Trener 'Psycholog’

The truth has to be told. No matter what happened in first half you do not have so much time. Something around 6-7 minutes is often not enough. In this article I will give my advises to use the time in efficient way.

Firstly, you came to the room with extremely tired people. Let them drink and rest for a while. It is a great moment to see if they have some observations. Be sure that very often they will start to discuss with each other, sometimes they will be mad or have pretension to each other. If it is not out of control it is good to let them talk to clear all misunderstandings. What is also important you buy some time to think and create a plan of your talk (you have some time walking to the dressing room, you should have some plan right? :)).

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In this article I will share my point of view on pre game talk. Please be aware that it base on my observations and experience. Other coaches could have arguments to make it differently, especially on top level.

When?

In my opinion the best is to make that directly before warm up. The players should be ready to get the court. It means every 'pre warm up’ activities like taping, messages should be done before pre game talk. All phones hidden and muted. I prefer not to make another block of time between pre game talk and warm up because I feel that that break calms down our player while we want them to be motivated after the pre game talk. Some coaches prefer to go to dressing room after warm up to make motivational talk, however it is risky to make that habit because sometimes logistics will not let you do it.

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