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How to Effectively Motivate Your Basketball Team

By LayUps.com, 12/10/18, 12:00PM PST

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Forcing your players to start or end with something that they don’t enjoy doing will make morale suffer and dampen overall enthusiasm towards the sport. 

Every aspect of life is made better by being a motivated individual, and without it, not even sports would flourish. From time to time, all basketball coaches suffer when it comes to motivating the players on their team, and though you’re always tempted, you can’t substitute your enthusiasm for that of your players. But, you can increase spirit and motivation on your team, so here are a few ideas to get you started:

Understanding Is Key
Most players get motivated by truly having a real understanding of what you can accomplish as a team or why a certain something needs to be done. Educate all members of your team, and help them see the bigger picture.