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| J.A.M. Newsletter: 09/18/11 | ||
Hello Coaches,Parents,and Players Welcome to the 2nd issue of our fall weekly newsletter. We’d like to thank everyone for reading our publication and encourage all to forward on to others. Make sure you check out our website for the ultimate experience in locating coaching tips, player development, and community information. A priority for JAM includes helping coaches and parents build confidence in today’s youth. We hope you enjoy this week’s newsletter. If any questions or concerns arise, please call(303)464-0996. We will be privileged to help your needs. - Mark Sharpley Confidence Is Key You have to create an environment where everybody feels good about themselves and what they can do. Confidence is very fragile for many players – it goes up and down throughout the season. Your players / teammates’ confidence will not always be where it should be, so you will have to provide a great deal of encouragement and stability for the team. You must develop a working relationship with each of your players / teammates. You need to invest the time to get to know each of them and know how to best communicate with them. You will naturally know some of your players / teammates because of similar interests, year in school, or past experiences. The people who you don’t know as well, a conscious effort needs to happen to get to know them better. How to Create Confidence in Your Players / Teammates: 1. Accentuate the Positive Acknowledge the success they display Acknowledge their effort Leaders help their teammates feel good about themselves by acknowledging and emphasizing the positive. 2. Let them know what to expect Many people lack confidence because they aren’t sure what to expect as they get into new situations. Your job is to ease their uncertainty and confusion. Let them know what to expect. 3. Remind them of their strengths Strangely, players / teammates often forget about what they do best when the games roll around. It’s your job to remind them where they excel and to encourage them to play to their strengths. 4. Remind them of past success Reminding players of their past success provides players / teammates with examples of their ability to be successful. Help them feel like they can do it again because they have proven they have accomplished in the past. 5. Remind them of their preparation and hard work. Remind them they have paid the price of success through: - Weights - Conditioning - summer camps - Open Gyms - Practice - Etc. Convince them that they have worked just as hard, if not harder than their opponents. They should feel like they deserve to be successful because they have done more. 6. Show and tell teammates that you believe in them Let your players / teammates know that you have confidence in them. Because you are taking an interest, they will be highly likely to listen and respond to you. Tell your players / teammates you believe in them by your words, body language, and actions. Sometimes you need to show more confidence than you actually feel. | ||
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"Almost everything in leadership comes back to relationships. The only way you can possibly lead is to understand your teammates. The best way to do that is to get to know them better. "
~ Coach Mike Krzyzewski |
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