"It's not overwhelmingly difficult for a committed group of players with other average individual basketball skills to put together a very good team defense. Many good defensive teams are far better than the sum of their parts." Winning Defense is set up into three (plus drills) separate parts: Developing Individually Within a Team Concept Rotating … Continue reading Winning Defense: Developing Individually Within a Team Concept
Conscious Coaching: Chapter 5
"Conscious Coaches keep their dedication to their families and their own health as they traverse the various roads of their professional career." Chapter 5 Takeaways KPIs of Conscious Coaches Balance Life & Family 3 Cs + 1 to Build Relationships Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are those fancy business metrics that likely existed in your Accounting … Continue reading Conscious Coaching: Chapter 5
Conscious Coaching: Chapter 4
"Constantly search for creative ways to remind your athletes of how your respective worlds collide." Chapter 4 Takeaways: Roadblocks to Coaching Trust Tenets 3R's (+1) - Research; Relate; Reframe & Repeat The Convergence of Coach & Athlete This chapter brought two lists together with the focal point on developing connections with our athletes on a … Continue reading Conscious Coaching: Chapter 4
Conscious Coaching: Archetypes
"Successful interactions with others are underpinned by our recognition of their individual drives and desires. Once we understand someone's drives and desires it becomes much easier to align on common goals and a pathway to achieve them." This is a unique portion of the book where author, Brett Bartholomew categorizes patterns of personality traits and … Continue reading Conscious Coaching: Archetypes
Conscious Coaching: Chapter 3
"There are three principle means of acquiring knowledge . . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination." - Denis Diderot Chapter 3 Takeaways: Drive vs Motivation Conflict as the Catalyst Task vs Personal Conflict Drive is long-term. Motivation is reactionary. If the … Continue reading Conscious Coaching: Chapter 3
Conscious Coaching: Chapter 2
"It is authenticity, not mimicry, that best serves as the coach's initial linchpin toward establishing a strong connection with others." Chapter 2 Takeaways Internal Identification: Authenticity Contextual Leadership A lot to unpack in this chapter that primarily focused on self-reflection of disposition and personality traits that have an impact on our ability to lead others. … Continue reading Conscious Coaching: Chapter 2
Conscious Coaching: Intro & Chapter 1
"Conscious Coaching is about figuring out an athlete's purpose and matching it with an evidence-based coaching process." Intro & Chapter 1 Takeaways Conscious Coaching Defined Four Elements of a Conscious Coach "...(T)ools that will help you improve your ability to close the gaps that may exist between your athletes' internal drives and your personal coaching … Continue reading Conscious Coaching: Intro & Chapter 1
Highlights from The Talent Code
Introduction The talent code is built on revolutionary scientific discoveries involving a neural insulator called myelin, which some neurologists now consider to be the holy grail of acquiring skill. (5) Myelin's vital role is to wrap those nerve fibers the same way that rubber insulation wraps a copper wire, making the signal stronger and faster … Continue reading Highlights from The Talent Code
Talent Code: Chapter 9 & 10
"Master coaches are the human delivery system for the signals that fuel and direct the growth of a given skill circuit, telling it with great clarity to fire here and not here." Chapter 9 Takeaways: Direct in High-Definition Bursts Coaching the Right Circuit "Most master coaches delivered their information to their students in a series … Continue reading Talent Code: Chapter 9 & 10
Talent Code: Chapter 8
"The effect of this first phase of learning seemed to be to get the learner involved, captivated, hooked, and to get the learner to need and want more information and expertise." - Dr. Benjamin Bloom (p.175) Chapter 8 Takeaways: Master Coaches - Systematic, Meticulous, and Inspiring John Wooden's 2,326 Discrete Acts of Teaching We are … Continue reading Talent Code: Chapter 8
Coach's Climb 