Category: The Coach’s Guide To Teaching

It is the grand finale of The Coach's Guide To Teaching; the book finished up with chapters on building a positive culture and player/professional development. Both of these topics would likely land on a bingo card for discussion topics during a coach's press conference; culture likely being the free square.

Any casual fan or former player can put together a lineup and call out a couple of designed plays. But, what happens when a team fails to execute, or a particular player has a sequence of possessions with incorrect reads? Coaching can empower player development or fracture their confidence when confusing feedback for criticism.

We're talking about practice . . . planning; a coach's favorite pastime. While there won't be many drills to steal from this chapter, readers could dive into how different types of practice can reduce the amount of slippage between preparation to gametime.

This book has been talked about within the coaching community since it first hit the shelves, and despite owning The Coach's Guide to Teaching for over a year, I am just now getting around to reading it. This 1st segment breaks down The Ability To Decide, and our ability as coaches to teach it.