Bill Snyder: A coach for the ages. MANHATTAN — When Bill Snyder ended his three-year retirement and returned to the sideline as Kansas State’s football coach, a logical inquiry revolved around how he, at the age of 69, could relate to players as young as 17 and 18 years old.
“If you care, I can relate to you,” Snyder said at his introductory news conference on Nov. 24, 2008. “If you work hard, I can relate to you. Bill Snyder: A coach for the ages. San Antonio’s Revenge: Scenes From a Championship Run for the Ages « The Spurs’ fifth championship symbolizes everything we’ve been bringing up all year: the triumph of the NBA’s beautiful game; the crowning achievement for three stars who took less money to stay together; a cathartic response from perhaps the most crushing defeat in NBA history; and the end point of the franchise’s evolution from pound-the-post bully ball to a fast-paced, triple-happy style of play that put them ahead of almost every other team in adapting to the NBA’s newer rules.
5 Ideas to Develop Relentless Competitors. Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center Tired of dealing with too many wimpy, soft, and entitled athletes who don't know what it means to compete?
UConn men's basketball coach Jim Calhoun once lamented after a frustrating loss, "I was embarrassed by the way we played, by the way we didn't compete. We did not compete the way we need to compete. Given the schedule we're playing, you need to compete every single night. " Coach The Team, Not The Individual. One thing that I've come to believe more and more as a head coach is the effectiveness of coaching the entire team as opposed to coaching the individual.
The most effective communication I have with my team is when I'm talking about what "we" need to do and not addressing one individual about what he needs to do. It seems like a subtle difference, but I find that it's important in two ways - one is getting the message across in a direct and immediate way, and the other is in the long-term mental health of your team. Over the season they will respond better when they aren't worried about being singled out or embarrased.
Gregg Popovich of San Antonio Spurs says players must play coach on court. The Canadian College Basketball Dynasty You’ve Never Heard Of « It might not surprise you to learn that the best college basketball team in Canada plays its home games before crowds of about 500 people, in a gym almost as nice as the one at your nearest suburban high school, on a campus filled with students who don’t much care how or when their team plays.
Nor might you be surprised to learn they warm up to Drake, that their concession stand is a Tim Hortons, or that their sports information director is a part-time hockey coach who readily admits, “I really don’t know much about basketball.” But here’s what might come as a surprise: The Carleton University Ravens are good. Not just “good for a Canadian school,” but really, legitimately good. They have a point guard who would start for most any team in America and a big man who drop-steps more beautifully than most players dunk.
They scored 95 in an exhibition win over Wisconsin, 10 more points than any team has scored on the Badgers all year. Suffocating Them. Finding leadership from your team is a challenge we all face as coaches.
You want them to take ownership, and the voice or voices they are hearing when you are not around are perhaps more important than your own. They spend a lot more time with each other without you than they do with you on the practice floor, so the voice in those situations is very important. Developing leadership in your team can be very difficult, especially if it doesn't come naturally to your guys. Leadership is an ability more than anything else, and while you can help develop it you can't turn people into effective leaders. LeBron James on the NBA's most highly evolved offense. This won’t surprise you: The Miami Heat have one of the best offenses in the NBA.
But as entertaining as it is to watch the two-time defending NBA champions execute, it’s been equally fascinating to watch them evolve. The Heat’s approach to scoring has changed drastically over the past few years. Just ask LeBron James. “No one cares who shoots,” James told me. “We went from a team that played a lot of isolation basketball to [being] first or second in the league in assists. Scoring in the NBA is by no means easy. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle inspiring others daily.
Kliff Kingsbury Hockumentary. Underneath Kliff Kingsbury’s chain mail of Under Armour, Oakleys, three-day stubble, and laconic, “have a Corona Extra on me” tenor, beats the heart of … well, hell, the heart of an artist.
The new Texas Tech football coach is the subject of Jonathan Hock’s latest Grantland Channel film, and it should come as no surprise that the opening images are of Kingsbury drawing little marks and squiggles across a clear board. Sports Guy Unplugged. (from 1996) When I plugged "The Assist" by Neil Swidey (an excellent book about Charlestown High's basketball team) on ESPN.com last month, I mentioned following South Boston High's team for the entire 1995-96 season for a 15,000-word piece that never ended up getting published anywhere.
At the time, it was an enormous disappointment for me, although in retrospect, my writing probably wasn't good enough. (I didn't totally know what I was doing yet, although my heart was in the right place.) Dynamic Leadership Academy - Building A Championship Culture. Developing Trust. Trust is a huge word in our program.
I'm always telling our guys "If we can't trust you we can't have you around. " I'm trying to eliminate the idea that it is my program and they are supposed to just listen to me. I want them to own the program, to feel like it is our program and they have just as much stake in it as anyone else. Before you can develop trust you have to define it. Gregg Popovich talks about the Spurs and pounding the rock. The pounding the rock mantra has been around San Antonio Spurs culture for several years now and gained some national pub along the way. The folks at Pounding the Rock even named their blog after the famous Jacob Riis quote. It’s one of those unique things about this franchise that makes supporting the Spurs fun. Coaching U LIVE – Kevin Eastman and Brendan Suhr. Menu Streaming Video The Coaching U LIVE DVD’s you love are now available to STREAM on ANY device, laptop, iPhone, iPad, Android, & more! Click Here for More Info on How to Watch Online!
Behind the scenes with the South Dakota State Jackrabbits, from Selection Sunday to their season-ending loss to Michigan. What Great Coaches Do. Your comfort zone is your enemy. Your comfort zone makes you soft. If you want to maximize your ability, on and off the court, you must learn how to be comfortable being uncomfortable.Your comfort zone makes you complacent. You have to consistently (and intentionally) step out of your comfort zone and challenge yourself. You must embrace obstacles and challenges. The player who can push themselves further in moments of discomfort now is the one who will win next season. You need to train so hard that the game becomes easy! The No-Stats All-Star. The 9 Most Important Questions for Every Basketball Coach. Ignore Them at your Peril. Just for subscribing to our free newsletter you’ll get these 3 eBooks for free… 72 Basketball Drills & Coaching Tips – 136 page eBook. 21 Basketball Tips & Tricks for Players – 20 page eBook. 32 Winning Basketball Plays – 96 page eBook.
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Reilly: Billy Donovan's lessons. Great Coaching: A Classroom Lesson « Youth Basketball Coaching Association. Read this, you'll be happy you did. 2 Coaching Mistakes You May Be Making. Lawrence Academy manager Joey Mullaney dunks to start the game (VIDEO) Saturday afternoon, Lawrence Academy (Mass.) dropped its final game of the season to Buckingham Browne and Nichols (Mass.) 65-63 on Senior Day.
However, the game’s first basket, greatly outweighed the final score. Earlier in the week, Lawrence head coach Kevin Wiercinski approached senior manager Joey Mullaney, who suffers from a rare neurological disorder called Friedreich’s ataxia, and asked about whether he wanted to suit up for the final game of the season, in the hopes of getting him on the floor. Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens, Butler, and VCU.