Greg Berge
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“Everybody knows who the leaders are.” Curt Cignetti said he has never voted for captains. The longer I coached, the more I understood exactly what he meant. Some years we had captains. Some years we didn’t. We selected them differently depending on the team. But I also saw choosing captains create more problems than it solved. So when coaches would ask me, “What if we pick the wrong captains?” My answer became pretty simple: Then don’t pick them. Develop ALL of your leaders. Build collective leadership. Give kids opportunities to lead without needing a title. Because Cignetti is right. Your players know who the leaders are. Your coaches know. Your locker room knows. Leadership rises to the top. You don’t need a “C” on your chest to lead. And giving someone the title of captain doesn’t suddenly make them a leader. Sometimes it just gives the wrong person more influence. That can be dangerous. Develop everyone as leaders. Then let leadership emerge. 🔥
Greg Berge98,586 görüntüleme • 11 gün önce
The best coaches don’t treat every mistake the same. Cooper Kupp makes a mistake. Sean McVay doesn’t immediately criticize him. He tells him: "Give yourself some grace." "Love you." "Sometimes it happens." That’s coaching. Not every mistake needs a speech. Not every mistake needs more criticism. Sometimes the player already knows. The best coaches know their players well enough to understand what they need in that moment. Sometimes it’s correction. Sometimes it’s accountability. And sometimes it’s simply reminding them: I still believe in you.
Greg Berge205,122 görüntüleme • 28 gün önce
Are we helping kids… or teaching them to run from hard things? I see this all the time in schools. A student has a problem with a teacher, coach, classmate, or situation, and too often the first response is to remove the problem. Switch the class. Quit the team. Avoid the conversation. Have the parent step in and fix it. I understand the instinct. We don’t want to see our kids struggle. But Dr. Becky Kennedy said something powerful: “The more you optimize for happiness in childhood, the more you actually wire for anxiety in adulthood.” Kids need to learn that disappointment is survivable. Conflict is survivable. Failure is survivable. Being uncomfortable is survivable. Sometimes the best thing we can do for kids isn’t remove the hard thing. It’s help them learn how to walk through it.
Greg Berge39,880 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
It’s easy to demand more from your players. Not everybody can make them feel valued while doing it. I love Ben Johnson’s comments on this. Great coaches don’t lower standards to build relationships. They build relationships that allow them to hold high standards.
Greg Berge15,992 görüntüleme • 8 gün önce
Scared teams find ways to lose. Dusty May said it best: “A lot of failure comes with simply being afraid of the results. We were never afraid of the results.” Teach them to compete. Let the scoreboard take care of itself. How do you build fearless competitors?
Greg Berge125,723 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
