Does Winning Make You a Good Coach?

I will admit and I told the players from both teams who chose me to be their coach that I do not have the technical knowledge of coaching and all I can offer is proper mixing and motivation. Honestly, I never excelled as a basketball player. I contented myself with being a role player; doing the dirty work and making my teammates look good instead of me. This was my role ever since high school, never really gave the star player complex much thought. All I cared about was contributing and of course getting my own basketball uniform. I had the build, the height and the basics of defense to lean on. Scoring was never my cup of tea. It was more about the little things, hustle and the dirty work. I even became an enforcer and looked eye to eye with players who were aiming to hurt my friends.

Anyway, my competitive playing days were hampered since the year 2000. One by one, my injuries took its toll from continuous playing ball, and I guess it's safe to say that I have burned myself out playing ball here and there. I remember a time where I played in three leagues at once, some even scheduled on the same playing day. Please note that this did not include scrimmages and training sessions. Injuries to my ankles, wrists, shoulders and my knees (I am a candidate for ACL-Anterior Cruciate Ligament). Actually, I just told myself, I will just wait for my knee to give way before completely calling it quits. I have no plans of having them surgically repaired since I am no professional athlete to do so. Oh and lest I forget, last year I suffered another injury while playing for the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, a pulled hamstring and tendonitis again on my right shoulder. Well, as it was, it just showed my usual routine of not being able to finish a tournament without having any injury. So what else was new?