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Coaching Basketball: Communicating With Your Players, Coaches and Parents
- By Jeff Haefner
Your next important step is to communicate all those important rules, philosophies, and schedules you have created in our previous articles.
This is a critical step to make your season a success and keep things on track.
You need to document your:
- Rules
- Practice schedule
- Game schedule
- Expectations of players
- Expectations of parents
Have a team meeting to communicate this information. Go over it verbally before the first practice. Ask for questions and make sure that the information is understood. Give them handouts to take home to their parents. In fact, if you can also email the information to the parents or hand it to them directly, you're one-step ahead. Guaranteed, once an issue arises, and they will, at least one parent will claim that they didn't receive the information.
Difficult Parents
Difficult parents are a part of any coaching equation. This is one of the reasons why I strongly recommend that you hand the parents your season packet.
You can also keep the lines of communication open by sending home weekly notes about what the team is working on. This will help involve parents and they can practice at home with their children. Additionally include the schedule and reiterate any rules or expectations that you have for the team, particularly the ones that parents might have a difficult time grasping.
Like your young players, parents need to know what to expect and some will test you. You need to be prepared to stick to your guns and stand up for yourself. If you have a rule that parents are not allowed to sit behind the bench during games and 'backseat coach' then take measures to prevent this. Remind offenders of the rule and the reason for it.
One last suggestion. Don't feel like you need to defend yourself or convince others of your rules or the reasons behind them. You've written everything down, right?
Great!
Let's move into the fun stuff! Getting ready for your practice.
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Ken Starkey says:
11/15/2007 at 10:58:59 AM
I am starting my 3rd year of youth coaching. The best advise I received came from a coach who was just finishing a very successful four year stint as I was just starting.
He recommended scripting your playing time for each game prior to each game. My assistant coach can then get the kids ready for substitutions without me worrying about it. I am an equal playing time advocate, so this also allows me to make sure that happens.
The kids love it because they know when they are going in, instead of worrying about it. The parents love it because they are not worried about playing time for their child. I love it because it allows me to coach the kids on the floor instead of worrying about substitutions.
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Arun says:
2/7/2008 at 11:12:19 PM
I need the pdf consists of...
* Rules
* Practice schedule
* Game schedule
* Expectations of players
* Expectations of parents
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patricio bridgewater says:
4/7/2008 at 7:25:48 AM
Love your work. Keep it up. I'd love to get the pdf consisting of
practice schedule
Game schedule
Exspectations of the players
Yours truly
Patricio Bridgewater
patricio@scarlet.an
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