Coaching a Difficult/Selfish Player – Part 2
The following article comes to us courtesy of Spencer Wood and ICEBOX Performance. Don’t Miss Part 1 Almost every coach and athlete has at one time or another instructed and/or played with a selfish teammate. Even for individual sports (such as throwing events in track, non-relay running events, wrestling or singles tennis etc) a selfish teammate […]
April 7 – Get To instead of Have To
The following excerpt is courtesy of www.JonGordon.com. Who knew that two simple words could change one’s mindset, perspective and approach to work and life? Just two words have the potential to enhance joy, productivity, performance and change a complaining voice to an appreciative heart. So often we say things like, “I have to take the kids […]
March 28: Court Vision: The Trained Eyes of a Head Coach (Part 2)
If you haven’t read Court Vision: The Trained Eyes of a Head Coach (Part 1), make sure you jump over and read it first! Below is my mental checklist I go through on the defensive end of the floor: Defensively As soon as the offense starting setting up (either in the half-court or out-of-bounds) my brain […]
March 26: Court Vision: The Trained Eyes of a Head Coach (Part 1)
Several years ago Yahoo Sports wrote an article about Jason Kidd’s move to the bench, I thought a point raised would be the perfect topic to write about: How different a coaches vision is from a players’. As a potential future Hall of Fame point guard who spent 18 years in the NBA and winning an […]
March 13: Building a Legacy
Legacy is a word that gets thrown around fairly frequently these days. Too often, the word surfaces after someone passes away or retires from a long career. It would seem, however, that if it is what you are going to be remembered for, you would want to give it some thought at the beginning of […]
22 Tips for Coaching Todays Players
As Notorious B.I.G. once said, ‘Things done changed.’ Players today are different than they were when I was growing up… and I’m not even that old. I know every generation says that… but it’s true. One of the biggest changes to our society as a whole has been technology… more specifically the internet… and even more specifically… […]
5 Tips for an Assistant Coach
On a recent Hardwood Hustle Podcast, Adam Bradley and Alan Stein posed the question, “As an assistant coach how do you handle a situation where you disagree with the head coach?” Every head coach in the business has been an assistant at some point in their life. It is important to fulfill that role to the best of your […]
Are You Leading Well?
Earlier today I had the rare chance to have lunch with Coach Michalski (Coach Mo) from Athletes in Action. Some of you probably know him and if you don’t, you should. He told a story with a profound ending. I’m not going to go into details about the actual story – that’s his to tell, […]