練得多，不如練得對

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我不知道這是不是亞洲的文化，傳統的思維都會認為：「工作時間越長，代表你越有生產力，越接近成功。」

換到籃球場上也一樣，現在還是有很多教練相信：「練得越多，進步越快。」我甚至聽過有教練會讓他的球隊一天練8個小時，實在是不可思議！

這讓我想起剛剛帶領桃園領航猿奪得台灣 P. League + 隊史首冠的西班牙籍主帥卡米諾斯（卡總）講過的一句話：

「不是練得多，而是練得對。」

這句話，讓我重新思考整個訓練的本質。

本週我想跟你分享我在 Podcast 對談中，來自卡總的幾段話。他在亞洲執教的經歷，給我們帶來了極深刻的提醒。

啟發一：別當大象闖進瓷器店

「你不能強行改變他們的思維，因為你不知道他們的起點是什麼。慢慢的把門打開，先觀察這間房間，再慢慢移動椅子。」

很多外籍教練一到亞洲，就急著「改革體系」。但卡總的做法是：

他先觀察球員背景與文化
再根據球員基礎調整自己的系統
而不是全部打掉重來

不要急著灌輸，而是學會尊重與引導。

啟發二：練得久，不代表練得好

這是今天的重點：

「訓練不該拼時數，而是拼效率。」

領航猿的訓練時數，其實不長，特別是如果那一週比賽較多的時候，訓練時間大概每次 45 分鐘至 1 小時，但非常專注、具內容。

技能訓練是結合實戰的需求，不是亂做動作
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「沒有內容的練習，是空洞的。」

你練的不是動作，而是思考方式與比賽情境的轉化。

啟發三：重複，再重複

「你要堅持，反覆糾正與引導。」「不要說『不能這樣做』，要說『你應該這樣做，因為…』」

這是他從一位 68 歲的西班牙傳奇教練那裡學到的。

球員會忘記，所以你得反覆提醒
錯誤發生時，要給出原因而不是直接否定
不要講「不行」，要講「為什麼這樣更好」

他說，教練更像是老師。

「好的老師，讓學生喜歡學習。不是因為學科，而是因為說話的方式。」

籃球也是。你不能只教你知道的，而是要用他們想學的方式去教。

結語

卡總並沒有給我們一套魔法公式，但他給了一個我們常忽略的提醒：

「籃球訓練的本質，是教育。」

如果我們想培養會思考的球員、會閱讀比賽的球員，那我們就不能再用「傳統的罵與操」去帶隊，而是應該從今天起，學會這三件事：

觀察：理解你球員的文化背景
設計：用有內容的訓練讓他們進步
引導：用正確的語言去教，而不是壓

如果你對這樣的教學理念有共鳴，我誠摯推薦你聽聽我和卡總的完整對話。他分享了更多關於訓練、溝通、文化適應的實戰經驗，每一句話都值得我們去重新思考。

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🇬🇧 ENGLISH VERSION

I’m not sure if it’s just an Asian thing, but there’s a deeply rooted belief in our culture that says:

“The more you work, the more productive you are — and that means achieving more.”

And on the basketball court? It’s the same story. Many coaches still believe:

“The more you practice, the faster you improve.”

I’ve even heard of coaches making their teams train for eight hours a day — which honestly sounds insane.

That reminds me of something Coach Iurgi Caminos — the Spanish head coach who just led the Taoyuan Pilots to their first-ever P. League+ championship — once said:

“It’s not about practicing more. It’s about practicing better.”

That simple shift in mindset changed the way I see training.

So today, I want to share a few reflections from my podcast with Coach Iurgi Caminos — a man who’s quietly challenging how we think about coaching in Asian basketball.

Lesson 1: Don’t be an elephant in a china shop.

“You can’t change the mentality completely. You don’t know where they come from. Open the door slow. Look at the room. Move the chair. Don’t destroy everything.”

Too often, coaches — especially foreigners — arrive thinking they need to “fix everything.”

Coach Caminos does the opposite:

He starts by understanding the players' backgrounds.
He observes their habits and culture before making adjustments.
He adapts his system to fit their foundation, not to erase it.

A great reminder for all of us: Don’t impose. Observe. Respect. Then teach.

Lesson 2: More hours ≠ Better training.

“It’s not about practice more. It’s about practice more efficient.”

Many teams pride themselves on long, grueling practices. But Coach Caminos trims it down: 45 minutes to an hour. Focused. Purposeful. Contextual.

Skill work is not just random moves, but actions taken from their actual playbook.
5-on-5 scrimmages are paused not for yelling, but for decision-making conversations.

“A drill without content is empty.”

It’s not about the drill. It’s about the meaning you build into it.

Lesson 3: Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

“Be stubborn. Repeat. Correct. And repeat again.”

“Don’t say 'Don’t do this'. Say 'Do this — because…'”

Coach Caminos shares a golden rule from a legendary Spanish coach:

Players forget. So you repeat.
Correct with purpose.
Don’t say “no.” Say “why.”

Coaches aren’t just strategists — they’re communicators. He compares it to school:

“Some teachers make you love the subject — not because of the subject, but because of how they communicate.”

Same with basketball. You can’t just teach what you know. You have to teach in a way they want to learn.

Closing Thought

Coach Caminos didn’t give us a magic formula. But he did offer a reminder that we often overlook:

“The essence of basketball training is education.”

If we want to develop players who can think for themselves and read the game, then we can’t keep coaching with the old-school mindset of shouting and over-drilling.

Starting today, we need to embrace these three principles:

Observe – Understand where your players are coming from
Design – Build practices with real content that helps them grow
Guide – Use the right language to teach, not to control

If this message resonates with you, I invite you to listen to my full conversation with Coach Caminos. He shares more about how he applies these ideas in real-life coaching — from building smarter training sessions to reshaping player mindsets.

Click here to listen to the episode.

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