{"id":2934,"date":"2018-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webinology.website\/nation2021\/what-is-coaching-sometimes-its-telling-athletes-what-they-need-to-hear\/"},"modified":"2021-11-03T13:03:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T17:03:37","slug":"what-is-coaching-sometimes-its-telling-athletes-what-they-need-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachup.com\/nation\/articles\/what-is-coaching-sometimes-its-telling-athletes-what-they-need-to-hear","title":{"rendered":"What is Coaching? Sometimes, It\u2019s Telling Athletes What They Need to Hear"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Warning: This article contains reference to expletive language, which may be unsuitable for young children.<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">As an announcer, you can say things like Jim Peterson said about Karl-Anthony Towns:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"1543329850710\" class=\"embed-container\">\n<p class=\"embed-label\">Embedded Twitter content (<a onclick=\"var element = document.getElementById('1543329850710'); element.parentElement.removeChild(element);\">remove<\/a>)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cKAT just has that look in his face like he doesn\u2019t want to play tonight, so, so be it&#8230;\u201d \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qr7UGLfZ4H\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qr7UGLfZ4H\">pic.twitter.com\/Qr7UGLfZ4H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dime (@DimeUPROXX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DimeUPROXX\/status\/1055274543508582400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DimeUPROXX\/status\/1055274543508582400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"mce-no\/type\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">What\u2019s the worst that could happen? Towns avoids eye contact with you on the team plane? Announcers don\u2019t have to maintain strong relationships with the players &#8211; they probably don\u2019t want to be relentlessly negative of the guys they\u2019re around often all the time, but they can get away with being critical here and there.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Now, if you\u2019re a coach who questions whether a guy wants to play tonight? That\u2019s a whole different story.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the NBA, pretty much the most offensive thing you can say to a player is asking them if they want to play. Players are very prideful people. <strong>They don\u2019t like having their heart and effort questioned, much less whether they want to be out there at all.<\/strong> Coaches may say something to that effect privately amongst their staff 50 times over the course of a season. But doing it to the player\u2019s face in front of everyone? That\u2019s what NBA coaches refer to as \u201cbullets.\u201d You only have so many bullets you can use against your team every season. Question their effort nightly or excessively, you sound like a broken record and grate on the players with negativity so much that they lose their love for the game. But every coach needs to light a fire from time to time.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">January 14th, 2017. Scott Brooks walks into the locker room with the Wizards tied with the (at the time) lowly 76ers at home. He looks right at Markieff Morris and says, \u201cKeef, do you want to play tonight??\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Wow. Shots fired.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Keef responds back angrily. \u201cWhat the [expletive]&nbsp;you mean?\u201d followed by a bunch of other profanities. Brooks responds, \u201cYeah, get mad at me all you want! I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re mad at me! I want you to be mad at the Sixers! Ersan Ilyasova\u2019s got like 20 points on you! He shouldn\u2019t be able to score on you!\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This goes on for a minute or two as Brooks continues to yell at Morris, and Morris continues to bark right back at Brooks, neither backing down.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I\u2019m not sure poor Ersan Ilyasova was able to get a clean shot off in the 2nd half.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Postgame in the locker room, after the team had really come alive and crushed Philly in the second half, the team came together for their routine post-game huddle. Keef started it off by apologizing and saying, \u201cMy bad, Coach. I was tripping at halftime. Won\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Brooks smiled and said something to the effect of, \u201cStill love all you guys, even if you drive me nuts.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>In coaching, the toughest balance to find is knowing when to use those bullets and when to hold back and be positive as much as you want to explode on a guy. <\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Players have tons of \u2018yes men\u2019 around them already. Some players don\u2019t handle criticism particularly well and enjoy always being told how great they are. Some thrive off criticism and use every slight\u2014perceived or real\u2014 as extra motivation.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Working as a CoachUp coach, I\u2019ve given private and group lessons to players of all ages, genders, and skill levels. From the 5 year-old boy in LA whose parents promised him he could take his first b-ball lesson when he turned 5 to the recent college grad getting ready to play professionally overseas. <strong>As a Coach, you have to realize that every single player is different.<\/strong> Some need confidence and you to be endlessly positive and believe in them. Some need a jump-start and someone to hold them accountable.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">I coach a terrific kid who played ball in high school and has his hopes of playing in the G-League some day. I remember when we were about to do our first lesson. A day before he texts me to let me know he has a film crew coming with him to film a documentary on him and put together a highlight tape. Just wants to make sure that\u2019s ok with me.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nope. Absolutely not. He was a decent high school player but then didn\u2019t even play college. I tell him he\u2019s focused on the wrong things if he\u2019s talking about having a crew come out to film his first workout with me. Get in the gym. Go as hard as you can. Let me see what you\u2019re made of and what we have to work with.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>It\u2019s not about highlight tapes or documentaries. It\u2019s about putting in the work when no one is watching and getting yourself to be as good as you can possibly be.&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This served as a wake-up call for him. To his credit, the player realized that he didn\u2019t have his head on straight and nixed any filming. He decided to get in the gym and work. He\u2019s a very hard worker, calls everyone \u2018sir\u2019 and asks for my coaching advice even as we\u2019re now on opposite ends of the country. And I\u2019m proud of him for trying out for the Capital City Go Go and apparently holding his own! Not making the G-League at open tryouts is nothing to be ashamed of, but he kept working and made a local ABA team and still has his eyes on the Go Go next season.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">With the Wizards, I prided myself on being a guy who kept it real with players. I knew they had plenty of positivity in their lives and enough people to always tell them how great they are. I tried to carve out a niche as someone who wasn\u2019t afraid to criticize the players from time to time and give them some \u201ctough love.\u201d Even though coaches had to be mindful of their \u2018bullets\u2019, in my position thankfully I was able to love and support and praise guys when appropriate, but I also had certain guys who liked being told the truth and used that to fuel them to get even better.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">At the end of the day, everyone is different. Coaching is about finding the right buttons to push to motivate and connect with each and every player.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>Bryan Oringher spent the past 7 years working in the NBA. He spent 4 years traveling with the Washington Wizards as their head Video Coordinator (\u201813-\u201817) and last season as a regional advance scout for the Raptors and Hawks. Currently he\u2019s providing basketball analysis online on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanOringher\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanOringher\">Twitter<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bryanman8\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/bryanman8\">YouTube<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bryanoringher\/\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bryanoringher\/\">Instagram<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em>&#8212;<\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><em><em>CoachUp is the safest and easiest way to find a coach for personalized training. With our 100% money-back guarantee and vetted coaches, anyone can achieve their full athletic potential.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/?utm_source=Nation&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=ArticleFooter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow noopener\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.coachup.com\/?utm_source=Nation&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_campaign=ArticleFooter\">Find your perfect coach<\/a>&nbsp;today and become the athlete you want to be!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warning: This article contains reference to expletive language, which may be unsuitable for young children. &nbsp; As an announcer, you can say things like Jim Peterson said about Karl-Anthony Towns: &nbsp; Embedded Twitter content (remove) \u201cKAT just has that look in his face like he doesn\u2019t want to play tonight, so, so be it&#8230;\u201d \ud83d\ude33 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":304,"featured_media":2935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,45],"tags":[140,21,1055,2178],"class_list":["post-2934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coaches","category-parents","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-tips","tag-how-to-coach","tag-how-to-handle-hard-athletes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Coaching? 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