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Originally Posted by BigT
At what point do you engage a yelling coach? And how do you take care of it. I feel if I am yelling back it gives him an excuse to continue the conversation. If I ignore it until a TO he could escalate it or be testing me?
If a coach yells at you do you simply put up the warning hand or do you add word(s) to your hand signal.
I want to work hard and focus on the kids (game). It is distracting and I cant figure out why the coach thinks yelling during a live ball is going to help. Yet they do it all the time. I guess I am looking for advice in the heat of the moment how best to settle or take care of things.
Do you ignore him?
Do you go to your hand signal warning pretty quick?
Do you yell back at him?
Do you want until a dead ball to talk to him?
Do you stop a ball from going live and walk over and say what do you need that you cant wait for a TO?
Just kills me during a live ball to have a coach yell at you. How properly to defend or to resolve.
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Under most circumstances, I give the coach some rope. Meaning, he's upset. I get it. He's battling for his kids. IF I sense that that is all he's doing, then I know he's really got a question and I'll ask him what his question is. IF that calms him down (and it usually does) then we move on. IF he just wants to scream and yell some more and get personal or leave the coaching box, I have the option of giving the Big Stop Sign for all to see OR I go with the WHACK.
You'll develop a feel for it as you try this technique out at lower levels. Which is a great reason to work lower level ball. Work on your communication skills, try stuff. Then put it into practice in your varsity games. There's no one size fits all solution. Everyone's different. But, personal always equals a T in my book. Raw emotion is a fun challenge. Psychology of a coach.
