Monday, December 18, 2006

Effort Interventions

One thing I love to watch when other teams practice is how the coach deals with effort. One of the things I most want to learn is how coaches intervene in practice when the effort is not at an ideal level.

I guess what I really want to know is how coaches create that (mythical?) atmosphere of hard work where they never have to make an effort intervention. Everybody agrees that practice is way more fun, more fun to watch, more worthwhile and more satisfying when everyone is working their hardest and focused. Unfortunately, that feeling seems to fade with time. What I would love to know from some coaches out there is how you (try to) instill that drive in your athletes that every repetion needs to be at perfect game pace.

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