Basketball: Nestle Has a 4 x 4 x 4 Roadmap, Find Our 3 x 3 x 3

Don't rediscover the wheel. Borrow from other organizations. 

The Nestle Company has a brief document outlining its success roadmap. Can we find ours? Always be specific. 

• Competitive advantages
• Growth drivers
• Operational pillars

Competitive advantages. 

    Excellent teams have superior organization. Dr. Fergus Connolly arrays performance along skill, strategy, physicality, and psychology. Some coaches rely on "talent aggregation" to prosper. Lacking that luxury, invest time to improve all these dimensions. There's no "one size fits all" and over time every coach's methods evolve. 

    Excellent teams have strong coaching and consistent leadership. Weak programs meander with broken rudders. Strong sport and business franchises don't constantly change product, leadership, and financing. 

    Excellent teams have a stable, self-reinforcing culture. "Heat Culture" emphasizes physical and mental toughness. UNC Women's soccer thrives because, "Excellence is our only agenda." 

Supercharge it: Record examples of leadership and culture building. 

Growth drivers.

    "Every day is player development day." Seek 1% daily improvement. 

    Become your own coach. Learn to know and train what is needed.

    Develop your software and hardware (mind and body). 

Supercharge it: "Be a tracker." Write down and monitor your development plan. 

Operational pillars.

    Live great habits. In the spirit of James Clear's Atomic Habits, make them obvious, easy, attractive, rewarding. 

    Commit to making everyone around you better as a player and person as a leader and role model. 

    Find ways to impact winning. Become a 'possession ender' getting scores (points, assists) or stops (rebounds, steals, charges taken).  

Supercharge it: Journal your progress. Have a daily plan of a specific accomplishment. Include memorable daily work. Record items of gratitude. 

Lagniappe. Build the machine.     

10 things you can do this month to get faster.

1) Do hill sprints
2) Jump vertically
3) Lose body fat %
4) Jump horizontally
5) Sprint at top speed
6) Fully rest on off days
7) Sprint with resistance
8) Lift heavy weight, fast
9) Sleep 7+ hours a night
10) Lift moderate weight,…

— Keith Ferrara (@keithjferrara) February 18, 2024

Lagniappe 2. Great offense is multiple actions. 

Samford is having a ton of success with the European concept of playing through the pick and pop and getting directly into a second action like a pin down, dribble handoff, or backdoor. Making your opponent guard multiple actions in a row is a great way to have success. pic.twitter.com/jqvw1K9NY5

— Eric Fawcett (@EricFawcett_) February 18, 2024

 Lagniappe 3. "The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Everyone's Mother

Tyrese Maxey was in the gym nonstop last off-season

His gains are no surprise or accident

Working on initiating the contact with @DrewHanlen who is one of the best in the world

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— Hoop Herald (@TheHoopHerald) February 17, 2024