The Economics of Coaching 🏀
1. Opportunity Cost
Every rep you spend on a play set is a rep you didn't spend on decision-making. Every minute in practice has a cost. The question isn't what you're doing, it's what you're giving up to do it.
2. Scarcity
You have a limited amount of time with your team every day. A limited number of possessions per game. Great coaches treat everything like it's scarce, because it is. Stop acting like you have time to waste and focus on things that actually move the needle.
3. Marginal Utility
The 10th rep of a drill isn't worth as much as the 1st. At some point, more reps stop producing more results.
4. Diminishing Returns
At some point you can have TOO many plays and TOO many drills. Are you doing too much and in turn hurting your team?
5. Market Inefficiency
Most coaches are chasing the same trends (same plays, same systems, etc.) The edge is in the overlooked stuff. Decision-making. Spacing. Habits. Shooting. That's where the value is underpriced.
6. Incentives
Your players do what they're rewarded for. If you celebrate hustle but only play scorers, they'll figure it out fast. Culture is just incentive structure that you make visible consistently.
7. Information Asymmetry
This one is interesting. our opponent doesn't know everything about you. You don't know everything about them. The team that does their homework wins the information war. Film work isn't extra, it's an edge.
8. Cost-Benefit Analysis
Before you add another play, another drill, another concept, ask yourself: What does this cost me in time, reps, and mental load? And is the return worth it?
The best coaches are teacher and economists!