Blog 17: Fourth Interview

1. What characteristics does a role model possess?
2. What separates a good player from a great player?
3. Are athletes born with talent or can they acquire it?
4. What effect can being recruited have on an athlete's future?
5. How do you motive players to push themselves to their full potential?
6. If an athlete had an attitude problem, how would you address it?
7. At what age should an athlete begin the recruitment process?
8. How would you deal with a player who was unsuccessful in being recruited?
9. What should a teenager be committed to?
10. How would you teach a team the importance of commitment?
11. How can a coach insure they will be a good example to their team at all times?
12. If you were to ever step out of line, what would you do to show your team that you mishandled the situation?
13. Can an athlete still be successful without being recruited?
14. What do you do in a situation where a player is not committed to the team?
15. When does a teenager become an adult? At 18, or sometime before/after that?
16. Should coaches and players keep in touch after the season is over?
17. How would you teach a team about respect and discipline?
18. What would you do if an athlete's parents did not want them to be recruited? Would you respect their wishes or respect the athlete's?
19. Why does a team need a good coach in order to be successful?
20. What activities can a team do off the court to increase team chemistry?

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can a basketball coach most influence a young person's transition to adulthood?
2. What players have you kept in touch with throughout your career? 
3. Why do you think you still have a relationship with such players? 
4. How can you better yourself as a coach over time? 
5. What changes about a player that leads you to believe they are becoming adults? 
6. What's your coaching philosophy? 
7. What coach have you kept in touch with? 
8. If you had one piece of advice to give to your players what would it be? 
9. What role is a coach suppose to fulfill? 
10. How can a coach substitute as a parental figure? 

Second Interview Questions

1. My mentor is Raquel Viramontes and she works at Baldwin Park High School.

2. The five questions I am going to ask my mentor are:

1. Why did you start playing basketball?
2. What college did you play basketball for? What was your most memorable moment of the season?
3. When did you decide you wanted to be a basketball coach?
4. Who do you look up to? Coaching wise? (As is what coach do you aspire to be)
5. If you were not a basketball coach, what else would you do with your time?