Maintaining a Championship Mindset
When the season first starts, every team is in the championship hunt. Every team sets their eyes on the final prize – winning a championship and being crowned #1. However, now that most of us have reached the halfway point in our season, conference/district play is ramping up and the pressure to win is increasing game […]
Silencing a Negative Internal Voice
Thanks to Spencer Wood for sharing this helpful advice. As the season progresses, one common solution coaches must try to fix is silencing the negative voice inside of a players’ head. The quick response to this common problem among athletes from all sports is that an athlete must first identify the type of thoughts that […]
Skills without Drills – Part 5
Here’s the situation: Season has begun and you find yourself wanting to bring something to your team that can immediately affect the outcome of the game. But you don’t time to acquire a new skill like shooting, or point-guard-dribbling-abilities, or ten more pounds of muscle. (Those kind of things take time – usually off-season time.) […]
Comfort Zone
Your comfort zone is your enemy. Your comfort zone makes you soft. Your comfort zone makes you complacent. If you want to maximize your ability, on and off the court, you must learn how to be comfortable being uncomfortable. You have to consistently (and intentionally) step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. You […]
The Greatest Success Strategies of All
The following article is courtesy of JonGordon.com. We often make life more complicated than it needs to be. Simple is powerful. The closer we get to truth, the simpler and more powerful the principles and lessons become. There’s nothing more powerful than Love, Serve and Care. In a world filled with complicated and expensive success […]
Ideas to Impact your Team’s Key Leaders
Any seasoned coach will tell you that some of the most enjoyable experiences they ever had in coaching was when he/she coached a team with a number of mature leaders who raised the intensity of the entire team, consistently ‘set the bar’, encouraged teammates while holding others accountable, and led the team in the games […]
Quick Hitter – Team Chemistry Building
The following was shared to us by Spencer Wood. I recently received a great question from a coach who will have a large number of new players on the team this coming season and who needed a quick hitting idea to build chemistry on his team. A great team bonding exercise that I have used with […]
3 Performance Insights from Russell Wilson
Last season prior to Super Bowl XLIX, Inc. magazine sat down and talked with Russell Wilson’s trainer Jonathan Brooks. Brooks shared three traits that help make Wilson a poised, resilient performer under duress. 1. He practices the art of getting out of his comfort zone. “I was amazed by how quickly he adapts to the different […]
The Power of Positive Coaching
Our friend Jon Gordon recently shared an article on the power of being a positive teacher. As basketball coaches, we must view ourselves as teachers on and off the court. When I look back to who has impacted me the most in my life, besides my parents, are my teachers and coaches. Coincidentally both of my […]
5 Things Successful People Do, That Others Don’t
The following list is courtesy of Buzz Williams and coachbuzzwilliams.com. 1. THEY GO TO WORK TO PROSPER, NOT JUST TO WORK Those who are more successful go to work to get something accomplished. They work to make their dreams a reality, not just to get their eight hours in. They have a drive, even a […]
