The coach approach – Basketball coaching hints and tips for coaches and teachers.
Self-Talk is something most of us engage in, it is the process of internally verbalising actions and thoughts. Here OzSwoosh head coach Craig Rowe explains what internal dialogue is and discusses both concepts of negative self-talk and positive self-talk. He also talks about negative thoughts ties to cortisol which causes stress and adrenaline which causes […]
There are 4 main leadership styles used when coaching basketball or leading in business. Head Coach Craig Rowe shares the 4 most common approaches coaches take when leading their teams. He gives a brief overview of each style and also compares each style to the D.I.S.C. model. Coach Rowe describes and breaks down the pros […]
This episode of The Coach Approach OzSwoosh head coach Craig Rowe shares 7 tips you can use to improve basketall training session efficiency in basketball and sport. He adds a bonus MEGA tip at the end on the easist way to add all 7 to your training at once. The Coach Approach helps beginner basketball […]
This episode of The Coach Approach OzSwoosh Head Coach Craig Rowe talks about the important topic of building effective relationships with referees in basketball. He also discusses the importance of modelling the appropriate behaviour to the basketball players you coach. Coach Rowe describes how the game can be viewed as imperfect and also how all […]
This episode of The Coach Approach, OzSwoosh head coach Craig Rowe talks about managing expectations as well as disappointment. Here is the video… He offers simple suggestions to manage parent, team and organisational expectations. Methods discussed particularly include transparency, setting mini goals and games as training. He also briefly touches on aspects of the growth […]
This episode of The Coach Approach, OzSwoosh head coach Craig Rowe discusses the importance of teaching life lessons when teaching athletes. Here is the video… Rowe suggest sport provides the perfect opportunity to impart life lessons to athletes and also shares tips and practical inspiration to help you help your athletes win in sport and […]
Coach Craig Rowe shares 3 core tips for beginner coaches and teachers on motivating athletes in to action. Using the same approach of love or fear, marketers and politicians may use, coaches too can harness the approaches of praise, punishment, pentalty and competition. Here is the video… It does not sound as extreme as it […]
A basketball skills matrix is an overview of those things you would like to work on with your athletes to improve their knowledge and skill in the game. Here is the video… Here we discuss the 3 levels of development we apply at OzSwoosh to help our athletes improve. We also tell you how you […]
In this video Coach Rowe explains the core implications of drilling vs teaching in basketball and hence the need to share this insight with you. As a basketball coaching educator Coach Rowe offers 3 core tips on how to ensure your drills become teachings, after all, he says, good coaching is teaching. Here is the […]