5th Grade WESCO

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1. Can you share a bit about your background and what led you to coaching? 

I became a coach because of my oldest son. My goal was to get him involved in many sports. I was given the opportunity to coach and one year became many. I have coached basketball, football, soccer and baseball.

2. What has been your most memorable coaching moment so far?

My most memorable moment of coaching is a collection of all the moments. I love see the growth and development of the kids. I love seeing their confidence raised. I love creating a winning attitude.

3. How do you approach training and development for your athletes? I approach coaching by turning weakness in to strengths. I coach kids to the potential I see in them. I meet them at their level and water their seeds from their existing skill level. I create real game situations so they evolve naturally.

4. What inspires you as a coach? 

I am inspired by goals. Goals inspire me and give me drive to move forward. I love implementing strategies that work. I love seeing progression and growth. I love seeing kids get better and the impact it has on their lives directly and indirectly.

5. How do you build team spirit and camaraderie among your players? 

I build camaraderie by becoming one team and one mind. I encourage the team to be their best and believe. I display that I believe in them as a unit and I am one of them. I treat all teammates the same and also hold them all accountable for one another. I inspire kids to build each other up and support every teammates individual goals

6. What qualities do you look for in an athlete? 

I look for kids heart and drive. I seek potential in kids and super powers they hold within themselves. I look for intelligence and high IQ. The goal is to push kids to their limit to promote hard work. Every moment they give their best is an increment of them becoming great. I look for discipline within themselves and comprehension.

7. What is your coaching philosophy? 

My philosophy is that as a team “we practice like we play, and we play like we practice”. “Everyday in every way, we are getting better and better”.  “Winning is deserved and not giving”. Every loss or failure is a building block and lesson for growth. We learn from our mistakes as well as from what we do correct.

1. Can you share a bit about your background and what led you to coaching?

As a kid i played mostly basketball, here in Maysville Parks and Rec program. As a player, I loved playing Point Gaurd, being a playmaker for others and playing tough defense. I got into coaching when my daughter Payton started playing volleyball about 10 years ago, and they also needed coaches, and I fell in love with it. As she got into high-school,  I shifted my coaching attention to my son Jaxin with basketball for the last few years.

2. What has been your most memorable coaching moment so far?

Most memorable coaching moment didn't even happen on the court or field. It was a call I got from a former player years after she moved and could no longer play on our volleyball team. She called to say thank you for helping her grow into not only a decent player, but stronger person. That was a great phone call

3. How do you approach training and development for your athletes?

Start with the fundamentals. Each kid is different, but i try to learn who they are as players and focus on what they do well.

4. What inspires you as a coach?

Other than my own love of sports, what inspires me as a coach is watching young kids grow in so many different ways. Being able to see growth in every kid from the start of a season to the end is what i enjoy the most.

5. How do you build team spirit and camaraderie among your players?

I start out by making it clear the players and coaches all treat everyone with respect. From there, If the team is all giving effort, naturally the team starts to bond together.

6. What qualities do you look for in an athlete?

The best quality i want in an any athlete is EFFORT. Skill levels vary from kid to kid. But everyone can give effort. Plus I'm a big believer that defense can be won by having more effort than the other team.

7. What is your coaching philosophy?

Be consistent in my messaging and bring energy. I feel kids feed off the energy the coaches bring. OUT WORK THE OTHER TEAM!!