A Post Season Review

After each season a coach should sit down and consider how their season played out.  Did you reach your coaching goals?  Did the athletes reach their competition goals?  Were you happy with how the season played out?  These are critical questions that must be asked if next year or next season will be any better than the last.  Consider what you learned about yourself, your athletes, and your sport, or perhaps even just people in general.

After we won the state championship Friday I spent time thinking about the individual races and how I thought each athlete might have improved their performance based on something I could have done.  Every coach in every sport can do the same.  Outline the main reasons for success or failure and what you can do to move your team in a positive fashion next year.

Remember this, though: don't change your standards year to year based on your team, have your team rise to your standards.  If you sink your standards you will never fulfill your full ability.  Don't confuse standards for goals.  Goals can, and should, change on seasons, years, and athletes.  Standards are how you want your team to conduct itself and the things you want to instill in your team.  Keep those high and don't change them because your team is smaller this year, or your best athletes are your least dedicated.  This is the path to bringing your team to where you want to be!