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Posts Tagged ‘Athletes’
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.
Dear Coach: My Basketball Season Has Ended and I’m Overwhelmed with Disappointment
If you’re a serious player who has wrestled with the heart-ache and disappointment of not reaching your team or individual goals, parent of such an athlete or a basketball coach looking to support your players, this is a must-read.
Talkin’ PGC with Your Basketball Coach
Senior point guard, Jaqui Kalin (Northern Iowa) is a five-time graduate of PGC Basketball. Kalin shares her tips on how to share PGC’s concepts with your basketball coach.
3-Step Formula For Players To Overcome Losing
No one is ever quite sure about how a basketball player is supposed to act after a loss. Naturally, some losses will be more bothersome than others, and (just as naturally) every basketball player will lose some times. Therefore, it seems wise to prepare an intelligent response in advance for when the inevitable happens and you lose. In this article, we’ll show you how to adopt a champion’s approach to losing that will allow you to stand out from the crowd.
Basketball Blog: I Wish I Woulda
As a former Division I basketball player and WNBA draftee, this is the time of year is when I miss being a competitive athlete the most. I loved the pre-season and would use the upcoming season as motivation to finish that last bench press or shooting set. However, as a basketball teacher-coach who has spent a great [...]
How This Tiny Thing Separates Good Teams From Bad Ones
A few points, a couple of plays, a low percentage shot someplace instead of one more pass and a higher percentage shot. Such a tiny thread in 32 or 40 minutes of basketball separates championship teams from those that struggle to win even half of their games. If you have you ever wondered how some some people win consistently while others lose consistently (often only by a few points), look no further.
Nod To The Coach
Nodding to your coach seems like an obvious thing, and hardly a tip for a good basketball player yet very often players fail to do this. Understand how a little nod goes a long way toward establishing the kind of player-coach relationship that leads to winning basketball.
Athlete Blog: Michigan’s Veronica Hicks On PGC’s College Session
This summer I had the opportunity to attend the PGC’s College Session with a variety of other NCAA athletes. Being my second time attending a PGC basketball course in the last two years, I was looking forward to the exertion and challenges that lay ahead. My first summer, the Essentials course opened my mind to a plethora of basketball concepts [...]
Basketball Blog: Kevin Eastman’s 4 Whats to Create Value
I was recently able to take advantage of a gap in the summer basketball camp season to attend a coaching clinic called “Coaching U“. This annual basketball clinic is put on by long-time NBA coach, Brendan Suhr, and Boston Celtics assistant coach, Kevin Eastman. There were a lot of ‘golden nuggets’ to leave with for [...]
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