Understanding is easy.
Knowing is complicated.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Teacher & Coach
The best teacher is repetition.
The best coach is execution.
Teaching is for practice.
Coaching is for the game.
The game is the teacher.
The result is the coach.
Monday, May 26, 2014
Tiny Pushes
"Its the tiny pushes of leadership that happen more frequently and have the greatest impact over time."
Outplay & Outcoach
The players job is to outplay their match-up and then the other team. The coaches job is to out-coach the other coach, and then the other team."
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Qualities Of Great Players
The Qualities of Great Players
1. High Work Rate
2. Next Play Vision
3. Aggressively Plays To Win
4. Adds The Details/Makes Adjustments
5. Makes Everyone Better
Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
1. High Work Rate
2. Next Play Vision
3. Aggressively Plays To Win
4. Adds The Details/Makes Adjustments
5. Makes Everyone Better
Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina)
Championship Teams
Championship Teams
1. The best players are the hardest workers and have the most fun
2. Game day work rate and practice day training effort is off the charts
3. Team chemistry comes from great people who make great teammates
4. There is a unified game plan that unites the team & gives them the path to victory
5. Everyone is all in to the team mission and completely buys in to the direction of the coaching staff
100% Buy-In & 100% All-In
Real Madrid 2014 Champions League Champions
1. The best players are the hardest workers and have the most fun
2. Game day work rate and practice day training effort is off the charts
3. Team chemistry comes from great people who make great teammates
4. There is a unified game plan that unites the team & gives them the path to victory
5. Everyone is all in to the team mission and completely buys in to the direction of the coaching staff
100% Buy-In & 100% All-In
Real Madrid 2014 Champions League Champions
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Winning Situations
"Never create bad habits in winning situations."
Always demand perfection and excellence regardless of the score
Always demand perfection and excellence regardless of the score
Longing For The Sea
"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Terminology
Importance of Terminology
-Terminology is naming a play situation concept detail that you can train in practice and execute in the game. The more terms a team has, the better the results. The great coaches can recognize a concept, name it, train it, then execute during the game. These special details add up to victory.
-Terminology is naming a play situation concept detail that you can train in practice and execute in the game. The more terms a team has, the better the results. The great coaches can recognize a concept, name it, train it, then execute during the game. These special details add up to victory.
2 Types of Love
There are 2 types of love in coaching:
Tough love (results first) & unconditional love (relationships first)
Tough love (results first) & unconditional love (relationships first)
Train To Win
If you want to play, train your body.
If you want to win, train your mind.
If you want to win championships, train your heart.
If you want to win, train your mind.
If you want to win championships, train your heart.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Pat Riley Principles
Principle #1: Train to Fatigue
Principle #2: Trust Only 5
Principle #3: Play Showtime Fast
Principle #4: No Rebounds, No Rings
Principle #5: Best Players Lead The Way
Principle #6: Driven To Dominate
Principle #7: Win From Within
Principle #8: Dynasty Building
Principle #9: Commitment To Defense
Principle #10: Enemies, Not Friends
Principle #2: Trust Only 5
Principle #3: Play Showtime Fast
Principle #4: No Rebounds, No Rings
Principle #5: Best Players Lead The Way
Principle #6: Driven To Dominate
Principle #7: Win From Within
Principle #8: Dynasty Building
Principle #9: Commitment To Defense
Principle #10: Enemies, Not Friends
Friday, April 18, 2014
Success Unexpected
“If
one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live
the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common
hours…”-Henry
David Thoreau
True Joy
“This
is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as
a mighty one; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish clod of
ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote to making
you happy. I am of the opinion that my
life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to
do for it whatever I can. I want to be
thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have
a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible
before handing it over to future generations.”
-George Bernard Shaw
Thursday, March 27, 2014
On Commitment
All The Miles
- “Commitment? It was commitment. Total commitment. I could travel light years toward my goal but if I stopped an inch short of it, all the miles would be useless.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Test Your Players
"A player that cannot be tested is a player that cannot be trusted."
It is important to test your players in practice and in the big games. The best will always rise to the top and will manage the pressure of the big game situations. Every player wants to be noticed, but not every player wants to be watched. If the player has been raised on "nice try" expectations and standards they will shrink under the demands of the toughest games. And these players will get you beat. Coaches must be on the look out for these players. We are looking for players who thrive in hostile environments and who are comfortable being unconfortable. Do not compromise on this. An entire season will come crashing to an end if the wrong players are on the field at the wrong time. And the players you do trust will never forgive you for this...
It is important to test your players in practice and in the big games. The best will always rise to the top and will manage the pressure of the big game situations. Every player wants to be noticed, but not every player wants to be watched. If the player has been raised on "nice try" expectations and standards they will shrink under the demands of the toughest games. And these players will get you beat. Coaches must be on the look out for these players. We are looking for players who thrive in hostile environments and who are comfortable being unconfortable. Do not compromise on this. An entire season will come crashing to an end if the wrong players are on the field at the wrong time. And the players you do trust will never forgive you for this...
Monday, March 24, 2014
Controlling The Game
"Coaching is controlling the game."
Sir Alex Fergesun
A great coach has the ability to take control of the game. By taking away the other team and by putting their players into a position to win. The fun starts when a coach is able to do this. No longer does it come down to the talent on the team. A coach with a great strategy can influence the game. And that is the essence of coaching.
Sir Alex Fergesun
A great coach has the ability to take control of the game. By taking away the other team and by putting their players into a position to win. The fun starts when a coach is able to do this. No longer does it come down to the talent on the team. A coach with a great strategy can influence the game. And that is the essence of coaching.
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