Learn by teaching better. Richard Feynman earned his reputation as physics instructor with a four part strategy - name, define, research, and refine teaching specific concepts. Designer Diane von Furstenberg taught herself by standing at an imaginary blackboard facing imaginary students. She says, "building a brand...is designing your life."
What's our basketball teaching DNA? Attention to detail.
- Simplify and clarify.
- Get and prevent separation. How?
- Defeat and apply pressure.
- Make better decisions.
- Impact the game.
Develop our eye. Excellent players study the game. "Why does it work?"
What differentiates our product, service, team? If we ask our team, how will we succeed, what will they say? They might say, "work harder, help better on defense, or reduce turnovers." Or maybe, I'll see a lot of blank stares. Details make the difference.
What homework assignment would you give a young coach? I'd ask for a self-scouting analysis. What are our strengths and weaknesses? Where do we score, where do we miss? Are we getting paint touches and ball reversals? The more granular the analysis, the better.
Watching more video helps us 'see the game' in its depth and variety. Coach Daniel reviews clearout concepts outside and within the pick-and-roll.
Debbie Millman is a thought leader in graphic design. She's spent time and resources on psychotherapy to understand herself. She noted, "Lives are shaped by chance encounters and by discovering things that we don’t know that we don’t know."
Learn and share to expand our world. Challenge ourselves to learn more and better.
Lagniappe: Go away and come back? SLOB via @BBallImmersion
Louis Pasteur, "Chance favors the prepared mind."Effective sideline out of bounds play run by Hamilton College as a pressure release. This is run by half-court but could be run closer or farther as an all in one special for pressure release or entry. pic.twitter.com/ts5TMMzQtj— Chris Oliver (@BBallImmersion) September 16, 2019
"Pink" "Go away come back..." and set up a two on one...
Lagniappe 2: Want to learn better? Consider taking the Coursera course on learning...spaced repetition, Pomodoro technique, self-testing and more.