players not listening

[monmlax]

I am kinda a player/coach of a team with all new players, and they are not listening to me. Like one kid all he does is pass and shoot underhand and the ball just rolls out of his stick and goes nowhere. Refuses to pass overhand. Do you guys have any idea on how to get everyone to buy into the system, or should I wait till we lose our first game 40-0?

[thunder_15]

stuff ur foot up his A hole

[monmlax]

well that is just one example, but most of these "players" are doing stupid stuff that goes against what players are supposed to do. Like during line drills nobody wants to play with their weak hand. I wish I could just hit all of em with my car, but i can't. I can't threaten to bench them either because we only have 11 or 12 guys

[bulaxstud1]

Institute some sort of team rule. If you don't use your off hand in drills...take a lap, or do X amount of pushups. Same for passing/shooting incorrectly. They may take it as a joke at first, but after doing a couple miles or 100 pushups, they may start to listen.

[monmlax]

that dont work that do listen. I think it may take them to realize that i could find better laxers in kidergarden.

[Cords]

Monmlax,
Set the example right from the beginning. I've instilled in my players that if you play for me. You don't want to be the "That Guy"! "That Guy" is the kid who
1. Who dosen't listen.
2. Who doesn't take direction from me "The Coach"

"That Guy" get to sit on the swings and plays there for 10 mins A Time out because he's doing 1 or 2

[LCNlaxman]

IF WORST COMES TO WORST: Start cancelling practices. If no one asks you why you canceled practice, no one was interested in the first place.

Remember do this as a last resort ONLY.

[CoachK]

The player/coach situation is tough, if you find a way to make it work, I'm sure many other guys would like to know how you did it. I would recommend getting together with the captains, maybe make one D captian, one Middie, one attack. Practice will then be the 4 of you if you're all on the same page, which should be a lot better than what you're doing. When we were doing it in college (only 1 year), the captains were together the night before or just before practice deciding on what to focus on. Then, you essentially have each person stick to their specialty (D) or Attack. If you have an idea for the defense or a defender, tell the D captain, or discuss it as a group. Leadership that way can be much more effective when you're coaching your peers.