#EssentialThoughts Ep. 3 — Optional? Tell me more.

“Optional” summer workouts and the messages we send.

I posted this on Twitter in response to some of the tweets that were floating around about how “summer workouts are optional and so is your playing time.” While in theory that does make sense, and we as coaches know the importance of summer workouts — the phraseology and the psychology behind how we say what we say actually does matter. Moreover, it’s important for coaches to be reflective during this time about what they are improving upon, as well. Are players able to tell coaches that, “your development of your relationship-building skills and how boring this workout is optional too, just like us winning next year?” Something to think about — here’s the video!

Let us know what you think — admin@essential-coaching.net. Looking forward to it!

-Aseem