"I used it, it works everytime": UConn HC Geno Auriemma once explained his surefire $100 bill trick

With over 40 years of experience in coaching, UConn's Geno Auriemma has learned a few tricks and special methods to get the best of his players. During a 2014 interview with SNY, Auriemma shared an approach to get players to follow his instructions.

He began by saying that he follows this with players and coaches at clinics. When he asks them to run around the court, they are usually slow in their pace. In order to get them to speed up, Auriemma said he does his tried and tested $100 trick, where he pretends to offer them a hundred dollars if they can do the run in 10 seconds.

"Now the kid gets in the stance and they go like shoo, out of a cannon," he said. "They go flying down there and come flying back, and I'm counting. And then when they get right to about where you are, I go ten. They just get so upset that they don't get $100 because they're like, 'I ran as fast as I could.'

"I said, 'I know you did. The only problem is the only reason you did it is because I offered you $100. When I said the first time go from here to there and back, you went at your pace. Now you went at the pace I want you to go at, so that's the difference."

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Geno Auriemma shares what he looks for in his recruits

Geno Auriemma has recruited some of the greatest players in college basketball history. From Sure Bird to Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi and Breanna Stewart, all his players created history at UConn and went on to pave the way in the WNBA.

While he has played a role in their achievements, there are some things that coach Auriemma looks for that cannot be taught. After the 2016 Final Four, the eight-time Naismith Coach of the Year shared that kids these days are influenced by professional players and want to emulate them, right in high school.

"They think that’s how they’re going to act [cool]. And they haven’t even figured out which foot to use as a pivot foot and they’re going to act like they’re really good players. So recruiting kids that are really upbeat and loving life and love the game and have this tremendous appreciation for when their teammates do something well, that’s hard. It’s really hard.

"When I look at my team, they know this. When I watch game film, I’m checking what’s going on, on the bench. If somebody is asleep over there, if somebody doesn’t care, if somebody’s not engaged in the game, they will never get in the game. Ever."

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