New Season Resolution

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by ballgame99

I really need to work on my communication skills this season. I told myself that last year, and didn't accomplish it. In our state the coaches evaluate you, so just ignoring them is not a recipe for good evals and post-season assignments. I would love to hear your serious quick hitters to calm a coach down, or any other suggestions to effectively communicate with coaches.

One I've been told and that I'm going to implement is to refer to your angle, either "I had a good angle on that one coach, he got him on the arm", or when defending a partner's call say "he had a good angle coach".

1) answer questions with few words as possible and always give factual information.

2) when a coach is acting out of line be direct and let him know that his behavior needs to be modified. Such as "coach, we can't have you yelling at us across the floor" or " please communicate without being demonstrative with your hands"

3) after #1 or #2 the conversation is over and you're moving on. Make it clear with your body positioning or body language that you are now concentrating on the game and no longer engaging him for this conversation.

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