How do you tell your head coach he's wrong?

Being an assistant coach means experiencing events (victories, defeats, crisis situations, etc.) as closely as possible to the person who makes the decisions: the head coach. The boss. On a daily basis, this means being in direct contact with the decisions that impact the team's life and performance. This applies both to everyday micro-decisions such as scheduling sessions, choosing a drill, etc., as well as more strategic choices such as whether or not to sanction a player, changing the game plan, etc. Inevitably, the assistant coach is faced with a sensitive question: "Would I have made the same decision?" Sometimes the answer is no. In this case, rather than giving the benefit of the doubt, it's appropriate to express your point of view, your disagreement, in order to feed the coach's thinking until, if necessary, you change his decision. Or not. The fact remains that this position is part of the fundamental role of the assistant, who must not be a "yes man" but a resource capable of sharing his experience and skills with his number one. Even if it will be the head coach who ultimately decides. A decision that you will then have to support, without bitterness. So much for the theory. But in practice, how do you explain to your "superior" that he is wrong? Therein lies the difficulty. Here are some tips :

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