Coaching Mental Toughness in Basketball
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This document summarizes a webinar for coaching mentally tough basketball teams. It defines mental toughness as controlling thoughts and actions while maintaining focus under pressure. It discusses key characteristics like rebounding from mistakes, consistency, and persistence. The webinar provides definitions and examples to distinguish mental toughness from bullying or aimless activity. It offers practice concepts and drills to build toughness through competition, addressing detrimental behaviors, and playing through adversity. Drills emphasize rebounding, playing through contact, and conditioning without the ball. The webinar stresses modeling poise and emphasizing no excuses to develop resilient, mentally tough teams.
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Coaching Mental Toughness in Basketball
- 1. www.coachesacademy.net Basketball Coaching Development
- 2. Welcome! Coaching Webinar: Coaching Mentally Tough Basketball Teams
- 3. Who am I? Coach Josh Stinson www.perectpractice.net www.hoopclinics.com www.coachesacademy.net
- 10. Key coaching Hurdles Every coach must develop:
- 11. Key coaching Hurdles Every coach must develop:
- 12. Key coaching Hurdles Every coach must develop:
- 20. Anybody can get ‘tough‘ for a few games or even a few weeks,
- 21. Any ‘change of heart’ by a player is great, but:
- 23. Definitions 5. Persistence (Always Beats Failure)
- 24. Definitions of Mental Toughness Persistence (Always Beats Failure)
- 25. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1832 – Lost job, defeated for state legislature 2xFailure!
- 26. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1833 – Failed in business Failure!
- 27. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1834 – Elected to Illinois State legislature Success!
- 28. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1834 – Sweetheart Dies Excuse for failure!
- 29. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1836 – Re-elected to Illinois State legislature Success!
- 30. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1836 – Has a nervous breakdown Failure!
- 31. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1838 – Defeated for speaker of the house Failure!
- 32. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1843 – Defeated for Congress nomination Failure!
- 33. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1846 – Elected to Congress Success!
- 34. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1848 – Lost Congress Renomination Failure!
- 35. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1854 – Defeated for US Senate Failure!
- 36. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1856 – Defeated for nomination for Vice President Failure!
- 37. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1858 – Defeated for US Senate again Failure!
- 38. Definitions Persistence - Abraham, Lincoln 1860 – Elected President SUCCESS!
- 40. Catch-all Definition Of Mental Toughness “Mental toughness is the ability to control thoughts and actions and maintain a focus on what is truly important in a calm and poised way under competitive pressure.”
- 42. Important point of focus in schools
- 43. The opposite of toughness – bullying behavior usually stems from a poor or inadequate self-image
- 44. Mentally tough – cultivate a positive self-image
- 47. Easy to ignore a s a coach if it seems like the player is trying
- 49. “Understanding” What Toughness is NOT! Scheme-based
- 50. Physical Conditioning “There is NO SUCH THING as an out-of-shape, mentally tough basketball player! Mental and Physical Toughness Go Hand-In-Hand. All Coaches Pay Lip Service To This Concept. Champion-Level Coaches field teams that reflect it year-in and year-out”
- 53. Work on every skill in any practice sequence
- 55. Defend Shot
- 56. Defend Drive
- 57. Box-Out
- 61. Practice & Coaching Concepts Building Resiliency 7. Model poise and self control as the Coach “Players will feed off of you and draw confidence from your mental toughness.”
- 62. Practice & Coaching Concepts Building Resiliency 8. No Excuses!
- 63. Practice & Coaching Concepts Building Resiliency Communicate &demonstrate how behavior influences outcomes “Point out times in your game films or games you record on TV when a lack of poise and mental toughness by an individual cost a team a chance to win.”
- 64. Practice & Coaching Concepts Building Resiliency Develop keywords or Signals to re-focus Have a phrase you can use when a player makes a mistake to re-focus them back on what they should be doing NOW. A simple phrase such as "Play through it!" can be enough signal your message.”
- 65. Practice & Coaching Concepts Building Resiliency 11. Make a Practice Of Diving After Loose Balls in Every Scrimmage Situation +/- Point systems/ behavioral reinforcers
- 67. 51 sec = Three defensive possessions 17 sec. x 3possessions 51 sec.
- 69. Goal: Play Perfect Defense (no breakdowns/mistakes) for 0:51
- 70. Offense starts with 0:51 –
- 71. Drill ends when clock hits zero
- 72. Clock resets to :51
- 73. Any defensive breakdowns that the coach catches
- 74. Clock stops & countdown to 0:00 continues
- 75. Steal with perfect defense
- 76. Defensive Rebound with perfect defense
- 79. Rules:
- 80. 3 possessions for each team
- 81. No Dribbling
- 82. Denial Defense
- 83. Passes count for 1 point
- 84. Ball can’t hit the ground – (no dribbling, no dropped passes)
- 85. Players must catch in correct offensive spots
- 88. Offensive rebounding & putbacks
- 91. 3 players chase the rebound
- 92. Rebound and Putback = 1 point for team
- 93. 1st Team to 7 points = winner
- 95. Shots don’t count/pass back to the coach when:
- 100. Keep ball above shoulders
- 103. Emphasize playing though contact
- 104. No fouls
- 107. College & Below – contact can occur in the paint and it will still be a charge –
- 109. Practice Drills
- 111. 1 set
- 112. ¼ court and back
- 113. ½ court and back
- 114. ¾ court and back
- 117. Set 3: 47 to run, 13 to rest
- 118. And so on so that the final set of lines is completed within 30 seconds
- 120. What names do you give your “Toughness” drills?
- 122. www.coachesacademy.net Basketball Coaching Development
Editor's Notes
- Every Coach Has 3 Major Teaching Responsibilities:1. You’ve got implement and develop Skills and Schemes – You’ve got to develop CultureHaving a defined program culture helps reinforce/develop toughness and skill development3. You’ve got to Develop ToughnessToughness – physical and mental – is a pillar of success – on par with schemes.Building championship teams – these 3 guideposts need to be met to reach your goals.Toughness doesn’t get talked about much online – today I’ve got several things to say about toughness
- today I’ve got several things to say about toughness
- Every Coach Has 3 Major Teaching Responsibilities:1. You’ve got implement and develop Skills and Schemes – You’ve got to develop CultureHaving a defined program culture helps reinforce/develop toughness and skill development3. You’ve got to Develop ToughnessToughness – physical and mental – is a pillar of success – on par with schemes.Building championship teams – these 3 guideposts need to be met to reach your goals.Toughness doesn’t get talked about much online – today I’ve got several things to say about toughness
- Definitions – start with some broad concepts and crystallize them all into a concise definition of mental toughnessRebounding from mistakes:Basketball is such a fast-paced game that this is critical – you have to learn from your mistakes without dwelling on them Example: Player throws ball awayBangs head and explains why he threw it awayWhile he is explaining, his man scores on a wide open layup on the other endPlayer bangs head again and starts to explain why he didn’t get back on defenseAs he explains the point guard fires a pass that he loses out of boundsThis can be difficult for young players who want badly to succeed i.e. move from Frosh to Jv or Jv to Varsity – gets hard on himself when he makes a mistake Usually only making things worse.
- Mentally tough players exude these qualities consistently over timeAnybody can get ‘tough‘ for a few games or even a few weeks, Any ‘change of heart’ by a player is greatWhether the solution is long term wont be known until the player faces adversity (losing, a slump, playing time, demanding coach, etc)
- Persistence. This is a critical point. Failure happens. Its part of sports.LINCOLN
- Persistence. This is a critical point. Failure happens. Its part of sports.LINCOLN
- This definition combines all of the concepts that I’ve discussed up to this point and crystallizes them into one succinct statement.This was put together by coach Brian Williams my partner at coaches Academy – he has used it in his basketball programs – to teach toughness to his players – Puts it in written form in an effort to make it part of the program culture - ------------------------Okay. Before I get into concepts for developing toughness in your players and in your practices, I’m going to quickly talk about what toughness is not. These are qualities that are sometimes mistakenly associated with toughness.