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The Fitness Game:
1) Mental=read, write, reflect.
2) Physical=run, walk, lift.
3) Emotional=laugh, seek “good”, share.
4) Spiritual=sit outside, give, pray.
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3 absolutes when you coach:
1)some people will disagree w/ your methods
2)you will care & suffer the most
3)everyday there will be a new problem to solve, expect the unexpected
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POWER OF TAKING THE CHARGE: the one act that stops opposing team dead in their tracks, collects a foul on driver, slows paint touches, can impact strategy-momentum, & speaks to mental toughness. Charges are the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE in the game of basketball!
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Greatest form of mental toughness: showing up as the same person everyday, regardless of difficult circumstances=being consistent & doing your job: dependable, competent, no excuse big enough to have a bad day. You either do it or you don't. My father was such a man.
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Assistant Coaches: there are many job responsibilities, thankless at times, pedestrian, invisible, yet at NO time are you there to be a negative mouth, meaning be the bright light, make suggestions when appropriate, be accused of being too positive. Ultimately, win the day.
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What they don't tell you about coaching:
•you will suffer
•demons live at night
•believe your words
•bounce back is everything
•humility will save you
•accidents happen
•let others be wrong
•dreams are vitamins, take them
•nothing is forever
•smile when happy
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If you asked me? What are the hardest things about coaching?
Losing, managing outside influences, death of a player or their loved ones, time away from your own family, most people think they can do your job better than you, watching certain players make destructive decisions.
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Distinctions: coaches make sure you don’t hold it against a player whose parents are critical of you: frequently player put into middle of situation. Rarely does HC have a day where someone isn’t complaining about something you do: put on your armor, ride tall, & enjoy challenge.
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Best teams have loud practices, meaning purposeful talk on both sides of ball. “Talk elevates play, not play elevates talk”.
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You just hope someday the parents will get what Cal is saying.....
Coach Cal with a great answer on how to coach AND PARENT a struggling player.
@UKCoachCalipari
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Defense is hard. It requires moxie, guile, & a physical rawness that speaks to a player’s intentions: the basic stance, slide, holding hands out or up not natural while you are yelling commands. Defense hurts & the ultimate truth teller: faking D gets you nowhere.
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Young coaches: know that you have chosen a very special profession: it will challenge every cell w/ in your body, every value known to humankind, every ounce of energy you can muster: it is one of the absolute best professions a person can choose, and they will call you “Coach”.
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Moment in time: every coach hits the “what if” wall: what if holding players accountable for manners, class attendance, eye contact, touching lines, running hard through temporary rejection, shaking hands after losses/wins, etc. doesn’t matter anymore. IT WILL ALWAYS MATTER.
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Bench: no one really happy sitting on bench: If so you have got a dud on your hands. Yet, there is a way to conduct yourself as whomever playing deserves full support. Team over self means once the game starts all energy goes to the cause-period. Kick ass in practice & wait turn.
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6 Thoughts For Youth Coaches:
1)Teach M to M Defense.
2)Teach in 3’s(eyes to rim, sit into your catch, low player wins).
3)Keep time & score on all drills.
4)Smile occasionally(players will follow your lead).
5)Set a standard of expectations(be on time).
6)Instill love of game.
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Single greatest impediment to an elite practice? Coaches interrupt, over talk, get in the way of practice flow. Keep working on economy of words & when to teach. Being a master teacher requires patience, pregnant pauses, thoughtful praise/correction timing, & emotional control.
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Jay Bilas - I liked the Bob Knight I knew - ESPN
Do yourself a favor & have a read. As usual, Jay Bilas articulates what most cannot...
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D Standards:
1)talk-all the time: “loud voice, happy feet”.
2)stance off ball:”low player wins”.
3)hands up, hands out:”deflections matter”.
4)ground bound-go to floor: “be a floor dog”.
5)blocking out sucks but vital: “long shot, long rebound”.
6)charges: “ultimate sacrifice”.
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If you are going to be in coaching a long time get over yourself & understand it is about players & team. When it is time to eat, get to the back of line & let others chow down, or don't eat at all.
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Parents: before you attend a game set some simple goals for your own behavior & attitude:
•enjoy
•zip it unless cheering
•be a role model for others
•think before your talk to son/daughter after game
•goals=joy, effort, attitude
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Teasing you. Notes from Hubie Brown, as good a teacher that ever-ever graced the hardwood.
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Attention Young Coaches:
1)Keep your enthusiasm: it is priceless.
2)Jump right into drills & get messy.
3)High Fives are FREE so fire away.
4)Make your mistakes w/out worry: we all made them.
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A TEAM CAPTAIN must BE the example, occasionally tell a teammate something he doesn't want to hear, & know that leadership not for the weak.
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I coached D3 basketball & never made $80K. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
I played D3 basketball and took on almost $80K in debt. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.
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More on Assistants: carry a notebook w/ you at all times: write it down, what you hear, see, ideas that pop into your head, & great record for your own recall & others. May seem like old school but so valuable. May be a book someday, never know. Message=student of game & life.
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Players everywhere trying to ascend anywhere, listen up. J.J. Riddick was a marginal athlete w/ an elite hunger for routine, purpose, sacrifice, & breaking a day down to the minute so he could out perform his competition. Mission accomplished!
JJ Redick goes through his game-day routine and how hard he worked in the offseason.
@QRich
: "Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't have none of this s**t."
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Just watch the film, check the scoreboard, & let that be the final word.
Mike Brown: "I don't know what happened, but we ain't taking no sh*t from nobody." 🗣️
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As good as Hank was as a player, he was a better man: his electric smile & sensibilities extended well beyond what he did w/ a basketball.
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Again, blocking out is the most important element of defense: you can do everything right in that D possession & be wrong if you don’t get rebound. It is the dirty part of the possession, it is hard, it completes the possession! Please work on it every practice & don’t give in!
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Freshman says today after practice: “I was pretty good & don’t get why you were on me”. Pretty good will get you beat. Also, I asked him, “Did you think about being freshman of the year TODAY?” Well, “no I didn’t”. Did you think about lifting our team w/ your effort?” “No”. Hmmm
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If you asked me. What toughens soft teams up? Simple, hard to do things. Example: playing w/out the dribble. At first, it sucks, after several days, little by little, everyone improves. What helps. Keep score. Let them play. Beautiful ugliness. Avoiding difficult is soft.
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Daily message to team:
1) Playing on team is a privilege not a right, same w/ coaches.
2) Gratitude is shown more than talked about.
3) You get what you earn, not what you think you deserve.
4) We become a team when we do small things for others w/out thinking about ourselves.
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Game Day Attitude: every player should walk through door w/ Xmas eyes & happy feet, meaning only so many chances come along to compete. The last thing a coach, any coach should have to be concerned about is a player’s focus on game day.
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Assistant Coaches:
1)Unconditional support
2)Listen first
3)Know sense from nonsense
4)Bring energy
5)Be truthful & loyal
6)HC chair hottest
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If you asked me? How does it feel to be fired? “The measure of who we are is how we react to something that does not go our way”: Popovich. Get to it: evaluate mistakes, victories, process, & keep asking, “What did I learn”? Finally, no room for excuses or bitterness-“Onward”.
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If you asked me?What now?
LMU, staff, players,support staff, faculty, admin., students, alums, & fans make up the best part of any job. Grateful to teach & compete on a daily basis. The essence of LMU about “others”, be it serving, teaching, sharing ideas & faith: Thankful. Very!
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Snow Valley Basketball School:
1) Work Ethic=early in, late out
2) Fundamentals=all day, everyday
3) Cut Throat=concepts, competition, you win, you lose
4) Information Overload=deal w/ it
5) Survive or go home
6)Metamorphosis=everyone
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If you asked me? Biggest myth about coaching? That what you do, giving everythhing, defeat, injustice of administration & parents, is not worth it. Remember, teachers & coaches like farmers, the harvest comes much later, could be a letter, call, text but return will come-smile.
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Coach Newell was NOT sitting in judgment when he said this, rather he was imploring all teachers to SLOW down & get it right early in process: fundamentals take time, kind of suck for players, but need to be taught properly. For example, teaching feet & basic pivots vital.
“Basketball is the most over coached and under taught game there is.”
~ Pete Newell
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The position of ANY head coach: letting go of "being liked" when considering what is best, & knowing you will ALWAYS DISAPPOINT someone.
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Selfish is as selfish does:
1)miss class
2)leave dirty clothes on floor
3)whistle blows, don’t rack ball
4)ask manager to get your H2O
5)come late to anything
6)plate stacked high 1st x in line
7)don’t push chair in & clear plate anywhere
8)wake your roommate up
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If you asked me? Single most important piece to building a culture beyond quality players?
Assistant coaches: they can drive the structure from organizational
follow up, player development, recruiting, energy-be it practice, staff meetings, player relationships,
& mentorship.
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Best thing I heard yesterday at Jay Bilas camp: “ Your NO’S will lead you to your YES”. How you choose to spend your time & w/ whom your greatest statement of who you are.
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Growth Mindset:
*habitual discomfort
*insatiable hunger
*open mindedness
*relentlessness
*find joy & humor in setbacks
*it hurts
*say hello to lonely
*challenge norms
*read like a starved dog
*listen to audiobooks
*blog hunt
*Ted Talks
*Reflect daily
*speak less*
*take notes
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Assistant coaches. The six inches between HC chair & being an assistant w/all answers drastically different. Point: players that are barely playing, or not at all should get full attention of assistants. Go get those players out of dorm rooms & work w/ them everyday!
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Talking on D:
1) Intimidates
2) Makes you play harder
3) Creates a team feel
4) Builds Trust
5) Preventative
6) Gives team an edge
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A good-good friend of mine sent me today: They asked this coach: “tell me about your team coach?” - and the coach said “I will let you know in ten years” - the goal is to win but the purpose is to make better men!
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If you asked me? What makes Gonzaga so special? Talent identification, meaning year in, year out they select “their kind of guy” & really don’t deviate when it comes to character. Without question, they do not have the most talent but they have a brand of play & quality people.
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People ask me all the time what it is like to be around Giannis. Words fall short, it is something you must experience. Forget basketball talk & focus on his character: he gives us all hope that values matter, a North Star personality.
The single best answer to a question at a press conference you will ever see. We need more
@Giannis_An34
’s in our life.
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Older coaches make a footprint & hand it off to younger coaches, meaning no secrets in this game & we have an obligation to share, & share some more: exactly what older coaches did for me when I was a pup.
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"You cannot worry about pleasing people when ur a head coach. Coaches, staff, front office,
players etc. If you worry about
doing that you will go crazy.
Everyone thinks they can do this
job. Just need to stick with it".
So true, true, true coaches...sent to me by my mentor.
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Recruiting: the eye test cannot bypass “competitive spirit” defined by getting on ground, taking charges, seeking physical contact on screens & blocking out. MUCH easier to tone down a player that is too physical than a player who has a soft ticker.
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If you asked me? What lesson did you learn “best” in first 5 years of being a head coach? When making out practice plans keep it brutally simple & put a score on everything. The more things we did the less things we did well: simplicity w/ detail will help you think straight.
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Losing players to discipline, standards, drawing the line: perception will be that the coach is unreasonable, old school, & out of touch. When you win, matters not, when you lose "others" create narrative of negativity, even if you graduate every student-athlete. Onward.
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Simple statement: Brook Lopez can be my wingman anywhere & everywhere.
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"Old School": crazy code talk: Cronin/UCLA make way to Final 4 b/c of fantastic players/coaching: slow game down, take care of ball, share it, hard nose D, don't allow opponent to run, etc: Cronin coaches "old school"? Hardly. He coaches "good school", direct w/ players=winner.
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Don Meyer: "Tighten your game up"
Rick Pitino: "Rip hip to hip"
John Chaney: "D puts his hand in there, rip so hard you break his wrist".
Pete Newell: "Feet & ball are one, sweep both at same time".
This guy is a big reason for the Knicks current success
No detail was ever too small
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When you coach 3 things are for certain:
1) You will lose.
2) You will win.
3) Losing hurts more than winning
feels good.
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Pivots, playing off 2 feet, a brand or trademark for any team:
1)Teach it
2)Drill it
3)Film it
4)Correct it
5)Praise it
6)Repeat it
•Note: greatness is monotonous
& to think that team/players will be excellent at everything naive. Prioritize & strive for simplicity & detail.
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Defense is about the common player being uncommon in effort, determination, verbals, and anything else that requires a team
first mindset : it may look like everyone can play D but not the case: a “need to” versus “a have to”.
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If you asked me? What makes for a tremendous coach/player meeting?
1)no phones
2)ask ?’s, repeat back what you heard, go deeper w/ another ? off answer
3)don’t meet in your power zone-office
4)eat some food together-primal
5)pay attention, both are giving 20 to 30 mins. of life
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LBSU AD says his move to fire Munson inspired team. All time egomaniacal statement, not to mention that what AD has EVER put that out there. Time will sort this out. I wish all coaches at LBSU the best w/ this type of human leading.
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Assistant coaches: goal to spend time w/ 1 player/day: agenda, no agenda, does not matter but avail yourself to players "for the other stuff". Like fishing, more time spent w/ line in water than any catch. When you least expect it your input & comfort much needed.
Nightwatch.
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If you have to tell someone you are grinding then maybe you aren’t .
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Point Guard: front door to your house: no front door, bad house.
3 Things that MUST BE w/point guards
1)Defend p/r & do not lay on screen when you get hit.
2)Ball security, meaning if you have a high turnover count, we lose.
3)Act like a quarterback & use your voice constantly.
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If you asked me? How important is talent? Extremely. C. Kerr & C. Popovich are as good as it gets yet struggling w/out stars. It is the lean years where a coach learns about his/her own spirit, character, energy levels: anyone can be kind & happy when winning, yet losing reveals.
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Players get better when:
1) purposeful time spent playing
2) playing against better players
3) hate losing
4) well conditioned
5) coachable
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If you asked me? Why coaching?
Bottom line, a coach impacts lives, those that wander & wonder, the curious, young folks who have a messed up home situation, instilling good habits & routine, power of example, & plugging into something bigger than "I", & because it is fun.
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"Culture"? Please be careful. Most coaches sling that word around like previous staff had none & they are inventing it. Laughable. Moreover, tough year visits them like a Gremlin. WTH now cowboy? Best to just go about business & keep all the bravado in a bottle.
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If you asked me?What is the value of watching film?Truth machine. Slow things down. Visual teaching. Player as instructor. Note taking.
Catch players doing right, positive feedback. Use silence as teacher, just watch. Allows players to ask questions. Accountability. Preparation.
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Eli Scott. Masters of Education. As a coach, it never ever gets better than graduation day. Congrats to Ivan Alipiev, Joe Quintana, Dameane Douglas also. We had a quick turnaround, headed back to Milwaukee, Celtics tomorrow.
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This phase of season:
1)Quick Hitters w/ fundamentals
2)Refinement
3)Take care of LEGS
4)Surprise: take team for movie & pizza
5)Goal Check-reset
6)Tell each other 1 thing you appreciate.
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If you asked me? Why are more & more players getting injured? They are going year round & no real recovery time. It is important that parents & coaches work together to get meaningful down time for their sons & daughters.
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Daily Dozen:
1)Shut mouth
2)Wait your turn
3)Serve
4)Donate $
5)Reflect
6)Make your bed
7)Apologize
8)Show gratitude
9)Eye contact
10)Say “hello”
11)Play
12)Read
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What we care about:
1)being on time-tells all you respect them & yourself
2)communication-listen first, listen second, & learn how to express feelings & thoughts
3)enjoy struggle, seek adversity, finish the job regardless
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More thoughts on practice:
1)Shrink practice time
2)One emphasis/time block
3)Flow & momentum vital, means economy of words
4)Film sessions led by players
5)Surprise them w/ “creative time blocks”(i.e. “We want behind back passes, jump stop spin passes, runners, & NBA 3’s).
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If you asked me? Keys to improvement?
•a plan & work that plan
•game speed reps
•overload concept-1on2,2on3...
•play against older/better players
•2/3 workouts/day-a must
•hard truth feedback, tough talk
•constant state of hunger
•watch film, hunt the best, copy them
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Life, indeed, a box of chocolates. So honored to have worked for C. Bud, staff,
players, & Bucks organization. Incredible experience, rich w/ great friendships & fans that are second to none! Go Bucks!!!
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Time a standard for any high end culture: being early shows respect for your teammates, staff, organization, & own family name.
In 19yrs,Tim Duncan was never late for a practice, workout, bus. That's a standard of excellence u tend to take for granted.
-Monty Williams
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Assistant Coaches: instrumental to sustained success: why?
1)team pulse
2)lifeguard view
3)gatekeeper
4)different voice
5)perspective
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If you asked me? What upsets you most when coaching? When one of our players half-steps it & comes mentally unprepared for practice or game: no excuse good enough for not diving on floor first or taking a charge: physical/mental discipline about expectation of excellence-period.
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The longer I coach the more I realize how important it is to “chunk” your information/drills
&/or 5 on 5 packages & get ONE thing accomplished, meaning keep it simple & demand that that ONE THING be done right over & over again versus game like time, score, d/o situations.
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Team meeting: each player, please write down 3 values of our team. Most likely they will not all have the same answer. Not good, meaning your message has fallen through cracks, vague, cloudy. Fix it. Do the same w/ basketball notebook, top 3 elements of O/D/Special Sit.. Fix it.
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Bucks/Mavs. Boil down.
Both teams shot 3 ball & therefore no lead safe. GA percolating at magic level, BL covering paint & rim, JH/JC smothering D, BP middle game as nasty as his post up game.
Notes: PC coming back, KM close, JI Xmas surprise, & Buck fans our secret weapon.
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Sulking on bench: like any other bad habit, do not reward bad behavior. Said star player constantly doing this, dealt w/ in calm ways but eventually asked him during game to leave bench. Behavior stopped! Alums, some administrators upset. So what. HC chair quite lonely at times.
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Science of recovery:
1) sleep & naps
2) quality food
3) meditation
4) cold tubs, ice, cryotherapy
5) stretching, yoga, flexibility
6) hydration system
7) vitamins
8) affirmations
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If you asked me? What should all young coaches avoid no matter what? Easy, do not draw attention to yourself & drop words “I” & “my”, unless stated, “my fault” or “my mistake”. Too many coaches out there using “my team”: it isn’t your team, it is “our team”. Dean Smith=“We...”
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Rebounding. Boxing out. Difficult, dirty job, for everybody=team connected to each other, one forgets or doesn't we all fail. Thus, ASAP in every practice plan get to it early & often. Late in practice, demand & drill, winners & losers. Pain in rump but a must, must, must!
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You don't get to practice this interview: C. Bennett speaks from his heart & shares the truth.
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Rarely mentioned but frequently experienced by coaches:
•parent submarines you
•get passed over for promotion
•use your own $ for team
•you wash/dry practice gear
•mop floors each day
•feed team just because
•player family member dies
Note: love of game can't be explained
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If you asked me? What coaching advice helped you the most? Create your own circle of older coaches: we need "observers", wise old owls that can guide us. Also, include young coaches that can keep you up to speed w/ time's current of change: a well thought out balance of both.
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Ryse Williams: Smart. Competitor. Leader. Family. Exemplary. Son. Fun. Loving. Talented. Hoopster. Values. Caring. Giving. Lion-Hearted.
Us.
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HC assignment. Before season begins, write down your vision for each player by end of year.
Now hand it to player, he/she gets to be your editor, adding or subtracting. HC rewrites, role declaration included, meet again before season, discuss, go forward.
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Day of NIL & Transfer Portal: Warren Buffet, "Be fearful when others are greedy & greedy when others are fearful". Point: mid & lower Div. 1 stay calm, pick character over talent, & develop togetherness. Down deep, big boys fear teams w/ continuity, shooters, & that play w/ pass.
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Key lesson here is that Dog Days or not changing up practice, with spliced in "joy moments" & unpredictables in the name of fun very important. The power word here is "fresh", mental freshness & team morale sooo important.
The Denver Nuggets played dodgeball today at practice, players vs staff/coaches. Two games, they split 1-1. Coach Malone said he felt “targeted” 😂
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3 things that DEFINES every team:
1) How HARD YOU COMPETE.
2) How HARD YOU COMPETE when things go bad.
3) How HARD YOU COMPETE on defense.
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Reasonable Expectations:
*everyone has manners
*no one quits
*team over self
*have fun
*value the bench
*respect time
*people over things
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