Building a Program Series: Delegating Power to Assistants and Leaders

Lesson #2 of the Building a Program Series - Delegating Power to Assistants and Leaders

This lesson is one of ten in our Building a Program series. This series focuses on a combination of off-court and on-court ideas that can take your program to the next level or build it from the ground up. These ideas have been built through 25 years of running a highly successful high school basketball program.

Each course in this series is a 2,000 word article that includes highly specific examples and ideas that can help you build your program. These writings are easy to read and are downloadable PDFs, so you can always save them. 

Here is a short excerpt from this lesson, titled Delegating Power to Assistants and Leaders:

"A valued and committed assistant coach is a better assistant coach. My assistants helped with scouting and game planning and were certainly an important part of every practice. What was the result? They were more engaged overall and more likely to make constructive comments and adjustments that helped the team succeed. If your assistant coaches spend most of practice just watching and making a comment here and there, I urge you to rethink how you’re utilizing them."

This course is all about the power of delegating responsibility for the good of your program!