The Basketball Coaching Roadmap

Successful Basketball Coaches Shine in These Seven Areas

As a family we have been lucky enough to experience basketball through various lenses; coach, player, scout, fan, parent and casual observer. The older I get the more I reflect on my fondest memories. When I re-live basketball experiences with my brothers, Brian and Brady (co-founders of Coach Calls Timeout) or past teammates it always comes back to one thing – relationships. Sure, the games and individual plays were fantastic but the team dinners, hotel stays and locker room chats outweigh anything that happened on the court.

Coaching is very similar to teaching or parenting – you must develop and nurture relationships to increase everyone’s chances for success. As a coach, how can you develop those relationships? How do you get the most out of the interactions with your players? How do you become more successful?

Before we continue any further, it’s important to define “success”. We believe success is measured through experiences, not wins and losses. Creating positive, lasting experiences equates to successful coaching. Your players will respond, develop, improve and reach their potential more frequently under these conditions.

So, let’s get back to you. How can you build a positive coach/player relationship? We have spent many hours analyzing the most successful coaches we’ve encountered in our basketball lives. The very successful ones approach relationship building similarly. We have created a Basketball Coaching Roadmap that examines seven areas where successful coaches shine.

You may be naturally good in some of these areas and the others will be items to improve upon. In the next two months we will explore each area in depth; a new article will be posted with relevant stories and actionable advice to help you improve. The seven areas can be found below, just click the buttons for each article.