All coaches value winning. But winning cannot happen without players being cohesive and players having good chemistry. And that all starts and ends with the coach.
To go even further I believe it all starts with the coaches' respect for ALL players on the team. I think that there is no room in high school sports for coaches that treat star players at a higher level of respect than role players and bench players. If this occurs, a separation in the locker room is bound to come. There are a few exceptions to this. If a coach has superior talent, he may be able to do this and get away with it, but most of the time it will hurt the team's chemistry.
To be on a truly good team, means everyone believes in everyone, not just the star players. You play as one as opposed to five. This factor may not be as great as it is in pro and college competition (because the talent level is not much different from team to team), but if a coach establishes this in high school, every player will improve in their time playing there. That will, in turn, make them better men/women.
Of course, you also have leaders on your team, hopefully an "extension of the coach", which you bear more responsibility onto. This leader should not only lead on the court, but off the court as well. But the coach should not treat that leader with anymore respect than any other players, or, like I mentioned, this will create a tension in the locker room.
To go even further I believe it all starts with the coaches' respect for ALL players on the team. I think that there is no room in high school sports for coaches that treat star players at a higher level of respect than role players and bench players. If this occurs, a separation in the locker room is bound to come. There are a few exceptions to this. If a coach has superior talent, he may be able to do this and get away with it, but most of the time it will hurt the team's chemistry.
To be on a truly good team, means everyone believes in everyone, not just the star players. You play as one as opposed to five. This factor may not be as great as it is in pro and college competition (because the talent level is not much different from team to team), but if a coach establishes this in high school, every player will improve in their time playing there. That will, in turn, make them better men/women.
Of course, you also have leaders on your team, hopefully an "extension of the coach", which you bear more responsibility onto. This leader should not only lead on the court, but off the court as well. But the coach should not treat that leader with anymore respect than any other players, or, like I mentioned, this will create a tension in the locker room.
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