Today was the first day of practice. I was a little apprehensive at first but I got in to it quickly. A friend of mine made a comment yesterday asking why I was coaching because I don't know any of the ladies on the team. I knew for sure that I knew at least two of them but in actuality I knew all of them except for one of them. Any who, just being on the sideline watching at first forced me to get excited and verbal. I have never been a quite bballer or coach so today definitely wouldn't be any different. I looked at all the girls on the team and I cannot figure out why they would lose any game, they have plenty of talent. They have three strong big girls, one is only in 7th grade so you know she has to be good if she on varsity or the team is desperate which isn't the case. Basically they have all the talent and they do not know what to do with it.
My plan for next practice and for the team is to get them academically and athletically prepared. These young ladies need to see their potential, recognize their talent, and recognize their teammates talent as well. Another challenge this team has that many others do is realizing that every player on the team has a role to play and they are on the team to fill that role. Someone has to be the PG...Teams also need verbal bench players, practice players to make other players better, and they also need defensive players as well. These are not the only roles that people need to fill they age just a select few. Some players also need to realize that their teammates need them to carry them to victory. Their teammates don't leave them room to have an off day they have to always be on top of their game even if they have not accepted that role.
As a future coach how will I deal with the ineligibility of my star athletes? Do I sit them down until to they are performing above passing and continue to not play the not so athletic but a smart palyerz? What would you do? Once players are eligible do they get to start and play the whole game or do they sit for a while until they earn their playing time back even though they May be the eat player? Is it fair to the all around good students but less talented players not get to play because they are not as good as the academically challeneged players? If the athletic players get to play as much as they did before they had to sit out, what message am I sending them?
What would you do as head coach?
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Well You know being a coach I can tell you exactly how I would handle that situation...Our players are called STUDENT-Athletes, it is our job as a coach to make them excel in the classroom and on the court.
A philosophy that I adopted was school comes first...so if a player had some work to do that was pertinent or a big test coming up I was very lenient, shit I even shortened a practice on the fly one day to give everyone a chance to go do some work.
As far dealing with ineligible players, i havent had to deal with it but if i did I think it would go something like this...if you are ineligible to play you will attend practice every day, and put in extra work to become eligible. I want the player at practice so that when they come back they aren't behind, however as far as playing time goes, the player who gets those minutes has to realize that this is their chance to show me what they can do in game situations over an extended period. I fully expect my player to take advantage of the opportunity and make my decision tough for when the player comes back but i'd want that problem as a coach. Te ineligible player has let their team down and therefore will receive no favors, they will earn their playing time back and the likely hood is they are one of ur best 5 players so they will get on the court but u have to send the message that no one is bigger than the team.
what about V, when the ineligible player(s) is/are your star player(s)? You are trying to win but you also want to teach them a lesson? How do you do that and win? Another question lets talk about high school ball for a second. You said you would end practice early sometimes to allow them to get to their homework. But what about if they are on probation so therefore they have to go to tutoring at 3pm and your practice is always from 3-5pm. what do you do then? Help me out here brother because if I have to deal with this as a coach I want to be as prepared as possible.
so check it...what is a star player?I don't know what those are...we don't, didn't or wont have those on any of my teams. We may have some players that are better than others as always but there will never be a star. Now if the best player on my team has become ineligible and cant come to practice, they are gonna have to work something out with me or the assistant coaches so that they can get caught up on everything new that we put in while they're away. I would also develop a personal workout program to keep the player in shape.
You teach the lesson to the player by showing them that they need to be accountable for all of their actions on and off the court. They see that they have to do more work when they are ineligible than when they are on the team. And the best way for the athlete to learn a lesson is to go out there and win w/o them, they should realize that they aren't above the team because the team still won the player just makes them better. sound good?
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