Direct Your Players In Their Interests, Needs & Ability

    Interest/ Needs/ Abilities—direct your players in this way. 

 How you will handle the team.

We are constantly looking for the best way to Teach/ Coach our team.  As we head into a new week of practice after a game and preparing for another--we look for the best way to communicate our message.

The first thing we must look at are the Interest, Needs & Abilities of each player.

This is critical because each player is at a different point in each of these areas.  So we must bring clarity to the situation.  Basically, asking "What are we trying to do here?"

We want the, "Next Best Action"..

To determine our Next Best Action, we look at those needs and then determine what is the outcome we desire..Then, what must we commit to accomplish this desire. Next, is simply what's the next thing needed to do to move toward that goal.

A few things that we do to meet the Interest, Needs & Abilities:

1.  Use film to Show, Encourage & Conclude with a Challenge.

2.  Individual reps of a situation or skill needed.

3.  Identify their ability to be able to master the skill.