"Success comes when we wake up every day in that never-ending pursuit of WHY we do WHAT we do. Our achievements, WHAT we do, serve as the milestones to indicate we are on the right path." Key Takeaways: The Biggest Challenge is Success Measuring WHAT (Achievements) Measuring WHY (Success) Does hanging a banner equal success? … Continue reading Start With Why: Part Five
Start With Why: Part Four
"When a WHY is clear, those who share that belief will be drawn to it and maybe want to take part in bringing it to life. If that belief is amplified it can have the power to rally even more believers to raise their hands and declare, "I want to help." With a group of … Continue reading Start With Why: Part Four
Start With Why: Part Three
"Only when individuals can trust the culture or organization will they take personal risks in order to advance that culture or organization as a whole." Key Takeaways: Leaders vs Leading People & Purpose Tipping Point It is been my experience that leadership impacts the win-loss record of a given season, in addition to a program's … Continue reading Start With Why: Part Three
Start With Why: Part Two
"If we were all rational, there would be no small businesses, there would be no exploration, there would be very little innovation and there would be no great leaders to inspire all those things. It is the undying belief in something bigger and better that drives that kind of behavior." Key Takeaways: The Golden Circle … Continue reading Start With Why: Part Two
Start With Why: Intro & Part One
"Have you ever had a sales rep try to sell you some "office solution" by telling you that 70 percent of your competitors are using their service, so why aren't you? But what if 70 percent of your competitors are idiots?" Key Takeaways: Decision-Making with Limited Information Manipulation vs Inspiration To be fair, I have … Continue reading Start With Why: Intro & Part One
Finishing Basketball on Paper
"I start with the team because it is the team that wins and loses, not individuals. I have not emphasized this enough throughout the book: Understand the team first and its players second (assuming the goal is winning, not improvement of players, which is more common at lower levels)." Key Takeaways: Basic Tools to Evaluate Team … Continue reading Finishing Basketball on Paper
Basketball on Paper: Scorers & G.O.A.T.s
"This is the problem for coaches, a lot of whom have been raised with the thought that more equal distribution of the ball is better, especially when their stars aren't very efficient. Coaches want even more distribution of the ball, but should they?" Key Takeaways: Volume Scorer Conundrum Individual W/L Contribution G.O.A.T. Volume Scorers The … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Scorers & G.O.A.T.s
Basketball on Paper: Individual Defense & Donovan
"Every coach wants to win and every player wants to win, but one of the difficult things about being a coach at an amateur level is deciding the degree to which you want to win games versus everything else you want to do as a coach." Key Takeaways: Project Defensive Score Sheet Coaching Success vs … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Individual Defense & Donovan
Basketball on Paper: Reading the Box Score
"Wake up in the morning, take a shower, and have breakfast over the box scores. It's the perfect way to start a day." Key Takeaways: Where was the game won? Estimated Pace of Play Numbers that Stand Out My parents would grab the newspaper and I'd steal the sports section as soon as they'd set … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Reading the Box Score
Basketball on Paper: Individual Performances
"These statistics can tell you whether a player who is scoring a lot is really doing it like Mike or if he's doing it like Isaiah (Rider). The star players will have high ratings and use a high percentage of their team's possessions. The good role players will have high ratings and use a low … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Individual Performances
