I love basketball, although I am only a youth coach, got about 150 games under my belt, and honestly my record over almost 10 years is probably less than 50% of the time our team wins…not great.
Also my love for basketball… is complicated, I don’t win much and the culture of my hometown team is less then ideal. We haven’t had a winning season in more than 30 years. I’m not kidding.
Yet, I’ve read a lot of books, John Wooden, Urban Meyer, Brian McCormick, Jon Gordon, Tim Tebow, are just a few of my favorites. I’ve read “all” the blog articles on coaching sports, especially basketball. I’ve had a lot of beers over this subject. Texts, e-mails… conversations…
So, so this is my manifesto of how to build a basketball program.
Why me? You are probably thinking, you arrogant ass… how dare you…
But I’m like… Why not? I’m inspired to write it, so write this I must. I may not be 100% qualified, but perhaps my knowledge is qualified. I guess that is always up for debate. However these principles I am confident will ALWAYS work when followed and believed in from the top down. Yes, Always.
A basketball town is not made based on your geography, “We are not a basketball town…” This isn’t a GPS thing, this is a program thing.
Can one unique, blessed, inspired coach that has a commitment to excellence and a microscope on the current team as well as the telescope on the future turn it around? Of course. Obviously. But friends, that is like hoping for a winning lottery ticket. “What we really need is a person with tons of leadership skills, CEO skills, communications skills, and enough basketball knowledge to build a library on his skills all wrapped around a commitment on the short term, but also an eye for decades to build this program the right way. The kids and parents must all love her/him as well. That person.” Ok… it MIGHT HAPPEN but let’s be real would THAT PERSON come to OUR TOWN?… probably NOT!
So what? There is still a path…the 10 commandments of program development. Maybe this post helps us, if not us, maybe some other program. A great program is successful, both in wins, but also in making better people! A person proud of their school, their program for instance is NOT GOING TO SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL. An extreme example for sure, but yet, you are reading this because I assume you agree… sports can and should change the world for the better when done right!
Better people, better basketball players.
Here’s my manifesto. I’m not super skilled to say this is the right path, I have no degree in this… but I love culture, I love sports… in a way I’ve been thinking and learning about writing this manifesto my whole life… so here we go… it’s a lot of words, but behind it is a lot heart.
1. Mission & Values
What do you want to be known for. What will you never compromise on?
– hard work – body language – self sacrifice – commitment… just some of the words when thinking about this. You will have to live by this.
Then it makes your hard decisions easy…
If a Senior player doesn’t live up to this… cut him and move the freshman up… tough decisions like that!
Words impact so much. The way we say things. Be careful always the words we choose.
2. CULTURE IS EVERYTHING
Culture feeds everything. Everything. Every conversation. Every touch point. Culture must and always starts at the top. The example they set. Culture of excellence. Commitment. Fun. It is the what around your why (values and mission.) The leader sets the tone, the rest follow that. Each time out. The way we dress. The way we talk. End of the year banquet. Summer pep talk. Every thing.
3. Youth Program are your ROOTS.
Basketball is a skill. Too many programs forget that. It is similar to a musical instrument. You must train, practice… all years. You will hear often teams are made in the winter, players made in the offseason. A lack of skill development might work in football, or track, but not in a skilled sport, where thousands of reps are needed for efficiency.
8 year olds, 10 year olds, that’s the magical years. A young tree is easy to bend, the older the tree, the harder to mold.
So how does that work?
Kids, that’s what they are, just kids, must…
Love the game. So learning sessions, (never practices, culture, words are powerful) must be fun. If they are fun. If kids love the game… Players WILL practice on their own. Skills!
Linkage. Each year should build off last year so coaches don’t have to waste time going over the same things and two worst cases scenarios happen: confuse the kids with too many plays and waste time going over new systems each year. Each year builds off last year until the crowning moment varsity year. The varsity offense just has more wrinkles. It’s still the same basic frame work they ran in 3rd grade!
Time. Gym space will always be a premium. Each minute at every level must be scripted. Each volunteer coach means well, but I don’t expect them to do this. The youth director …as directed by the varsity coaches (it ALWAYS STARTS FROM THE TOP)… must delegate going to learning sessions to another motivated volunteer, to HELP not control learning sessions.
Learning sessions should focus on:
No lines. Use soccer style coaching, not 1950s style basketball coaching. Dribble, Shoot. Fundamentals. Small sided games. Anything under 4th grade should be 9′ hoops if possible.
Lots of scrimmaging, under coaching guidance! The playing is critical. To learn basketball is jazz music with basic principles, yet creativity, but an active coach, that is always teaching as they go. 3 vs 3. 2 vs 2. 1 vs 1. 5 vs 4.
Also situational, down 6, up 1… etc.
90 minute practice. 45 must be on skills. 30 must be small sided games/scrimmaging. Only 15 miutes on x’s and o’s. So we need to keep it simple!
If the varsity program changes systems based talent use the below. However, If they run a drive and dish, then run that, if they always press, do that… etc!
5 out motion offense, with RULES, not spots! No set plays, besides maybe 2 for when offense bogs down.
Rules:
Offense
Spacing
Attack to score or pass
Pass & cut
Defense
Man 2 Man Defense, again Rules, not spots:
Protect the hoop
Stop the ball
You man ball (clock)
Pregame warmups, jump ball, and most importantly inbound plays should be taught by learning session director to all coaches. Why? TIME. Let the coaches worry about skill development, take the “heavy lifting” off their shoulders. It’s just efficiency. Teach the box inbound, a stack with a drop down, and side teach rocket, and maybe “hail mary.” Attack on inbounds. Later on add a detail. Keep it simple but effective, a well run inbound play leads to success as well up to 60% of scoring can come off of this.
And yes, they should run more complex BUT SIMILAR PLAYS at the varsity level. Imagine, you take a 4th grader to a varsity game, you can say…see that is the play we run! How exciting! Also, it’s a mind thing scientifically. Let’s say it’s a play to win conference, let’s say you ran a component of that since 4th grade, instead of a play you learned two days ago…. odds of you running it 100% effectively, very high!
The learning session director does a unit pre-season, but more importantly sacrificies their time to go to learning sessions at all levels regularly. Generally a volunteer coach will start to obsess about winning and run a 2-3 zone, and a double scree for the best player on offense, work on x’s and o’s and not fundamentals (I have been there!) That does get WINS, but does NOT develop a player.
Remember this is important, promote a youth LEARNING SESSION director. The youth director CAN NOT DO BOTH. They are busy with money, schedules, parent e-mails, equipment, gym schedules and probably have their own team(s) to coach. A learning session director is in charge of learning sessions at all levels and works directly year round with the varsity coach or someone on their staff.
Varsity coach and the culture must be OBSESSSED with the linkage from each year. Youth night, mentor leader program, shirts, using social media, the local news, anything, anything to get people at the games, make basketball cool in your town (if it’s cool and they like it… they will practice on their own, and your best athletes in town will make it a focus.) Jersey night. Halftime recognition, and most importantly touches. The varsity coaches need to know all the kids that play hoops in town, treat them as ONE TEAM… sounds easy and it is and isn’t. It’s a commitment. Pack the gym however you can!
You want basketball players, not kids that play basketball. To do that, they must see leaders in the program they look up to older then them, they must see a path to greatness, they must believe it is cool and fun. They want to be a rock star on the court… show them the path!
Grow your roots, to see the fruit.
4. Shoot. Dribble. Man 2 man D principles. Pass and Cut.
If you can shoot the lights out. Control the ball. Play team man 2 man defense, press like men on fire… and simply pass and cut effectively, you will win lots of games. So we must constantly work on all of that. No one ever had too many good shooter and good dribblers. Shooting can overcome a lack of height/speed.
5. Summer.
I love kids that play 4 sports and in our small town it is possible. But if you play the trombone there is no “trombone season” is there? Of course not! Parents and kids in the community must understand this. A commitment must be there to develop skills. This is the only place to actually get better. Fundamentally strong teams can win with any combinations of plays. It has to stay fun and it has to stay competitive. If the culture breeds fun, a growth mindset, and builds a path, they will love basketball if they love basketball they will NATURALLY play in the summer. It won’t be hard… it will be easy. Remember culture is everything! Shoot. Dribble.
6. Linkage
Like the New Zealand Blacks, our players have to know this is an honor. You build that by traditions that are part of your culture. Jersey night. End of the year program. Leadership training. Anything that connects the future to the past and the past to the future. It is about the program and maintaining excellence. They are playing for more than them. Or even their year. They play for EVERYONE, the past the future, the community. Pride.
7. Work together.
No varsity coach staff can do it all. No youth director can do it all. Write down volunteer roles and duties. Then delegate and hold them accountable. A parent only has a few kids, sometimes just one. They are 100% in… but only a few years. Don’t make them “invent the wheel” more like plug and play! Have them become a defined piece of the puzzle, in writing for them to fill! Then lead them starting with… CULTURE TRAINING AND TRADITIONS AND LINKAGE!
8. Care more.
Do you know all the kids on your varsity team? Of course… How about on the 8th grade team, how about the 4th grade team? How about your assistant coaches, do they know all the kids in the program? And do you know their names and parents as well? Simply care more. Every one plays a huge role. It’s our job to know EVERYBODY!
9. “All in”
Youth program must be in total sync with varsity program.
Players can and should be cut if they don’t buy in… including summer programs, body language, traditions. Don’t be afraid to play freshman! Find your best 12. I can’t think of one successful program that plays juniors and seniors just because they show up. That’s not near enough, the good news is you will already know this before… since we know all the players early on, and communication, summer programs, and all in atmosphere, it will be obvious to everyone in the basketball community who EARNED a varsity spot!
Top 10 varsity. Next 10 jv1. Next 10 jv2. By skill, not by age or position. By skill.
Remember those first years, coach K, John Wooden, Bob Knight were not immediately successful.
Carving the path is tougher than walking down the path. But it must be done! Celebrate any win culturally or in a real game like the sun rose. Early wins celebrated, at anything, are key!
10. ACCOUNTABILITY
This is the best part!
The home stretch!
The 10th commandment.
Because of the 9 steps in this framework, anyone that deviates from this gets called out, educated, trained to follow them. If they don’t follow them… they are asked to leave the program. Not emotional. Not hard even. It’s just not in the program’s best interest.
Head coach doesn’t take an interest in the youth sports program? Ask for his resignation.
Youth director doesn’t follow the traditions? Tell him the reasons why… if that doesn’t work… see ya.
Parent, doesn’t seem it necessary to be a good fan, and berates coaches and refs. See ya.
A high school kid doesn’t want to work in the summers… no problem enjoy the beach and time OFF THE COURT during the season.
EVERYONE MUST HOLD EVERYONE ELSE ACCOUNTABLE!
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Summary
Write down your mission and values. Let everyone know what they are.
Culture is everything.
Grow the roots, the fruits will come. Always grow the roots.
IT HELPS BUT YOU DON’T NEED DIVISION 1 PLAYERS TO BE A COMPETITIVE PROGRAM YEAR AFTER YEAR!
Do NOT COMPROMISE. DO NOT SETTLE. DEMAND EXCELLENCE. OVER COMMUNICATE. AND GET IT DONE. BEING SUCCESSFUL HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ZIP CODE! YOU MUST BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE, AND GET OTHERS TO BELIEVE AS WELL!
ACCOUNTABILITY! IS A MUST! TALK DIRECT, FAST, WORK TOGETHER!
These are the 10 commandments of a program culture. Nothing secret or magical about this. Just work the plan.
I can’t think of one sports program that has ever failed with these steps in place!
You don’t have time to clean your desk. You don’t have time to meet with your client. You don’t have time to clean your truck. You don’t have time to clean your area. You don’t have time to job site visit. Leaders, you don’t have time to meet with your team and inspire them to greatness daily.
OR
Follow the lead of Shawn Connell from Drexel. Jay Enright from Campbellsport.
This morning I had the awesome opportunity to meet Shawn, the tile installer Neal, and the homeowners of a builder client, Mr. and Mrs. Gerlach. It was a retirement smaller home (still very nice) with a walk in shower and a kitchen backsplash. 99.5% of the people in our industry would simply order what was quoted off the plan and “hope” for the best. Then “react” and “stress” about any problems…. and margin erosion, lack of happiness, and TIME!
Not Shawn. And IN THE FUTURE ALL OF US…. LET’S LEARN FROM SHAWN!
For EVERY tile job, no matter how small or large, and let’s hear it from Shawn…
“I wouldn’t have to do the small ones, but those are the ones that bite you in the ass!”….
So… the installer (unpaid) shows up, the homeowner shows up (not also the best time for them, but he COMMUNICATES why it is so important) and Shawn all show up and go through it. The grout, the angles, the shelf height, the RIGHT EXPECTATIONS. They debate, laugh, shake hands and move forward.
Shawn says, ya, guys have told me I am nuts, they can take 2-6 hours with drive time, but THE TIME AND STRESS I SAVE BEING PROACTIVE, MAKES IT ALL WORTH IT!
Also in the pictures of the same house, Jay does millwork walk thrus EVERY TIME. Without fail. He doesn’t have “time” for this either, but makes time. Jay and Shawn know… do it RIGHT, TAKE THE TIME…
(p.s. Mr. & Mrs. Gerlach were so happy with everyone at Drexel, specifically Jess and Laura!)
BE PREPARED.
How does this relate to your career here? What could you do ahead of time to save time, stress, money… later? Can you do that every time?
What to go deeper in the rabbit hole… ?
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Here is the complete e-mail blast I got from Sales Coach Rick Davis that he allowed me to share. Thank you Rick, you are a friend of Drexel: GO TO HIS SITE: BUILDINGLEADERS.COM for more info…
Joel,
What do three of the best coaches in sports history – John Wooden, Vince Lombardi, and Casey Stengel – have in common with two of the worst – Rod Marinelli and Hue Jackson, the only two coaches in NFL history to go 0-16?
ANSWER: None of them can go on the field to play. They all have to rely on the performance of their players. Sales coaching therefore doesn’t mean taking over meetings. It means teaching your performers to do the job without your involvement. John Wooden once criticized modern basketball coaches who frantically call timeouts to draw up plays in the last minutes of the big game. He believed the coach should prepare the team for contingencies before it starts.
If you find yourself persistently lamenting the performance of your team during the heat of battle, you probably haven’t prepared them before it.
Who on your team can you work with NOW to prepare them for the BATTLE ahead?
Being on the most remote landmass in the world, Hawaii… and on vacation (yes I’m pretty friggin lucky) I gained some insight I wanted to share. I just got home Monday.
The word that kept popping in my head on the trip was:
COMMIT.
A few stories… and hopefully these little stories can help you.
I’ve seen fishing on the ocean shoreline before and I always wanted to try it. So one day… I did. Went to the store, bought me a pole… asked a few locals how to fish and did it. I went “all in”… COMMITTED. Caught 3 fish. A triggerfish, a goatfish and this, ugly as sin, puffer fish. Grunted at me like a pig!
The experience
cost a little
took some time
was out of my comfort zone (you unhook a puffer fish!)
had to learn a lot from people I didn’t know
but totally worth it
Next I went golfing. I haven’t golfed much in the last couple of years.
I truly told myself no matter what I would enjoy the trip. I’d break each shot down into, not good, good enough, good, and OH WOW GREAT! Not every shot can be perfect. It helped my emotions greatly!
Also, I looked at every shot and said to myself after, “Did I commit?”– meaning did I totally believe in myself and my swing/putt/chip when I was doing it. If I had committed 100% almost all of my attempts were good. When I didn’t… that is where I struggled. The fear, confidence, etc I lacked at those moments showed in where that ball flew! If I had confidence in myself and committed… when I just played to my ability and didn’t think… the results were good!
I saw some Albatrosses golfing. They are like eagles but act more like chickens. Weird bird! Very cool!
One of the last things we did was take a 9 mile hike on the Napoli Coast. It is rated one of the best trails in the world. It lived up to our expectations!
Maybe 10 times we had to navigate gushing streams and rivers, we had to cross them. We had to rock climb, scale rocks. For 9 miles you had to think about each step. I struggled at times crossing the river… not because I am in bad shape or couldn’t. It was F E A R. I wasn’t COMMITTED. There was that word again. I’d get 1/2 way across and kind of get stuck on a rock. My mind would say, take that rock, no that rock, no just put your foot in the water. I wasn’t COMMITTED. The BEST way to do it was just TRUST YOUR BODY AND MIND AND GO! WHEN I DID THAT… IT WORKED AWESOME!
Craig Johnson COMMITTED. Great golfer, even better hiker!
I guess I share this… because I think there is probably something in life you have to commit more to.
Maybe it is your career at Drexel. If you are not 100% committed you are questioning everything. You are not focused. You are like me when I am golfing. Your results are speaking volumes.
Maybe it’s your spouse or your family. You are stuck like I was on the rocks.
Maybe it’s life. You want to go fishing like I did… but you don’t want to take the time/money to invest in yourself.
Anyways… that’s it. COMMIT MORE. TO GOD. FAMILY. WORK. WHATEVER THAT MEANS TO YOU…
RELAX. TALK TO YOUR TEAM. TALK TO YOUR CUSTOMERS. TALK TO YOUR WIFE. LISTEN TO YOUR KIDS.
A true warrior at times can have many weaknesses… it is tough to do both, but both we must do!
Walk with purpose but stop to see the sun rise!
Also:
Can’t Quit, Not Dead!
I love this saying I stumbled on…
CAN’T QUIT, NOT DEAD!
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LASTLY…
I also stumbled on this fun fact:
When doing 26.2 marathons people quit
in order the LEAST
in mile 1 and mile 26
Mile 1 makes sense… but mile 26? When they are the most tired.. NO AT THAT POINT THE MIND TAKES OVER THE BODY, they can ‘will themselves to the end.’ We don’t quit as humans in the beginning or the end…
So when is it the HARDEST, WHEN DO MOST PEOPLE QUIT…
THE 20TH MILE.
That’s when the body beats the mind. You are physical beat, but still have a long ways to go. So you mentally and physically quit, we can no longer see THE VISION.
Team, leaders, that is why we must always discuss the vision. It is easier to QUIT than finish. Our life, our jobs, CHANGE is TOUGH. NEGATIVITY, FEAR, SELF DOUBT, FAILURE, WEAKNESSES… OVER AND OVER AGAIN UNTIL WE FINISH.
Also at MILE 20… THAT IS WHEN WE NEED TO CHEER EM ON… THAT IS WHY people that LOVE OTHERS IN THE MARATHON NEED US THE MOST! In life and in the race!
THIS WEEK… WHERE ARE YOU AT AT WORK IN LIFE IN THE 20TH MILE… and those you impact! Encourage them, heighten their motivation…
MILE 20 THIS WEEK!
— – Joel Fleischman. Joel is Head Coach of the solution providers for Drexel Building Supply. (drexelteam). You can follow him on twitter: @JoelmFleischman. Our mission is to be a supplier of others happiness. I hope this little post did just that.
Here’s a dump of what’s in my brain… hang on people!
For about 5 years I’ve been doing a one word goal to inspire me all year. A simple laser focus. We have too many goals, too many dreams… a one word gets you on track all year!
To learn more go here: http://www.jongordon.com/positive-tip-your-word.html
This year I chose: LEARN (actually if you pray on reflect it ends up choosing you!)
I hope to say this line about a million times: “What can you teach me?”
If I can learn… I need to SHUT UP and listen. I need to take good notes. I need to ask good questions. I need to dig deeper beyond, “how ya’ doin…” And If we do this right, as I learn I can gain wisdom and thus use it as a boomerang effect to TEACH and inspire!
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I told this to the the team I coach basketball to recently. I forgot who I got this from.
“YOUR DREAMS HAVE TO MATCH YOUR WORK. If they DON’T then either, change your dreams, or change your work!”
I just worked with a sales person that wants to make $100,000 in commissions a year before the age of 35! Awesome goal! However, as I worked with that person… I realized they were not doing the work (YES THEY WERE WORKING HARD) but not really do THE SMART WORK to get there. As I told that person, you worked harder on a deadline for a college project, pulled all nighters, etc… to get a B+ then you are to earn this money! I put it this way, which worked for that person… YOU ARE HOLDING A WINNING LOTTERY TICKET (what you could make in commissions in the next 5 or 10 years)… ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS EARN IT!!!
HARD FOCUS WORK…ALSO GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE!
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How many deliveries is Andy Rettler up to? 13 on his garage! 13!
Also, how many $$ of special order RETURNS OF vinyl siding to Wausau Supply did we do this year? (one product category… one vendor)… OVER $100,000! WE MUST DO BETTER AND WE WILL!
We simply CAN NOT order SPECIAL ORDER exterior products off a plan… it’s gotten too complicated. EXTERIOR TRIM WALKS WILL BE STANDARD AND REQUIRED for ALL in the next 90 days as we work out the details! YES! BETTER!
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Hot take: You are not sure if there is a God. Maybe this is all just like Santa Claus. Fine that’s your opinion… however, tell me this… If there is no God…. who was Jesus… (he really existed it is in tons of historical documents far beyond the Bible… it is how we keep time) based on this man… a man that had no wealth, no power, no followers, no army…SO TELL ME WHO WAS HE?… Just some raving lunatic? And after his death… why were his followers willing to DIE to spread his message if he really didn’t rise from the dead? Only explanation is they were plain lunatics… but why would they risk EVERYTHING for a man that was dead? ODD RIGHT?… That’s my faith. Also…faith is beautiful… it is something that has no 100%.. reason… no logical answer… and that’s incredible.
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Exercise… Honestly, the happiest people I know… do some form of exercise. Don’t have time? I call BULLSHIT. Get up earlier, go to bed earlier. How effective are any of you the last two hours you are awake.? I know a few of you are night owls… and good for you.. but for the vast majority of us… we veg out on phones, or tv on the couch for HOURS instead of going to bed and getting up early. I wake up between 4 and 4:30am most days. Get it.
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And for you operational cats, a good quote from Norway…. “There is no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes!” THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO OUTSIDE.
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Keith Batenhorst has given me a few golden nuggets… here is a recent one…
“NEVER SAY NEVER. NEVER SAY ALWAYS!”
How true, we have guidelines, we have processes and procedures, but think in terms of this…
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“Tribe of Mentors” by Tim Ferris…
When faced with a problem… say this: “WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE IF IT WAS EASY?!”
That’s awesome. We tend to focus on problems with difficult, layered solutions…which leads to 1. no decision or indecision 2. complicated layered solutions. Both are BARF! But what if it was easy… could lead to quick answers… and SIMPLE solutions! LOVE IT!
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Oh…here’s one last little thing.
STOP. Pick something you are going to STOP doing in 2018. Why say you are gonna do more…! I know you are already busy. STOP doing something. At work, home… life. STOP. STOP. STOP. That for many… will be HARDER than ADDING STUFF! STOP!
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Can’t wait to learn from you!
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— – Joel Fleischman. Joel is Head Coach of the solution providers for Drexel Building Supply. (drexelteam). You can follow him on twitter: @JoelmFleischman. Our mission is to be a supplier of others happiness. I hope this little post did just that.
I love also how it can easily relate to business and all aspects of life.
Recently I was having breakfast with a priest friend of mine, Father Mark, and asked him if sports were in heaven. (These are our conversations.) I asked because I loved sports. Also sports is not a recent thing, or just within our culture. It has been around and played in every culture on the planet as long as time has been tracked. Lastly, since it’s kind of always been a thing and God created it all, maybe he did it for a reason. I was worried however, since sports has defeats, and winning and losing, and struggles, that there would be no place for competition in heaven. He assured me that he was positive there are sports in heaven. So that would be cool. I hope I can dunk. A lot. Anyways…
My point is we can learn a lot about life from sports.
Brad Stevens is the head basketball coach for a the Boston Celtics. In a few years you will all know his name. He has the best basketball mind on the planet (no offense Coach K)… here are some of his best quotes… so many of these quotes we can relate to our life… So many that I decided I wanted to share them with you.
Quotes from Brad Stevens (Think how these relate to your life. Find ways to apply them.)
“Control what you can control; be great at controlling the controllables” he said. “Be reliable in doing your job every day, and part of that reliability is if there’s a ball on the ground and you are near it, you should dive. That’s your job.”’
“The moment coaches can stop coaching egos, roles, and agendas and can start coaching basketball, you have a great team” – Brad Stevens
“Do your role as well as you possibly can and become a superstar in that role. Give it everything you got” – Brad Stevens
“I think you recruit hard-playing guys. And if you’re a hard-playing guy and are around hard-playing guys, it’s contagious” – Brad Stevens
“I don’t have the 5 positions anymore. It may be as simple as 3 positions now… you’re either a ball-handler, a wing or a big” – Brad Stevens
“My door is always open to talk about playing time. But if you want to talk about playing time, be prepared for the truth” – Brad Stevens
“We’re building a culture of accountability, trust, and togetherness. Entitlement will not be tolerated” – Brad Stevens
“How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate” – Brad Stevens
“You have a choice to make when you’re not playing. Either you’re invested and a great teammate, or your not” – Brad Stevens
“If you don’t have accountability you will not improve” – Brad Stevens
Very inspiring. Fear is conquered by action. Ready. Fire. Aim.
We are all a little scared, which is why we have to be there for each other! TEAM. FAMILY!
If that doesn’t work BREATHE through the fear…. but keep going!
— – Joel Fleischman. Joel is Head Coach of the solution providers for Drexel Building Supply. (drexelteam). You can follow him on twitter: @JoelmFleischman. Our mission is to be a supplier of others happiness. I hope this little post did just that.
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