Attitude is everything and it starts with the coaches!!

My very first rule as a coach with my players is not to negatively attack your teammates. When a teammate messes up I tell them they need to pick them up give them tips if they have any in a positive good attitude. By doing this you get rid of animosity and negative behavior that slowly takes down your team culture wise. Consistent negativity towards a player from another player will cause fights and slow the growth of the player that needs to grow still. At the end of the day though all attitude on a team starts with the coaches. Your players will mirror what attitude you bring to the table. Do you have to force kids to focus, have determination, and be respectful at all times. You cannot take even one second where you don’t enforce this or I could get away from you. Look at Facebook. That is a great example of constant negativity that just caused bickering and fighting no one working together and no success happening. There cannot be growth in a situation where the only thing that happens is people talking negatively to each other. A book that I do recommend by Jocko Willink it’s called “Extreme Ownership”. It does a great job explaining how teams should work to have high success.