NABC Coaching Clinic Notes | Developing Yourself as a Coach

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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October 6, 2014

NABC Coaching Clinic Notes | Developing Yourself as a Coach

I’m a firm believer that coaches must put as much development towards their skills as their players do. John Wooden once said, “It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” What a unbelievable truth because if you ask even the best coaches nowadays for example, Coach K, he would say that he has much to learn and he’s considered the best college coach by a number of individuals. These notes are taking from the National Association of Basketball Coaches or NABC’s Timeout Magazine – Convention 2011 Edition.

The NABC coaching clinic notes list 5 ways to develop yourself: 1. Get involved with a coaching association, 2. Get organized, 3. Find a mentor/be a mentor, 4. Attend clinics, 5. Work summer camps. These are basic ways of developing yourself as a coach and they are effective. Coaches, I hope you learn from these NABC coaching clinic notes, enjoy them, and hopefully they help you continue on your road to coaching success!

The NAB coaching clinic notes give you an idea on how to start developing as a basketball coach. It’s hard to move up the ladder of success so you need to try everything that you can. Working hard is a given, but it doesn’t mean that you will reach the next level. It takes a plan.

Jonathan Gatlin is a recent graduate of North Carolina State University finishing with a major in Sport Management and a minor in Coaching Education. He has worked for AAU programs, coached intramural athletics, and worked various basketball camps. He is a student of the game looking to further his coaching career as a Graduate Assistant. “Teaching the game, Training for life”. I think that you will love his clinic notes from on Developing yourself as a coach from the NABC Timeout Magazine.