THE BASKETBALL WHICH KUROKO PLAYS

Summary

"The head coach advises Aomine to keep playing basketball until he can find a worthy opponent. Teiko wins the National finals. One day, the head coach collapses, and the assistant coach is forced to take over the program. The individual members of the team begin to undergo rapid growth in strength and ability."

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Application of OB Concepts

• Contingency Approach

• Supportive Approach: In the 65th episode of this anime, we can observe how Akashi, Teikou Middle School's team captain, utilized the contingency approach in leading his teammates. At first, when his team members were still developing and honing their skills, Akashi was using the supportive approach in managing his team. He trains his members according to their specialties or on what skills they have, while not neglecting their general training regimen, and with this Akashi was able to help his members maximize their potential as basketball players. 

• Results-based Approach: However, he had to change his approach when his players became too powerful to beat in court. One by one, his teammates are losing their motivation to attend their training, since they were already winning.  He could no longer control them as they began acting superior to him. In order to keep his team from falling apart, Akashi adopted the results-based approach. The members can cut practice as long as they keep their winning streak and he would not bother them. This method proved very effective at first as they were still able to keep up their winning record and no one was complaining. However, his teammates became too haughty and hurt a fellow member's feelings, thus causing the latter to quit the team.

Reflection

If I were Akashi, honestly, I would not know what to do if my members would suddenly revolt against me. Truthfully, Akashi was in the wrong for not controlling his members when they began to resist and propelling himself to just focus on the results they have to achieve. However, he could have always gone to their coach for help instead of letting the situation go out of hand. Perhaps Akashi could have reprimanded his teammates and instill a little bit of fear in them, so that they would contain themselves.