Coaching Youth Basketball - Chapter 6

CHAPTER 6 THE MAGIC WAND
I am going to take a brief moment here to describe my Magic Wand Theory. Life would be wonderful if we all possessed a magic wand that when we waved it, everything came out the way we wanted it to.

Coaches believe in this magic wand, but it comes in a different form. We believe that if we just had one or two different players, life would be great. I have seen coaches drop kids that have been with them for three years, for a kid they know nothing about. Why? They hope to better their team. Most of the time, they go backwards.

A coaches true magic wand is hard work, lots of teaching, and keeping your players in love with the game. A coaches magic wand is the coach being prepared for their learning sessions. A coaches magic wand is repetition, and making the learning fun.

An old saying for you, "IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME!" Coaches of the world, you are the magic wand, in how you teach and how you get your kids to respond. TEACH THEM ENOUGH, AND THEY WILL WIN!