The real win as a coach isn’t just helping your team win the championship.

Key Points:

  • On the field, the main goal is player development. It is helping your athletes to perform at their best level.
  • When your athletes are off the field, you have to work on character development. You want your athletes to set positive examples when they are in their day-to-day lives. This include things as big as not partying to things as little as being kind to peers.
  • The real win takes place in your sphere of influence. It is where the on-the-field and off-the-field development overlap. This area is where you can use your coaching position to make a lasting impact on your players.

Quote This:

You don’t win with X’s and O’s. What you win with is people. – Joe Gibbs

Talk About It
  1. What is your initial reaction to this topic? What jumped out at you?
  2. What are some of the main areas of player development for your athletes?
  3. What are some off-the-field expectations you have set for your athletes? What expectations would you like to set?
  4. What is the real win of coaching? Why?
  5. Write a personal action step based on this conversation.