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Click on any question, then click the Audio buttons to hear the coaches' responses.
How do you use the games approach with a younger team that doesn't always focus?
What if your team is performing poorly in a small-sided game and you don't know why?
Can you use the games approach at every practice, even if you can't come up with a game for every skill?
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This is wrestling audio text
I've been coaching for quite a while, but there are still times when I'm not exactly sure what's going wrong on the court during our practices. It's OK that I don't always have the right answers right away. Usually, I can figure out where we're going wrong before the next practice. The important thing is not to go charging into an activity with bad advice. It only hurts your credibility.
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No coach is an island. The best coach is the one who isn't afraid to seek advice from other coaches. I stay on good terms with as many coaches as possible, and I'm never afraid to pick up the phone or use e-mail to get advice about my team's performance. I also log in to a coaches' discussion forum on the Internet. I can post a question about skills or strategy and get lots of good advice on how to address technical and tactical weaknesses.
One reason I find the games approach really helpful is that it puts some of the responsibility of finding errors right on the athletes. Not all my players are as smart as they think they are, but they're right in the middle of the ball field, so most of the time one of them will have a good idea of what's causing their poor performance.
