C J Lockman Hall delivers an important message about giving it your all, regardless of the situation because you just never know how it might turn out. Through my years as a coach, I've noticed that new coaches all seem to make the same basic mistakes. However, this is YOUR lucky day, I'm going to help you avoid the traps the rest of us have fallen into at the beginning of our coaching careers. All Syndrome Arguably the worst thing beginning coaches can do is decide that they don't need anybody else's help. Not listening to other, more experienced coaches because your ego won't let you can have horrible consequences for your team's success.
Nobody knows everything about everything.
By closing our ears to the experiences of other coaches, whether they are more knowledgeable than we are, or are simply very inventive and have found a way to succeed in a particular area, we are basically throwing away an excellent learning resource and putting our kids at risk of having a very poor sports experience. I've seen it too many times to discount it. Many coaches think it lessens them somehow to take another coach's advice. When I talk about not respecting your athletes, I'm talking about weighing them down with low expectations. I firmly believe that kids are capable of a lot more than today's adults think they are capable of.