A Coach's Diary

- How can we be intentional in making this process magical for our athletes and their families? - How can we be intentionally ‘plus’ the school experience for our athletes and their families? I include families because how we treat the girls we have impacts, not only them, but their families.  We have a girl who basketball was her ‘second sport’ who wants to be a basketball player.  Her parents are now signing up her younger sister in basketball so that she can one day be in our program.  Because of how we treated one girl, her younger sister now wants to play basketball and her mother wants to make that happen because she knows that we will take care of her!  How cool is that?

As a coach, I am constantly asking myself, "Why do I do what I do," and recently, as our season ended and we shifted into off-season, I thought again about what I want to give to my athletes every day this spring.  Right now, this is what I have come up with.  These are the things that are important to me.  I tell my kids every day, 'It's bigger than basketball.' 1 – Make Players Better Every Day. - This is why they are here.  This is how we grow as a program.  We want to HELP every player become the best player that they can be for themselves, their team, and the program. 2 – Make Our Athletes Better People. This is why we are here.  To help them grow to become the best version of themselves.  We just use basketball to teach the life lessons necessary to help them grow into their best self. 3 – Send Them Home With The Confidence That We Believe In Them And Their Abilities. Their confidence is necessary for them to continue to come in w...