Please do not assume your young people already know these things. Many times, the meanings they are placing on the crucial events of the season are far away from what they need to carry away with them. Remember, the memories and attitudes they take away from the season are going to influence vastly the mental and physical approach they take into the upcoming club or next school season. Moreover, those thoughts are going to further shape the player coming back to you, or the next coach in your program, in a few months.
Sit down with players and evaluate which goals they achieved, and which they did not. Identify the specifics of each situation. In other words, lay out for them what they did that they need to remember and do again, what they should not ever repeat, and what was not done that must certainly be done in the future. Remember, just because you know all these answers, does not necessarily mean they do.
