Developing better people should be the number one goal for any coach when dealing with kids. In trying to develop better people, we are going to develop more and better pros.
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Welcome to the world we live in as coaches. You've got to figure out what you can do best and better to get these kids a chance to be successful. I think that comes through a lot of things - confidence, improvement, recruiting.
And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you.
I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.
I think we, as pro coaches, should have a consciousness towards having an image and a role model mentality for kids.
I had a lot of coaches growing up that were very hard on the kids in the name of building character, but it could have the opposite effect on kids.
Every kid I've been around as a football player, they want their coaches to make them better as men and as players.
I think in order to push kids and coach kids the way we want to coach them, we've got to have their trust.
To be successful in coaching you have to treat your team like a family. The leader needs backing from everyone.
The desire for self-improvement is vital. There is no point in pushing children; they need to be the ones who want to learn new skills.
Kids can really get better quickly. Here's another thing I would like to say: Kids should never be coached by their parents, ever. They should be as natural as possible.