Here are the final 21 thoughts for new coaches. If you have any additional thoughts that I can add to the list I would love to hear about them!

1.   Start your own basketball camp

2.   Become an incredible note taker

3.   Understand the value of attention to detail

4.   Learn how to be a rebounder and passer for drills and individuals

5.   Be loyal to yourself and coaches in your program

6.   Get a job description typed early and follow it to the letter

7.   You go to all the classes and get all the best grades

8.   Be the best at everything you do

9.   Be ready for grunt work and to suck some scum

10.  Be ready to make no money for a while

11.  Have a plan written out for what you want to do and what level you want to work

12.  Start a coaches club –  a network of coaches  that share information with each other

13.  Make your own business card if your program doesn’t provide one

14.  Get to know your boss and help him become better and more successful

15.  Make a portfolio of ideas, strategies, drills, offenses, defenses, etc;

16.  Become proficient with video technology, editing machines, computers, copy machines, fax machines, and telephone systems

17.  Establish goals and work on them everyday

18.  Establish yourself as a winner

19.  Remember the stories of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Joe Torre, and John Elway (Perseverance)

20.  Remember only a certain small percentage make it to the “big time”

21.  Pray to God and have faith that everything will turn out for the best.

 

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