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Communication
Aloha all
Struggling to get my high school varsity boys team to talk. I yell baseline and we run when it’s not happening… They’ve been doing a lot of running.
What has worked for you in the past to get your team to talk on both sides of the floor, and to increase the volume level in practice overall?
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Everyone on offense and defense is required to say what they are doing every time the ball moves or if they move (on offense) or if the player they are defending moves.
“A quiet gym is a losing gym.”
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Hey Coach – JV High school girls coach here – I pick 1 thing at practice a day to have them focus communicating (Yesterday it was ‘Shot’), If I don’t hear 1 defender yell it, she runs. They don’t like being singled out, so most pick up on it quickly. The other things is ‘catch them being good’ – make it a point to single out the player who is doing the thing you want them to do, and make a big deal of him in the middle of the drill. Tell the other kids ‘be like X’, and you’ll set the bar for how you want them talking. Happy coaching!
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