Here is the hypothetical: Team A is considerably less-skilled. Team B is considerably more-skilled. Every coach goes into any season, and on a micro-level into every game, gauging how their program will fare against the opposition based on their own personnel's ability, aptitude, and capacity to compete. Yet, there seems to be a depreciation of … Continue reading Concept or Continuity
Sum It Up: Introducing Pat Summitt
"We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities, because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment. When you learn to keep fighting in the face of potential failure, it gives you a larger skill set to do what you want to do … Continue reading Sum It Up: Introducing Pat Summitt
Start With Why: Part Six
"Finding WHY is a process of discovery, not innovation." Key Takeaways: Origin of WHY Competing Against Yourself Finishing up with where to start. Identifying the origin of anyone's 'WHY' and limiting distractions. I went running the other day and - as I often do during anything cardio - I was trying to trick my brain … Continue reading Start With Why: Part Six
Start With Why: Part Five
"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 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
Coaches Clinic Notes & Playbooks (PDFs)
Take a look at the list below of PDF Files from Coaching Clinics. Download any that could be of help! Camp / Clinic Date Coaches Final Four Clinic 2019 John Brannen, Bruce Weber, + Rising Coaches 2019 Wes Miller, Alan Stein, + Mark Few - Nike Clinic 2016 Mark Few Coaches vs Cancer 2013 Mark … Continue reading Coaches Clinic Notes & Playbooks (PDFs)
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
A Coach’s Responsibility Towards Racial Equality
This breaks from any coaching criteria. But it doesn't. Even yesterday reading the final pages from our Book Club there was this quote: "...Understanding things well enough to be able to change the future." The problem is I do not understand. I don't understand enough about the situation to help make a change, yet. I … Continue reading A Coach’s Responsibility Towards Racial Equality
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
Coach's Climb 