- Appreciation. Coach Smart wants players to both recognize and show appreciation via acts of kindness.
- Enthusiasm. Much like Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success, Smart's values have enthusiasm as a foundational element.
- Competitiveness. If you watched the video above, you saw Coach Smart's competitiveness and modeling the "aggressive pursuit of greatness."
- Accountability. Smart emphasizes three types of accountability - player to coach, individual, and player to player. I think the latter is the strongest type of accountability.
- Team-ship. Above all, we are responsible to the TEAM.
We all need to establish our core values. This season, we focused on TEAMWORK, QUALITY, and ACCOUNTABILITY. There's always room to grow.