Lessons learned from a lifetime of Coaching
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| 1. |
Questionable, unsportsmanship tactics
employed to influence the odds of winning are never worth the price paid
in loss of self-respect. |
| 2. |
Degrading remarks or actions aimed at
spurring players on to greater effort may bring temporary success but results
in long-range failure. |
| 3. |
Anger is a poor substitute for reason. |
| 4. |
Your players tend to become what they
believe you think you are. |
| 5. |
Teenagers, by nature, are idealistic. |
| 6. |
Attitudes such as jealousy and discontent
among players are often nurtured by well-meaning adults whose eyes are
set only upon the glamorous aspects of winning. |
| 7. |
Patience and love are the most powerful
tools in coaching. |
| 8. |
Today's heartbreaks turn into tomorrow's
strengths. |
| 9. |
Gracefully accept unfortunate events beyond
you control. |
| 10. |
Work hard to influence the outcome of
important things within your control. |
| 11. |
Never "second-guess" yourself on decisions
made with integrity, intelligence and with a glance from the heart. |
| 12. |
The most essential thing in coaching,
and a coach's greatest challenge, is to teach players to never give up. |
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Coach Wilbur Braithwaite
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