The July evaluation period is coming up quickly and basketball courts around America will soon be filled with college coaches looking for basketball players to bring depth to their roster. At the same time, there will be athletes and coaches attending basketball camps throughout the country working to improve their basketball skills and basketball IQ. [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Basketball Blog: Attitude… Defined.
What is your attitude? All of us have a good attitude when things are going well; when we’re the stars of our teams and winning big games, but what’s your attitude when your team is losing? How do you react when the referees are cheating, when your teammates won’t pass you the ball, and when your coach is screaming at you for something that isn’t your fault?
Developing A Positive Team Culture
I recently spent the day at the Psychology of Coaching Teams Conference in Boston, MA. It’s an all day event for coaches of any sport and it features some great speakers with vast experiences. I was speaking on behalf of Point Guard College along with one of my co-workers, Mara Schanfield. More importantly, what I always [...]
The Sphincter Muscle and Peak Performance
There is a basic human instinct that is as old as ‘fight or flight’. When a person feels threatened or under pressure, our body automatically reacts with basic physiological responses. These automatic reactions can hinder athletic performance if we let them. It is vital to understand how our body and our mind respond to playing [...]
6 Types of Toughness: Are You Tough Enough?
ESPN’s Jay Bilas wrote a terrific blog during last year’s basketball season about the often used (yet often misunderstood) word in sport - toughness. It was one of the best blogs I’ve ever read, and a viral buzz was created because of it. As I watch these NBA playoffs and engage in conversation with people about the nature [...]
Falling Head Over Heels (in Love) Might Just Get You to the Pros
Fall in love – I’m talking about falling HEAD OVER HEELS in love – and you’ll be a better basketball player. Now, some of you may be thinking I just met the woman of my dreams, but I actually just finished a clinic in Eastern Washington and there I met the woman… (No-no-no, I’m just [...]
Stoppin’ on a Dime
“Stoppin’ on a dime.” All of us in basketball have heard this phrase before. But have you ever thought about why it’s one of the most critical skills every championship level point guard has in his or her game?
Pavlovian Basketball
Basketball is a thinking game but, as a coach, one of your major responsibilities is to take as many situations as possible out of thought processes and turn them into quick reactions requiring no thought at all. For example, when a player catches a basketball, you don’t want him thinking what to do, as though there [...]
Why Excuses Are So Bad
Excuses hurt teams, not just because they waste time and kill team morale (and a coach’s morale), but because they reveal that the player making them has a very off-line focus. An excuse-maker can’t possibly be using his energy thinking about how to enhance what is going on or about to go on because, obviously, [...]
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