If you want to learn how to get your players to learn more quickly and form better coach-player relationships, then this is for you!

A few years ago, we filmed the first week of Coach Danny Miles's basketball practices at Oregon Tech.

And Coach Miles knows a thing or two about coaching... he's 4th all-time on the men's college basketball list with 1,040 wins! He's won multiple national championships, is highly respected in coaching circles, and has many famous coaches on speed dial.

If I wanted to list all of his amazing accomplishments, I'd probably need a few dozen pages.

Let's get back to Coach Miles's masterful coaching...

Coach Miles would yell out instructions and corrections from the sidelines and teach while players were on the basketball court. And he always praised them in front of the team.

However, there was one more thing that stood out...

It seemed like anytime he wanted to get a little bit more critical with the player to criticize them, he would always pull that person away from the team and talk to them on the sideline.

Coach Miles would also speak very calmly... there wasn't any anger or frustration. Then he'd almost always send him off with a few words of encouragement.

So Coach Miles would routinely praise publicly and criticize privately.

It makes perfect sense because a player is probably much more receptive to this type of one-on-one criticism.

Here's an example...

Let's say there's a player who isn't on help-side defense.

You're obviously going to say...

"Hey, you need to be here and here's why..."

In this instance you're teaching that player and all of the other players who are supposed to be paying attention. It is a teaching moment for the entire team.

But if that same player is never in the right spot on any occasion...

...that's when you pull him aside and talk one-on-one as opposed to addressing him in front of the entire team.

This approach really makes sense if you think about it...

You want to treat players the way you'd want to be treated as an adult.

So, approach these situations in the same way that you would approach a regular job.

While it's your job to be critical, it's also your job to boost player morale. And this can be done by praising players publicly and criticizing them privately.

Think about how you'd like to be praised and criticized...

I'm sure you'd rather receive your coaching moments one-on-one when you make silly mistakes that need correcting.

But on the other hand, I'm sure you want to be praised in front of your peers when you do something extraordinarily well.

That way you have a reason to hold your head up high and feel good about yourself.

Related Resources

Danny Miles' Coaching System and Value Point System

15 Keys To A High-Scoring Fast Break With Danny Miles of Oregon Tech

Podcast Interview with Danny Miles - "Lessons From A Lifetime In Coaching"

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