This is the final blog in a 3-part series on my key learnings from 2011. Key Learning #3: At our sessions in the summer, we have typically made pizza and Gatorade available to athletes each evening. Both items are convenient, easily accessible for us in whichever city we’re in, and popular with athletes and coaches. [...]
Three Things I Learned – Part 2
This is the second blog in a 3-part series on my key learnings from 2011. Key Learning #2: Don’t try to convince people to attend PGC. Sometime over the past two years we made a shift in how we presented PGC to the basketball world. Up until that time, we let the program and what [...]
Three Things I Learned – Part 1
Back in late December I took some time to reflect back on 2011, and I created my list of yearly highlights and key learnings. I realized it would be worthwhile to share with you a few of my key learnings related to PGC, as you are an integral part of our PGC Basketball community and [...]
Tell Us Your Story…
Have you attended a PGC course or participated in our Online Training through the year? Or, has your son or daughter, or players that you coach, attended a PGC course in the past? We would like to hear from you if what you learned at PGC has helped you or your team to be successful. [...]
2011-12 National Senior Class Awards Led By PGC Grads
The Oscars and NBA All-Star Weekend have come and gone, but our favorite people to celebrate, hands down, are our grads. Each season, 20 NCAA men’s and women’s basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court are selected as finalists for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a [...]
Leading By Example Is Poor Leadership
The first level of leadership is leading yourself. That is, by doing what needs to be done it sets the example. That’s called doing your part. To a good coach, it’s the expectation rather than an exception. Real leadership in sport, begins when the people around are not doing what they need to be doing and probably don’t want to.
Coaching Clinic Notes: PGC Basketball Owner & Director Dena Evans
Dena Evans, known to thousands of PGC Basketball graduates simply as “Coach D,” has served as the Owner and Director of PGC since 2002. Legendary UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden, once said about Dena Evans: “Don’t be under the impression that it takes a male coach to teach the fundamentals of basketball. As an outstanding [...]
Coaching Clinic Notes: WNBA Seattle Storm Head Coach Brian Agler
Head Coach Brian Agler of the WNBA Seattle Storm shares coaching tips and ideas for player development, effective communication and getting ‘buy-in’ from basketball players during PGC Basketball’s online coaching clinic.
Excuses
Don’t make the ridiculous mistake of thinking that your particular brand of excuse is somehow more valid than the last 20 million that have been uttered. Excuses are the domain of the mediocre.
How To Become A Leader On Your Team
What does it take to truly become the leader of your team? Why can’t you afford to ‘mind your own business’ on a basketball team driven to winning championships? How do you bring out the best in your teammates? Here’s an uncommon answer to these common problems that athletes wrestle with.
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