Regardless of the age or gender of your athletes, I can guarantee you that you've covered the topic of communication - in your practices, meetings, and games. As coaches, we often need to address "proper talk" - the clear communication of a message between a sender and receiver. Communication is a vital component of any team's success.
An online article, this time not directly related to basketball, at USA Today highlights the (in this example, critical) importance of clear communication between members of any team. Essentially, after an accident, a man passed away and the possible reason is a fundamental breakdown of a very simple concept - people speaking clearly to others. The line that jumps right off the page is "A police officer......should be sent to talk to people."
In the sport of basketball, this translates so well. Many times, problems can easily be avoided if somebody would just go and talk to another person. Perhaps situations would not get out of hand? Conflicts could be avoided. In the above example, disasters averted. With any person in our programs, we need to encourage clear communication - no mixed messages, no misunderstandings. In our technologically advanced age of electronic messaging, a good old face to face meeting stands the test of time.
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