Talent Doesn’t Supersede Character: What To Do When A Player(s) Becomes A Problem

Every coach eventually faces it: a player who’s talented, maybe even your best, but is quietly dragging the whole team down. In this episode, I share the story of cutting my best player at Seneca, the step-by-step process I use when a player’s behaviour starts damaging team culture, and what to do when cutting isn’t an option. We dive into:

• Why one player can derail a volleyball team faster than in almost any other sport
• The difference between an unhappy player and a toxic one, and why coaches mix them up
• The warning signs that teammates are playing scared
• How to run a players-only meeting, including the questions to coach your captains to ask
• Why “hoping it goes away” makes it worse
• What to do when you can’t cut a player: playing time, practice suspensions and clear consequences
• What happened to our program the season after we made the call

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