Have had first training with the boys tonight, a little disapointing that there were only 6 this time, after the 10 we had on Monday. Seems like a nice group of young men (we have one girl on the team, but she is just one of the guys ;-)anyway, we had a good practice tonight, there are many players that need to improve their individual skill level so that the whole team will be better served. Shooting is the one common skill that the players I have coached here in Norway need the most help with. If a player wants to get the most out of his real ability he has to learn how to shoot the ball. Even more so for the players I have worked with here in Norway because they are not for the most part even close to being over 2+ meters, which means eventually they have to shoot it, from yes, the outside. Most and by that I mean almost all the real good athletes play soccer or team handball, ice hockey, or the popular innebandy?? Floor Hockey... Oh well, I have coached long enough to know that we have to get the kids at a young age no matter what the sport. Just like the picture of Leon, his first putt ever (on grass da;-)he does not play floor hockey, he plays indoor golf with plastic clubs and balls... Funny guy. Anywho... Went off on another tanget there.. I think the basketball club has a good idea with their free basketball schools, I have observed many times the long term potential in using ideas as such. Most people will give anything a chance once if they get it for free, it's just getting them to come back time and time again and investing a small piece of themselves in the club/sport that is the key. I believe it has mostly to do with making it challenging but always trying to remember that it should be fun. Trying to get better at basketball, football, handball, golf, whatever sport you choose the overall goal in my opinion should be to get better while having fun at the same time taking on the challenge of improving, seriously. It's these kinds of players I love to coach, players that understand the fine line between the hard work it takes to improve and always remembering that pushing yourself to your limits SHOULD be fun even if there are many times that it's tough, hard work and tiring. Maybe thats the great thing about us humans, we love the challenge of improving ourselves, beating ourselves up both physicaly and mentaly and for the most part understanding that it's just a game anyway :-)
September 10, 2009
Hoops again...
Have had first training with the boys tonight, a little disapointing that there were only 6 this time, after the 10 we had on Monday. Seems like a nice group of young men (we have one girl on the team, but she is just one of the guys ;-)anyway, we had a good practice tonight, there are many players that need to improve their individual skill level so that the whole team will be better served. Shooting is the one common skill that the players I have coached here in Norway need the most help with. If a player wants to get the most out of his real ability he has to learn how to shoot the ball. Even more so for the players I have worked with here in Norway because they are not for the most part even close to being over 2+ meters, which means eventually they have to shoot it, from yes, the outside. Most and by that I mean almost all the real good athletes play soccer or team handball, ice hockey, or the popular innebandy?? Floor Hockey... Oh well, I have coached long enough to know that we have to get the kids at a young age no matter what the sport. Just like the picture of Leon, his first putt ever (on grass da;-)he does not play floor hockey, he plays indoor golf with plastic clubs and balls... Funny guy. Anywho... Went off on another tanget there.. I think the basketball club has a good idea with their free basketball schools, I have observed many times the long term potential in using ideas as such. Most people will give anything a chance once if they get it for free, it's just getting them to come back time and time again and investing a small piece of themselves in the club/sport that is the key. I believe it has mostly to do with making it challenging but always trying to remember that it should be fun. Trying to get better at basketball, football, handball, golf, whatever sport you choose the overall goal in my opinion should be to get better while having fun at the same time taking on the challenge of improving, seriously. It's these kinds of players I love to coach, players that understand the fine line between the hard work it takes to improve and always remembering that pushing yourself to your limits SHOULD be fun even if there are many times that it's tough, hard work and tiring. Maybe thats the great thing about us humans, we love the challenge of improving ourselves, beating ourselves up both physicaly and mentaly and for the most part understanding that it's just a game anyway :-)
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