Ep 2069 What Do You Say When You Start the Season Oh and Three?

https://teachhoops.com/ CoachingYouthHoops.com/nuke: clean sports hydration made with coconut water. Use code youthhoops25 for 25% off How to lead your staff, your captains, and your practice gym through an early losing streak, and what to measure when the scoreboard is not on your side yet. It is a Saturday morning in mid November. The coffee went cold an hour ago, your team is oh and three, and practice starts at nine. What do you say when you walk into that gym? Coach Steve Collins has been there, and early in his career he handled it badly. Starting oh and four with a team that looked good on paper, he changed the lineup twice in one week, installed a new offense, and ran his players after every loss. They lost the next two as well, because his players were not just losing games. They were losing their coach. In this deep dive, Steve lays out what he learned about leading through an early losing streak. He covers getting your staff aligned before you talk to the team, giving your captains a real job, keeping practice tone steady instead of angry, charting the things your team can control, and refusing to let a November record change who you are as a coach. Part 1: Staff and Captains The real danger of an early losing streak is not the record, it is the panic Steve's oh and four start and the week he changed everything at once Meeting with your assistants first and leaving the room with one message The young assistant Steve asked to be the steadiest guy in the gym Sitting down with captains, asking what they are hearing, and giving them concrete jobs Keeping the team talk short: what we do well, what we fix this week, and that you believe in them Leaving out excuses about referees, the schedule, or sickness so players learn to own it Why players remember whether you looked scared more than anything you said Part 2: Practice and Perspective Why angry practices make tight teams play tighter Building small wins into practice so players feel success somewhere Charting deflections, charges, paint touches, and first half turnovers The locker room whiteboard with goal and last game numbers that the captains eventually updated themselves Showing players controllable numbers on Monday, honestly, good and bad How charting helped turn an oh and four start into eleven wins in the last fifteen games Staying the same coach through the losses so your players trust you in February Finding someone to talk to so you do not carry a losing streak alone Chapters 00:00 Coach Unplugged intro 00:15 Opening hook: oh and three on a Saturday morning 01:10 Pre roll: TeachHoops.com practice plans and progressions 01:33 The oh and four start and the week of panic 02:21 Takeaway 1: Staff on the same page first 03:40 Takeaway 2: Bring your captains in early 06:16 Takeaway 3: Steady practice tone, not angry 07:30 Mid roll: TeachHoops.com competitive drills and practice plans 07:56 Takeaway 4: Measure more than the scoreboard 09:37 Takeaway 5: Do not let the record define you 11:10 The challenge 11:22 Post roll: TeachHoops.com This week's challenge: Pick three things your team can control, chart them in your next game, and show your players the numbers on Monday. Format: Deep Dive, two parts. Resources: Practice plans, competitive drills, scoring systems for practice, coaching courses, and on court clinics at https://teachhoops.com/ Recorded at the Fifth Quarter Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. https://teachhoops.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices