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 Missed shots. Turnovers. Getting over a tough loss. Coach C says the game is all about the next play. See his thoughts and more.
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 Nothing helps the home team more than having a crowd full of fans. So how do you do it? Coach C has your answer – and more
Q: During tryouts, I had to cut the good friend of one of my best players. There was no way to justify keeping him on the team. Now I can sense some tension. What’s the best way to approach this?
Coach C: As a coach, you have to be truly honest. So when there’s tension because one of his friends didn’t make the team, you have to deal with it. The way you go about this is to sit down with the player who didn’t make the team and see if he has eligibility left.
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Bad attitudes, poor free throw shooting, unruly parents. Coach C has your answers
Q: One of the players on my team is extremely emotional, which makes him hard to coach at times. If he's not complaining aloud, he's yelling at his teammates. How should I handle this?
Coach C: Now is a good time to teach the tools of life. Forget about basketball. He could be the best player on the team. But if he is judgmental, he's really saying that he could do a better job than the next person. Just throw the basketball out. I've coached 30 years in college and I will tell you this: You're not going to change anybody's character after the age of 18. It's your job as a coach to tell him what's wrong. If he cannot do it, he's benched. If he doesn't like it, he's off the team. And you know what, your chemistry will be better. You cannot let this go on, because your job is not to win basketball games, it's to teach kids how to act. They're not going to get away with that in life. Treat them like a person first – and worry about the basketball second.
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Standing tall. Building a relationship with your coach. Honoring a lost parent. Coach C has your answers
Q: Our son had an on-again/off-again relationship with his high school coach last season. And now he has two new assistants helping out this year. Is change good? Any advice?
Coach C: First of all, don’t go through the assistant coach to get to the head coach. The head coach is going to provide all the information on the players to his assistants because he had them last year. So going through the assistants is not the way to go. This is when your child has to grow up. And it’s tough to ask a younger player to go in and talk to a coach and find out what the problem is. But he needs to go in there very humbly and ask what he can do to get better and what is expected of him.
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Ask Coach C...
You gotta love the game!
Getting all your schoolwork done before practice. Hitting preseason training hard. Rebounding from a tough year. Coach C has your game plan.
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