Fast Five: The Hekawi (What the Heck Are We Doing?)

An old post from HoopThoughts reminded me of the F Troop tribe, the Hekawi. Are you a splitter (more categories) or a lumper (fewer)? We must know who we are and where we are going. 

1. Priority. What's our 'why'? Why do we play? We're here to share a growth experience and a growth mindset, but about more than basketball, about teamwork and excellence. 

2. Emphasis. "Basketball is a game of mistakes." We can't "go back" to fundamentals. We have to live there. How do we score and how do we get stops? How do we eliminate or minimize mistakes (turnovers, bad shots?) 

3. Self-analysis. What works for us (do more) and what doesn't (do less)? Strategic planning needs objective underpinnings. 

4. Practice versus process. On the continuum of skill and luck, basketball is weighted toward skill. According to Michael Mauboussin, the correlation between skill and records is about 90 percent over an NBA season. Where skill dominates, deliberate practice reigns. In domains that are more luck dependent, including investing, process has a larger role than practice. 

5. Simplify. Results emerge from "performance-focused, feedback-rich organizations." How do we intend to wear down or wear out our opposition? We need to develop and teach a realistic plan at the highest tempo, and subtract the extraneous.