Coach Speak Series | Preparation
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Q1: Reflection
Coachspeak. We all use it, and we all loathe it.
Tonight: “Preparation.”
Things like “failing to prepare is preparing to fail,” or, “game prep” come to mind.
Let’s talk about that.
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Q2: Awareness
You prepare the way you may have been taught or adopted from someone else.
Players are playing, you are not. Evaluate the prep and who it is for.
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Q3: Clarity
Do they know how to answer this question?
Have you asked for an honest response?
Prepared to do what, exactly?
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Q4: Alignment
If you’re “in it for the players,” then A3 should be a guide for adjusting A1 and A2…right?
If we’re going to be about it, let’s be about it.
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Q5: Congruence
Congruence = success.
Being able to assess, accurately and truthfully, your progress and your team’s progress has major stakes associated with it, especially in this case!
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