Off the Dribble: Fundamentals for On and Off the Court

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Attitude Defined

Blog: Attitude Defined by Dena Evans, PGC...

http://www.pgcbasketball.com/basketball-blog-attitude-defined/

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Buzz Williams' Path to Marquette

http://hoopthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/03/buzz-williams-path-to-marquette.html

Dream It. Believe It. Achieve It.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Coach Don Meyer on Winning

Here is an exerpt taken from Coach Meyer's new book, "How Lucky You Can Be, The Don Meyer Story" on his rules on winning...

Work Hard.
Stick Together.
Have the Right Attitude
Be Positive; Don't critisize, look to compliment
Improve everyday as a person
"How bad do I want it?"
Understand that no one can beat you, you beat yourself. Morale is what motivates the best to get better. As you think, so you shall be.
Until you find a purpose higher than winning, you will never win!

http://hoopthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/11/coach-don-meyer-rules-on-winning.html

Monday, November 8, 2010

12 Ways to Help Your Team Today

A former point guard for legendary coach Don Meyer, Steve Smiley, shares 12 ways players can help or make an impact on their team each and every day...
http://hoopboost.blogspot.com/2010/11/12-simple-yet-significant-ways-to-help.html

Monday, November 1, 2010

Beware of Energy Vampires

Although Halloween has come & gone, unfortunately Energy Vampires exist year round! Here are some ways to remove them and keep them from poisoning your team...http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-110110-energyvampires.html

Monday, October 25, 2010

Play to WIN!

A new post from Jon Gordon on "Playing to WIN"...http://www.jongordon.com/newsletter-102510-playtowin.html

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Spartans Focus on Getting on the "Energy Bus"

http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/10/spartans_focus_energy_to_get_on_energy_bus

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Did You Fill the Bucket Today?

Each of us has an invisible bucket. It is constantly emptied or filled, depending on a number of factors...what others say or do to us; what we put into "it' each day or take out of "it" each day. When our bucket is full, we fill energized. But, when it is low or empty, we feel unmotivated. We can use our buckets to take from our own and fill our teammates buckets, by saying or doing things to increase their positive emotions or energy. By filling others' emotional buckets, we are also filling our own! But, when we take or dip from others, by being negative or energy vampires, we not only diminish others, but we also diminish ourselves. Every single drop in that bucket gives us a positive outlook and renewed energy. Every drop makes us stronger, gives us spirit, brings us together and helps us overcome negativity or adversity. That's why everytime someone dips from our bucket, it brings us down.

So...we face a choice every moment of every day: We can fill one anothers' buckets, or we can dip from them.

It's an important choice, one that profoundly influences our attitude, our spirit, our relationships and our success. But the choice is yours!

The lunch pail concept was originally developed by Bud Foster, the defensive coordinator for Virginia Tech. Pulling from his up-bringing in the coal mining areas of Illinois, coach Foster chose the lunch pail as a symbol of the blue collar work ethic of the Hokies football team. The pail features the word "WIN" on it, embodying the coach's approach to the game and to life...

W-I-N, stands for What's Important Now...to make a change; to influence; to use the moment to be better than you were before; to win at home, win at school, win in the community and win at life. To achieve greatness in all aspects of your life!

The lunch pail or bucket symbolizes our pride, our spirit, our dedication and commitment to excellence!

From "How Full is Your Bucket?", by Tom Rath and Donald O. Clifton, Ph. D.

Monday, August 16, 2010

5 Concerns of Every Teammate

The following post comes from www.sportleadership.com and is a great piece for team captains to keep in their notebooks...

http://hoopboost.blogspot.com/2010/08/5-core-concerns-from-every-teammate.html

Thought of the Day:

3-16-10
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, & that is sincerity and integrity. -Douglas Adams

3-5-10

Sacrifice: A seed must fall to the ground and die for fruit to be born

2-24-10

“Success comes from being able to accept the risk of failure.”

2-8-10

"The only things that change you from where you are today to where you are going to be five years from now are the people you meet and the books you read." - Lou Holtz

2-3-10

"You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result." - Gandhi

1-25-10

Success does not require extraordinary ability. Success comes from ordinary abilities applied with extraordinary persistence.

1-18-10

"The time is always right to do what is right." - MLK Jr.

1-14-10

"Perfection is unattainable, but if you chase perfection, you'll catch excellence." - Vince Lombardi

1-4-10

A leader or anyone who wants to inhabit a special environment has to expect to do extra in order to create that special environment. -Dick Devenzio

1-3-10

“A great player can win any game. A great team can win every game.”

12-31-09

"A quiet gym is a loser's gym."...Spirit is a requirement for championship performance. - Dick Devenzio

12-9-09

A good teammate knows that a candle losses nothing by lighting another candle.

12-3-09

Champions do not become champions on the court. They become recognized on the court. They become champions because of their daily routine and commitment to excellence. Players do not decide their future; they decide their habits and their habits decide their future!

12-2-09

Passion energizes talent

11-30-09

"Choice, not chance, determines your destiny" -Aristotle

11-17-09

Success comes from results and results are made by actions. Actions arrive by attitude. So, if your attitude is right, your actions will produce results and success will follow.

11-16-09

"Don't count the time, make the time count for you."

-Roy Williams

10-14-09

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights." -Muhammad Ali

8-21-09

Sacrifice: If you want something you've never had...you must be willing to do something you've never done!

8-6-09

You must be committed to do the things today that others won’t do, so tomorrow you will have the things others won’t have.

7-31-09

Great teams are not always built by extraordinary players; but by ordinary players doing extraordinary things.

7-17-09

“Life's a journey. The paths we take are up to us. We determine our destination, the roads we take, and how happy we are when we arrive.”

7-15-09

"The young men who wear the UK uniform are people who dream big dreams and understand that to go far, we must go together." - John Calipari (found on Twitter)

6-25-09

"The very best coaches are teachers of basketball and life"-Bill Walton

6-22-09

"The competitor to be feared the most is one who never worries about others at all...But goes on making himself better all the time."

6-9-09

“DON’T PERMIT FEAR OF FAILURE

TO PREVENT EFFORT.” - John Wooden

6-4-09

"Win, lose or tie, we WILL play like CHAMPIONS!" - Herb Brooks

6-3-09

"This cannot be a team of common men, because common men go nowhere. You have to be uncommon!" - Herb Brooks, '82 USA Gold Medalist Hockey Coach

5-28-09

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game"

5-27-09

"A life is not important except in the impact it has on others"

-Jackie Robinson

5-26-09

"Life's Mirror- There are little eyes upon you that watch everything you say and do. When you doubt the power of your position, just remember that 4 to 10 years earlier that little boy was you!"

5-8-09

“When you follow your bliss . . . doors will open where you would not have thought there would be doors"

4-29-09

"The world belongs to the energetic! Put a exclaimation point in your thinking! lets go!!!!" - Rev Run; found on his Twitter page

4-28-09

A boy comes to me with a spark of interest,

I feed the spark and it becomes a flame,

I feed the flameand it becomes a fire,

I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze.

4-24-09

"A good leader takes a little more of the blame and a little less of the credit." - Author Unknown

4-22-09

"No matter how much talent you have, teammates can take you farther than you can go by yourself." - John Maxwell

4-8-09

"What I've done is give inspiration to people. Believe in what you believe in and make an attempt at it; don't give up before you even try. ... For all the criticism I've received for doing what I'm doing, it's only an opportunity that I've taken advantage of. If you're given an opportunity to take advantage of something you truly love and dream about, do it."

- Michael Jordan, responding to critics on his attempt to play baseball in 1994.

4-3-09

"Your program must have an overriding purpose which is clearly visible and which teaches lessons beyond winning."

-Don Meyer

3-30-09

"A player-coached team is better than a coach-coached team" -Tom Izzo

3-20-09

"The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our commitment to do whatever it takes to achieve excellence.”-Tony Dungy

3-19-09

“Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather, it is “timing”; it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.”

3-17-09

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -Winston Churchill

3-10-09

"Adversity creates Heroes" - Picabo Street, Skier

“Not very many coaches have the total package, but she has got it all,” said Meyer about Summitt, who reached the feat on Thursday against Georgia. “She can raise money, she can recruit, she can coach, she can handle the media, she has it all. Plus she has a great competitive desire and ability to get the most out of the kids. She will invest the emotional energy it takes to get the most out of her players.” - Don Meyer on Pat Summit

"I guess I get pretty intense out there, I'm drenched with sweat. . . . I just want them to get everything out of every possession." - Ben Howland, UCLA Head Coach

"Players Play. Tough Players WIN!" - Tom Izzo, MSU

"We have to make sure we continue to stay tough and not get soft. And how do you get soft? You get soft by people patting you on the back and you get soft by forgetting where you are and you get soft by maybe renting a spot instead of building the program. And that's something I've got to look at now. You get soft by having a nice locker room and not appreciating it." - Tom Izzo, Michigan State Head Coach

Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes

"Clinic of all Clinics" Notes
Arizon Men's Practice Notes
Ben Howland (UCLA) Notes
Billy Donovan: Spread Pick & Roll Offense
Bobby Lutz: 4 Out Quick Hitters
Bruce Pearl: 1-2-1-1 Press
Bruce Weber: 20 Competitive Drills
Coach K: Practice Planning
Defense and Rebounding Drills - Tom Izzo (Michigan State)
Duke Univ. Coaching Clinic (Oct. 2006)
Hubie Brown Notes
Individual Improvement and Strength Training - Bruce Pearl (Tennessee)
Individual Skill Development - Billy Donovan (Florida)
Individual Skill Development -Rick Pitino (Louisville)
Individual Workout Drills - Tom Crean (Marquette)
Jay Wright: Plays for Your Players
John Brady (LSU): Box Set Offense
Kalvin Sampson Notes
Lon Kruger (UNLV): Playbook
Memphis/ Walberg Attack Offense Notes
Nike Championship Basketball Clinics (May 2007)
Phil Martelli: Practice Organization
Portland Trailblazer's Pre-season Camp Notes
Rebounding and Zone Quick Hitters - Tom Izzo (Michigan State)
Roy Williams on Leadership
Seth Greenburg: Ramsey Offense
Steve Alford: How to Build a Program
Todd Lickliter (Butler): Man to Man Sets
Transition Game - Billy Donovan (Florida)
UNC Practice Plan
Univ. of Memphis Basketball Retreat
Villanova's 4 out - 1 in Motion Offense - Jay Wright (Villanova)

Basketball Coaching/ Life Skills Library

Hoosiers (VHS)
Pistol: The Birth of a Legend (VHS)
Mastering the Flex Offense - Gary Williams (DVD)
Duke's Championship Practices (VHS)
Individual Development for Perimeter Players - Mark Few (VHS)
Basketball Fundamentals - Rick Pitino (DVD)
Rebound Rules 2.0 - Rick Pitino
The Gold Standard: Building a World Class Team - Coach K
Coaching Team Basketball - Tom Crean
STUFF! Good Players Should Know - Dick Divenzio
Runnin' the Show - Dick Divenzio
Summer Ball - Mike Lupica
Travel Team - Mike Lupica
Living the Dream - Dick Vitale
You Haven't Taught Until They Have Learned - John Wooden
The Game of Life, How to Succeed
Five Point Play - Coach K
Building the Duke Dynasty - Coach K
Beyond Basketball - Coach K
Coach K's Little Blue Book
Leading with the Heart- Coach K
Five Star Basketball Drills

Favorite Quotes

Tough times don't last, but tough people do!
"Life's Mirror- There are little eyes upon you that watch everything you say and do. When you doubt the power of your position, just remember that 4 to 10 years earlier that little boy was you!"
"Perfection is not attainable but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence"
"It's not the hours you put in, it's what you put in the hours."
"At the top there is only a small piece of pie for many....the days that we are not striving for it...somebody else is."
"Limitations of failure is just part of the process of who you are going to be" - Coach K (USMA Philosophy)
"The thing about going the extra mile is that there is so little traffic" - Jim Larranaga
"You become what you think about most of the time"
Winners have simply formed the habit of doing things that losers don't like to do.
"There's a difference between interest and commitment. When you are interested in doing something, you do it only when it is convenient. When you are committed to something, you accept no excuses." - John Maxwell
"You have to have love! You have to have love for the game, you have to have love for the university and most importantly for your players."
"Make the big time where you are at!"
"Imagination gives you a destination. The greatest gift a coach can give a player, a teacher can give a student, and a parent can give to their child is the opportunity to imagine great things. These dreams in childhood pave the way for future successes."
"A CHAMPION is someone who trains when no one is watching." -Unknown
“It is not what you get for playing, but what you become because you played that is most important.”
"The strength of our communities are determined by only those who are actively involved in them." -Unknown
"You gotta keep taking it to the next level, or you will never leave the one you are at"