Anonymous
Years ago
Coaching bad habits out of players
I took over as coach in a local U14 boys competition earlier this year.
Before me, the only coach they had was a parent who wasnt very stringent in her approach to coaching and would just let them do what they want in training.
Most of them i have been able to train back into good form but i have one player who has fallen into the rut of bad habits that i cant seem to break him out of.
He's great in training but in the pressure of the game he's a stepper and when he shoots the ball cannons into the backboard and back again.
He tells me he was never taught the proper way to shoot/stop under pressure. I have been working on it with him for weeks and he has gone from around half a dozen travel violations a game to maybe one or two and he does get the odd basket, but i get the feeling he feels like he's letting the team down because to him its ingrained in him-its a natural thing.
Is there a way I can train these bad habits out of him and make it second nature to do the right thing?
