Trying to spend part of the day learning and growing as a coach. Going through some material today I ran across some excellent notes from Del Harris. The notes were passed on from a friend so share with people inside your network!
Before you start:
Be sure you have a mission statement that is current with your current thinking and then stay committed to that statement. Be sure your staff and players understand.
Make sure your philosophy of coaching, of defense, of offense and of dealing with players and other constituents is clear-cut and understood by yourself and staff.
Leave a paper trail. Keep copies of important communications with all relevant parties. Notes, dates, and times of any significant meeting with players, media, etc. can be of value.
Be sure you have a plan for the first day, week, and rough copy for first month of your practices.
Be sure any staff is up to date on current trends in conditioning, nutrition, etc. these change
Be sure to read current book and old standards on leadership, management skills, time management, significant biographies of important people and successful coaches in any sport. You must continue to grow mentally and spiritually.
Revise your drill book (you have one don't you?) to add any new concepts you have picked up and to discard needless ones.
The best drills are the ones you make up that teach specifically the exercise you are trying to teach/correct.
Your drill book should be divided into categories such as: warmup, shooting, fundamentals of offense/defense, fast break buildups for offense and transition defense, half court offense, post offense/defense, trap drills, defense shell drills, situation drills for 1-1, 2-2, and 3-3, game ending situations drills, etc.
Be sure to be clear on all basic defense issues such as your initial and backup coverages relative to pick and roll defense, low post defense, and methods of roation to cover breakdowns.
Make sure your coaches and players understand the concepts of switching on defense such as which teammates will be able to switch with each other on their own as needed or desired unless the game plan or a timeout changes it-have switching partners which normally means that equal size players will switch with one another as needed.
Know that the concept of switching to keep your bigger players inside and your smaller ones outside is often very productive, i.e. "Bigs in, Littles Out" Thus you would not switch a big man out off a downpick or pindown for a small player.
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