Alan Stein Motivating Players Part 2

Written by Coach Peterman

I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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August 11, 2014

Alan Stein Motivating Players Part 2

Motivating Players
By: Alan Stein
Part 2
Alan Stein is a strength and conditioning trainer for Dematha High School and does a great job of sharing information that pertains to developing a team. To find more information that he has put out check out his web site http://www.strongerteam.com/.

“Regardless of your style, here are 9 keys to motivating players.”
(The first five keys to motivating players were listed in the previous post)

6. Bring ENERGY: Players respect coaches that work just as hard as they do. Make your enthusiasm and passion contagious. You don’t get what you know. You get what you bring. If you happen to be a younger, inexperienced coach (mentioned above in #1), your daily energy and enthusiasm can make up for your lack of acumen for the time being.

7. Use innovative drills: Gene Hackman’s famous line in Hoosiers (‘My practices aren’t designed for your enjoyment.’) doesn’t fly with today’s player. Players have short attention spans. Boredom causes demotivation. It’s not your job to reinvent the wheel, but it is your job to constantly search for ways to get that wheel to run smoother and faster!

8. Be authentic: Players can spot a phony just as quickly as they can spot incompetence. Be true to yourself; don’t try to be someone else. If Brad Stevens tried to coach like Bobby Knight, it wouldn’t work. Coach to your strengths and create your own style, philosophy, and culture.

9. Love them: Players don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. If you truly care about your players, on and off the court, they will run through a brick wall for you. Literally.

We have a new basketball coaching contributor in Mark Chapman who is the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Hamilton Township High School in Columbus, Ohio. Coach Mark Chapman always has great basketball plays and basketball coaching clinic notes to share with the basketball coaching world. Make sure that you check out his basketball X’s and O’s material. You will love some of his coaching ideas.