Culture is so important to successful teams.
What and how do you want your team to feel?
What and how do you want your team to see?
What and how do you want your team to think?
What and how do you want your team to believe?
What do you want your team to embody?
Players on successful teams possess a sense of ownership built upon a foundation of accountability and .responsibility. This is the "brotherhood" or family atmosphere of which players speak. When this bond exists players will sacrifice for the greater good and the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts.
How does a team develop such a culture?
It is largely a matter of choice.
How will each of the team members answer the questions above?
Successful coaches devote as much time to developing, establishing and maintaining a team's culture as they do on developing technical and tactical skills. The market is flooded with Internet sites, books, videos and "motivational speakers" willing to share their thoughts on developing and sustaining a team culture. Select a coach or team who embodies what you wish your team to embody and research their methodology. Go beyond technique and tactics to discover what they do to develop, establish and maintain the culture you admire and desire for your team. This is the work that separates the good/great coaches from the rest. People who can teach technique and tactics are a dime a dozen, but coaches who can empower their players with ownership through accountability and responsibility to self, teammates and tradition are usually the ones winning championships.
If you want a WINNING culture in your program,
it begins with a WORKING culture.
Coaches need to put the same amount of work in on establishing the culture they want for their team as they do in teaching proper technique and tactics. A successful, winning culture is not going to magically appear. It takes diligent effort, an intelligent work ethic and it begins with the coach and his staff.
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