In 2008, Pat Williams, the GM of the Orlando Magic and a tremendous motivational speaker put out a book, "The Ultimate Coaches' Clinic." It is a fascinating book because of the style Pat utilized. He surveyed over 1000 coaches and administrators for insights to what is important to successfully do their job. From time to time I will share a few but it is a great book to own and I highly recommend it. At LSU, our baseball coach is Paul Mainieri. He not only an excellent baseball coach but a great person and not only leads our baseball program but has helped us all be better coaches by his example. Who better to study today coming off his first National Championship last night!!!His thoughts include:
1. Be yourself and not somebody else.
2. Don’t believe players are self-motivated. You have to motivate and inspire them every day.
3. Motivate them on an individual basis, not a group basis.
4. Always remember, it means a lot more to you as a coach than it does to the players. Know that, accept it, and live with it.
1. Be yourself and not somebody else.
2. Don’t believe players are self-motivated. You have to motivate and inspire them every day.
3. Motivate them on an individual basis, not a group basis.
4. Always remember, it means a lot more to you as a coach than it does to the players. Know that, accept it, and live with it.
