http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/208/motivate-to-be-great/ Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/208/motivate-to-be-great/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Bill Salyers Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:23:53 +0000 http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/?p=208#comment-37 Great Point. Bo Ryan said at the UD coaches clinic years ago \"Reware those players that do the things that don\'t take extraordinary talent\" such as hustle plays etc. Great Point. Bo Ryan said at the UD coaches clinic years ago \"Reware those players that do the things that don\’t take extraordinary talent\" such as hustle plays etc.

]]> http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/208/motivate-to-be-great/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Mike Freshwater Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:54:41 +0000 http://www.lesspub.com/wh-blog/?p=208#comment-34 Motivating players during the AAU season versus a typical school team season can be two totally different things. For school teams, playing time serves to be the main driver if used effectively. In AAU , where you play most of, if not all of your kids - then I agree you need to me alot more creative. While PT itself might not be enough, just the privilidge of starting and/or finishing games (close games) might be a good carrot. Another idea might be rewarding kids for things like \'hustle plays\' by holding them out of some conditioning work at practice. You will find that not every thing works for everyone, so experiment. Find whats works best for you and your kids and run with it! Motivating players during the AAU season versus a typical school team season can be two totally different things. For school teams, playing time serves to be the main driver if used effectively. In AAU , where you play most of, if not all of your kids - then I agree you need to me alot more creative. While PT itself might not be enough, just the privilidge of starting and/or finishing games (close games) might be a good carrot. Another idea might be rewarding kids for things like \’hustle plays\’ by holding them out of some conditioning work at practice. You will find that not every thing works for everyone, so experiment. Find whats works best for you and your kids and run with it!

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