Wednesday, June 9, 2010

THOUGHTS ON COACHING FROM RICK CARLISLE

Ideas during film:
Ask players questions during film, keep them on toes.
Make players accountable to know game assignments.
Break film up into three segments:
How bad we were.
What we did well.
How we want to do it (if there isn’t a lot of footage of your team doing what you want, substitute with another team that does do it well).

Be positive:
A lot of times you need to be more positive than negative.
As coaches we have a tendency to scrutinize.
Show them how close they are to winning.
Show them the mistakes that cost the games.
Losing:
Who in here hasn’t been a head coach?
Well look forward to your first losing streak.
You will find out more about your self and your team when you have a losing streak.
At the beginning of the season talk about losing, and how it can mess up a team. When that happens we’re going to commit even more to who we are.
When a team loses you’re going to have to make adjustments, gives you a sense of urgency, change rotations.