A book that has been on my shelf for far too long. Coach George Raveling has influenced my drive to continue learning and leading through shared experiences. This is What You're Made For provokes our endless pursuit towards daily development - reading, relationships, and embracing the essence of what it means to be a coach.
The Coach’s Guide To Teaching: Culture & Development
It is the grand finale of The Coach's Guide To Teaching; the book finished up with chapters on building a positive culture and player/professional development. Both of these topics would likely land on a bingo card for discussion topics during a coach's press conference; culture likely being the free square.
The Coach’s Guide To Teaching: Feedback
Any casual fan or former player can put together a lineup and call out a couple of designed plays. But, what happens when a team fails to execute, or a particular player has a sequence of possessions with incorrect reads? Coaching can empower player development or fracture their confidence when confusing feedback for criticism.
The Coach’s Guide To Teaching: Planning & Design
We're talking about practice . . . planning; a coach's favorite pastime. While there won't be many drills to steal from this chapter, readers could dive into how different types of practice can reduce the amount of slippage between preparation to gametime.
The Coach’s Guide To Teaching: Ability To Decide
This book has been talked about within the coaching community since it first hit the shelves, and despite owning The Coach's Guide to Teaching for over a year, I am just now getting around to reading it. This 1st segment breaks down The Ability To Decide, and our ability as coaches to teach it.
The Trig Approach: Zone “Flo” Offense & Form Shooting
The book section discussed provides insight into the strategy behind zone defense in basketball, detailing Coach Dodd's "Flo" zone offensive concepts and the "Box Theory." It also lists five useful zone actions and the concept of 'Trig Approach'- a free-flowing offense blending different play techniques. The importance of developing effective shooters and the author's guidelines for shooting mechanics are also highlighted.
The Trig Approach: “Collinear” Offense Vs. Man-To-Man Defense
After detailing Principles & Designs in our 1st discussion on The Trig Approach it's time to flow into the "Collinear" halfcourt offense versus traditional man-to-man defense.
The Trig Approach: Principles & Design
Don't worry, this book doesn't require a graphic calculator. What The Trig Approach does include are details of an offensive system designed around commonly used 3-man actions without positional constraints. Every offense has it's own language; learn about 3>5, stress & stretch or a crack vs. hook in this week's Book Club.
The Entrepreneur Mind: Motivation
This final chapter on "Motivation" finishes up our #BookClub on The Entrepreneur Mind by Kevin D. Johnson. Coaches aren't entrepreneurs by definition, but there's a lot of shared experiences. Both paths will challenge sustainable motivation, and everyone is different in what drives daily productive that ultimately leads to lifelong pride in profession.
The Entrepreneur Mind: Marketing, Sales, & Leadership
The customer is queen or king, or in other words - players are the priority! From garnering interest to shaping a value proposition for student-athletes to buy-in to program initiatives; every coach is selling an opportunity to invest in future success.
Coach's Climb 