What It Means to Be “All In”
Our partner and close friend, Dr. Spencer Wood has a ground breaking Mental Toughness training video series called “The Edge”. It is the most comprehensive video set we have seen anywhere on equipping your players with the mental skills needed to be successful.
Our March Madness gift to you today is this free chapter from that series that discusses 1 of the 4 C’s (Commitment) and what the often used term, “All In”, really means.
As a special bonus, a section of Spencer’s interview with ESPN Analyst Jay Bilas is included at the end.
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Reads & Reactions
by Rick Torbett (@RickTorbett)
READ: Your best player goes down with an injury.
REACTION: The team begins to win.
This team is in their third year of running my offensive system called the Read & React. (Maybe after the third year, I shouldn’t call it “my” system anymore. The coach and the team have made it their own by the third year!)
This team’s leading scorer, leading 3-point shooter, and 5th leading scorer in their conference goes down for the season with an injury. This player is everything you cheer for: good kid, hard worker, dedicated, talented, good sportsmanship, competitive, intelligent, etc, but then the team wins five games in a row. That strikes me as unusual. Just like any other coach, I would rather have a talent like this playing than not! So, what possible dynamics are going on?
Observation: In their last win, five of the players scored in double figures.
Questions:
- Is the ball being shared more?
- Could it be that the team is now motivated to work together and not depend on one particular player to “bail them out” or carry too much of the load?
- Is this a case that illustrates “the sum is greater than the parts?”
- Are there any other teams out there that could benefit from this lesson without losing a key player to learn it?
