Basketball Coach Unplugged

Coach Collins Talks about Building Communication with your Basketball Team  If you only lead is by example then you are a pretty poor leader. Dick DeVenzio  Why players don’t talk • Too into themselves ( Disease of Me) • Fatigue ( Have to be in shape) • Too cool • Don’t know what / How to say it • Nite Communication ( Why do we yell ball) o Name  The sweetest sound in any language is the sound of someone’s name  You HAVE to USE BEFORE instruction ( 0r information)  “John…make sure you box him out” o Information  Relevant and timely Information and reminders  95 percent of all information • Say what you are doing • Say what they should be doing  Reminders • 2 reminders and 2 positives per minute o Tone  Sometimes it’s not what you say but how you say it  Leadership isn’t yelling and telling  Yelling after a play is wasted breadth  Not what you say but how you say it  Talk to them as if they were close friends  Have teammates want to follow you