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Developing buy in/creating relationships might be one of the most under looked aspects of player development. Being a second year coach, it’s something that ways heavy on me and something I’d like to share with guys that are in a similar position as me. (1/10)
The four things that pop in my mind in no particular order are: empathy, autonomy, instilling confidence, and servant leadership. These are very similar to the same things I desired as a player and wanted to make sure my guys felt this.(2/10)
As a young coach, being able to develop that personal relationship with a player requires empathy. Often times we as coaches are quick to jump on fixing movement/changing a grip when things hit the fan. (3/10)
But way to often the athlete is going through something he’s never been through (LIFE,college,family,divorce) and is mentally struggling more than anything. These things are way more frequent than people think. Be willing to have personal convos.(4/10)
Players have more information than ever and will come into your program with an idea of what they think is best for them. We need to do a better job of understanding what they feel is necessary to be successful and make adjustments accordingly. (5/10)
This gives the player a chance to fully drive his career and that is ultimately one of the most important things in developing buy in. Developing autonomy within a staff allows for players to be their own best coach something I wholeheartedly believe in.(6/10)
Instilling confidence is something that hits homehard with me. Most of the time guys will go JC because they weren’t good enough to go the place they wanted to play at. Today it’s hard to block out the noise that’s in our life that tells everyone what we should be doing.(7/10)
It’s our job to help them understand their time being somewhere they don’t want to be serves a purpose and these challenges will drive them to be better in all aspects of life not just on the field. (8/10)
Servant leadership can be defined as some who puts others in front of themselves. This is critical in being able to getting the athlete to believe in the culture you are trying to instill. You are their mentor/coach and if you set the example, they will begin to notice. (9/10)
Don’t set different standards for yourself to follow, always play by the same rules. You tell them to get after it in the weight room, you follow suit. You tell them to be somewhere 10-15 min early, you better be there as well. 10/10)
