Leadership and Coaching is Influence
Coaching and leadership are part processes and systems and part influence and behaviors. We put in systems and processes like how we want to play, actual plays, practice times and practice schedules, and drills to teach the game and to give our team structure, but its character and behavior that drives how much our kids buy-in, how hard they work, and how much time they put into getting better. The better the character, the harder they work. The more they listen and buy-in, the better the team. Coaching is more than just plays; its influencing athletes to do what they need to do to execute at the highest level possible for themselves and for the team. When your team isn't working as hard as you would like, or they aren't listening like they should, or they aren't performing like you know they can, it can be very frustrating and it can be very easy to start playing the blame game. It is easy to start blaming this generation...
