Good Coaches Don't Over Coach

   Sometimes, you can over coach, attempting to control the things you can't control. Maybe it's that you want to shield your players from certain pressures, but the pressures are not going to go away. Better to deal with the pressures than try to sidestep them.
  Sometimes, you can over coach. You institute an offense, or whatever, and you don't want to back down from what you're doing, so you stick doggedly to it. Your pride rises up, and you keep pushing your program.
   Sometimes, you can over coach. You insist your players do certain things, when they just aren't capable. Better to adjust your coaching to the talents you have than to demand the players play with talents they don't have.
   Sometimes, you can over coach. You call timeout and draw up a play, just because you figure that is what coaches do. But, your play isn't anything special, and if you had just let your star player do his thing, he would have found a way to get the basket and you would have won.
   Sometimes, you can over coach. You bench a player because you're the boss and he is giving you a little grief. If he's the player who can lead you to victory, swallow your pride and let him play. This is not to say coaches shouldn't bench players for insubordination, just to say they can be too touchy.
   The best coaches aren't the ones who over coach. They are the ones who know their limits. Coaches tell their players to no try to do too much, to let the game come to them. They ought to realize that that is advice they should keep, themselves.