{"id":1469,"date":"2024-07-15T08:41:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T13:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2025-02-23T06:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T12:52:25","slug":"where-to-start-when-rebuilding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakthroughbasketball.com\/haefner\/where-to-start-when-rebuilding","title":{"rendered":"Where Do You Start When Rebuilding Your Basketball Program?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sorry, this is a bit of a dated post, but I believe the value of these concepts are timeless. This post has been sitting as a “draft” for a long time. Here you go:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I joined the Springville basketball program, everyone knew there was work to be done. From a winning standpoint, the previous season (2022-23) was disappointing with 4 wins and 18 losses (.152%). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was not on the staff so I can’t speak about the intangibles and the overall atmosphere. There is more to life than winning and losing basketball games! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But my sense is that several of the losses were very disappointing for the team, and they were expecting better outcomes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you go from there? How do you take the next step? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe the first step is player “buy in”. If players don’t buy in, nothing else matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can have the best drills and strategy in the world, but if the players aren’t bought in, none of it will work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that’s where we started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The coaches started discussing where to start and we all agreed that establishing the right philosophy, culture, and getting the players to “buy in” was step one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For context, the team lost 3 starting seniors (including a first team all-conference player) and over 50% of their scoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, whether the team improved or got worse, change was happening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the incoming group showed a willingness to work, which I believe was a big factor for improvement. Whether their willingness to work hard was due primarily to leadership or their natural mentality, it\u2019s impossible to say. If I had to guess, I would say it was a combination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Get Players to “Buy In<\/strong>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To answer this question, I just ask myself what would get me to believe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n