EP 107: How a SAVI Member Won a State Title

Hey Coach,

Want to know what it takes to win a State Title? 

I’ll tell you what most coaches won’t, it takes three things.

1. Talent - if you don’t have the players, you can’t win at the highest levels.

2. Relationship - If your team doesn’t trust you, you’ll implode when the going get’s tough

3. Accountability - You have to hold your best players to the highest standards

Join 6A State Champion, Jeremy Monroe, a SAVI Coach and longtime listener to hear how he did all three and won state. His HS girls team averaged 63 points per game along the way. 

But…it didn’t click until his best player bought into the SAVI shot scale. Then the team hit a new level of trust and efficiency. They rode that wave to the State Championship.

Enjoy this one, I sure did.

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Key Takeaways

• Poise is a coaching standard, not a personality trait. Jeremy made composure an intentional focus before the season started. When his team fell down 13 in the state title game, the players looked calm because their coach had modeled it every day. You can't fake it in the big moments.

• How you handle adversity on the sideline teaches your players how to handle it on the floor. If you're reactive, they'll be reactive. Your body language is part of your practice plan.

• Shot quality is trainable. Jeremy's team used a shot-quality scale all year (sevens, eights, and nines). When his best player bought in, the whole offense changed. Getting your best scorer to value shot selection over shot volume is the hardest and most important culture shift you can make.

• Fit your system to your players, not the other way around. Jeremy scrapped his offense at Christmas break one year and rebuilt it in a week and a half because the original plan didn't fit the team. The coaches who are hard to game-plan for are the ones willing to change.

• Players who feel known are more coachable. Jeremy doesn't describe his players by stats. He describes them as people. That's not soft coaching. That's how you build the trust that makes the hard coaching conversations land.

One Action Item

Write down one thing you want to coach differently next season. Not a drill. Not a scheme. A behavior. How you handle a blown lead. How you respond to a turnover. How you greet players at the door.

Then tell one person on your staff what it is. Saying it out loud makes it real.

-Tyler

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