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MAINTAINING TEAM DISCIPLINE
After a recent game at an indoor center, I was talking with the coach, and the conversation drifted towards the challenges of “keeping order” on the bench. We talked about the substitution plan that he was trying to use to ensure equal playing time, and the challenges associated with that whole process. Then, this coach [...] -
Can you coach too much?? Q&A with Jeff
OVER COACHING: ‑What is overcoaching? EXCESSIVE INPUT FROM THE COACH WHILE THE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE COACH’S INPUT BECOMES DEBILITATING TO THE PLAYER’S ABILITY TO PERFORM TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY AND STIFLES HER DEVELOPMENT. IN SHORT, THE COACH IS PLAYING INSTEAD OF THE PLAYER, MAKING ALL OF HER DECISIONS [...]
