Coaches & Teachers Bare Responsibilities To Teach!

As you know, basketball is a game of learned skills, athleticism and talent combined with discipline, creativity, respect for others, team work, healthy contagious attitudes, competitive energy,respect for authority and personal responsibility.

In order for players to compete at a competitive level, players must continue to devote quality time towards understanding the fullness of the game. Players must be able to dribble, pass, shoot, rebound, play defense, set screens, run the floor, hustle, have good practice habits, compete, play as a team, respect their coaches and how they wants them to play, respect the rules of the game, respect the differences of their teammates and last be a good person on and off the court.

The best time to invest in a player's future is when he/she is young. The bible says, "Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he won't depart from their teaching" Proverbs 2:6.

Throughout my 21 years of experience serving kids, families and communities, I continue to see kids with gifts and talents that are under developed. It's almost like growing up with a false since of identity. I believe that we owe it to the kids as well as to the Lord to make sure that they are fully educated and equipped with what they need without compromising their future.

When players are fully educated and learn to play the game, they tend to feel better about themselves, they do better in school, interact better with parents, teachers, coaches, communicate better, smile more often, attract better friends and are more self confident.

Success in the game of basketball involves a tremendous amount of teaching and learning. As coaches and teachers we must continue to provide young players with the available resources that will undoubtedly foster their learning needs and help them grow. Without the necessary tools for learning, kids fail!

In closing, as children become more interested in playing basketball, education and learning about faith, let's work together and give them the best opportunity for success that we can by fully teaching them the things that will make them complete. Let's train them while they're young and interested. As kids get older, let's encourage them to seek advanced training so that they too can someday develop to their fullest potential.

Please partner with me as an advocate for kids success in the classroom, on the field, on the court and in their walk of faith. And remember; "Success in life involves being fully trained."

"Coaches & teachers we bare a tremendous responsibility to teach the kids regardless of their learning styles and disabilites."

Deon Hunter