Can Your Coach Trust You?

PLAYERS:  If you aren't getting the opportunities that you want, one of the first things that you should ask yourself is, "Can my coach trust me to do my job more than the person who is getting those opportunities?"

If you truly feel like you can be trusted to get the job done, keep working hard and take advantage of your opportunities when they come.  Your time will come, and when it does, play so well that the coach CAN'T take you off the court or field.

Tom Brady was the 199th pick and a back-up until Drew Bledsoe got hurt.  Tom Brady played so well that he kept the job for 19 years and won 6 Super Bowls.  If you can play, you will get your chance and you have to take full advantage of it to stay on the court.

If you feel like there are things you need to work on to gain that trust, then put the time and the work in.  Be more consistent with your decision making.  Be a more consistent shooter.  Be more consistent giving your best effort.  Be in the right place more.  Make more plays.  But it comes from putting in the work.

The best coaches on the best teams play the athletes whom they can trust.  Sure, sometimes politics come into play and yes, coaches have favorites.  But most of their favorites are the players who they can trust, the players who make plays, and the players who do things the right way.