.org

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Building a New Culture

Built to last

Teach life skills & develop great people

Core values: FIST: Family, Integrity, Serve others, Toughness

Demanding culture

Good never is

5 year Action Plan

See Kevin's 5 year detailed plan here: Lake Oconee Academy Girls Basketball Action Plan

Year 1 Benchmarks

Every level of our program will know our core values (from elementary school feeder programs through high school)

Win 10-12 games

Establish relentless work ethic

Action Steps

Our players will be taught our core values at every practice and team meeting

We will emphasize total team play in our system with tough team defense and unselfish passing offense.

Every player will be held accountable for their effort at every practice. They use objective chart to track. Tracks: Attendance, Hustle, attitude, who took a charge, etc.

We will perform 4-5 community events every season

We will build our team room in high standards

We will establish our little-dribblers program (kids perform ball-handling program at halftime of games). Great way to bring in more parents to your game too.

Great book reference: Jon Gordon's The Hardhat

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Legends Clinic

Free download of entire clinic: loatv.org

Coach Durden - Teaching accountability - He has one rule in his practices: No walking

Parting Advice

It's all about making the kid's have the best experience possible and growing the kids

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