The Secret to a Strong Start to Your Season

There’s a saying which goes, “good coaches know their practice plans, great coaches know their players.”

The gist of the message is: Having a well designed practice plan is great, however you’ll never get the most out of your practice if you don’t truly get to know your players.

Each player on your team is going to need you to show up for them in a different way.

In order to thrive on your team, some of your kids will need:

It’s your job as a coach to find the specific keys to unlock greatness in each of your players.

This can only be accomplished by intentional daily activities which promote sharing, self-reflection and connection.

Your players, and team as a whole will leave clues about what they specifically need.

And we want to start this NOW, at the beginning of the season!

The start of the season is all about building a positive team culture and allowing everyone to get to know one another, so that you can all work together more effectively.

The #1 way I like to build connections among my players and coaches is at the beginning of practice is to spend 5 minutes sitting in a circle around the “campfire”.

In this imaginary circle we play fun icebreaker games, answer deep questions and share things about ourselves.

Kids talk, laugh, learn, make jokes and find commonalities between one another.

By allowing our kids to talk and connect at the start of the practice we set the foundation for a fun, positive and connected practice.

Inside the NEW Legends Coach Academy training program, we offer a number of resources which help coaches every step of the way on their coaching journey.

This includes examples of campfire games and icebreaker ideas to start your practices with.

As a special gift for being on our email list, I have included HERE a list of easy to execute campfire “practice starters” for you to try.

Give them a shot and tell me what you think! I promise, your kids will LOVE hanging out in the campfire once you make it a habit!

For the upcoming season, if you could benefit from having ideas and resources like this at your fingertips, I highly encourage you to give the Legends Coach Academy program a try.

The program will provide you with every resource, drill and game you’d ever need to be a life-changing coach for your kids.

It also includes:

• Pre-made practice plans
• 20+ practice games/activities
• Online coaches community
• Bi-weekly Q&A session
• 100+ drills for all skills
• Game manager toolkit
• And so much more!

For the first month of the 2024 Spring season we are offering 30% OFF the program.

You can also give it a shot for free and checkout the first few videos. 

Click below to give it a try and we hope to be part of your coaching experience this season!