What makes a great coach ?

We here at Gametime Skills are dedicated to developing the highest quality basketball training and conditioning services for elite athletes that want to gain an edge on their competitors. Elementary school, junior high, high school, AAU or college, we work with and train some of the very best undiscovered talent in the DC Metro Area. GTS's proprietary program is often initiated but never duplicated by other companies. However, there is only one Gametime Skills basketball training and conditioning company and we are one of the nation's best. As our company's instructional designer and technology consultant, I am charged with working with subject matter experts to dialogue about the innovative science and pedagogy that goes into each of our players. One question that we continually ask ourselves is: "What makes a great coach ?" Colin Cowherd today discussed this topic on his talk show "The Herd"on Sports Talk 980. He suggests that second stringers and role players like Doc Rivers and Phil Jackson make the best coaches because they know first hand the work and effort it takes to compete with more naturally talented players like Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan. Role players and second stringer he states had to depend more on their intellect and extensive training than their God-given athletic ability. Hip Hop artist Jadakiss asks "Why is a brother up North better than Jordan That ain't get that break ?" The answer is simply science and the game with in the game. Raw talent developed on the playground has to be molded to fit the structure and formalized rules of the upper echelons of professional basketball like the WNBA,NBA and the International game. Without proper training and coaching playground talented players are simply continuing the cycle of poverty with deferred "hoop dreams" or as low income players on the AND 1 Tour double dribbiling and walking their way to spectacular dunks. While we here at Gametime Skills admire Playstation 3 type moves, our goal here is to take the raw talent of our athletes and coach them into players that have a high income earning potential by shepherding them towards scholarships that will lay the foundation for a long successful career in the sport we are passionate about or beyond. Finally, I want to point out there is one caveat to Colin's eugenics premise that seems to underlie his coaching argument. No star athelete really has "raw talent" but simply by grace has found the zen point where genetics and hard work has found their God-given purpose and niche in the basketball pantheon. How else can undersized guys like Muggsy Bogues, Steve Nash and Spud Webb compete at the highest levels. Perhaps as it is written in the Basketball Gospel Jordan 23:35: It was he who gave some to be point guards, some to be shooting guards, some to be forwards, and some to be centers, 46 chromosomes alone a great athlete does not make. No, its the nurturing of ones seed by investing in them wisely or their own passion for the game that creates athletic legacy. Just ask Archie Manning or Jordan and then plant your seed into the fertile ground of Gametime Skills to watch them grow into basketball greatness.