Coaches make points with analogies. I ask the girls, "do any of you have dogs?" Hands fly. "Is it great to have a dog?" "Sure." "Is there anything not fun about having a dog?" "Picking up the poops."
Every job has poops. Don't like intense conditioning, blocking out, ball containment drills? It's the poops.
Athletes have discipline to do what they don't like so they can enjoy the things they do. Sometimes it's delayed gratification and sometimes none.
Winners embrace hard lessons. Sacrifice in "unseen hours" translates to results.
Winners get past hard, get past mad, get past sad. If it's easy, it probably doesn't help.
Toughness is a skill. Fighting through screens, first to the floor, and owning 50-50 balls might be the poops for some.
Make your attitude "get to" not "have to."
A few drills where players "see" improvement.
Hoiberg 'speed drill' conditions and works transition.
Tufts' reverse layup drill practices alternative finishes off hard cuts.
- Fighting battles for resources including practice time
- Offseason development participation
- Distributing limited resources such as playing time, roles
- Maintaining full engagement over time
- Fostering productive relationships with parents
- Every job has 'the poops'.
- Discipline yourself to do whatever it takes.
- "Unseen hours" define you.
- "Easy" usually won't play.
- Embrace the tough stuff.
- Combine skill and conditioning drills.
Lagniappe (something extra). BOB with screen-the-screener action.
Coaches. A beautiful set out of the German BBL. Three consecutive “big-little” and “little-big” screens where, counting slip screens, all four on floor can score. It happens fast so watch it a couple of times. pic.twitter.com/LqpgsGUVI2
— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) August 10, 2022
Lagniappe 2. What footwork works for you? Worth discovery.
Insurance executive and entrepreneur Art Williams on motivation:
"Almost everybody can stay excited for 2 or 3 months. A few people can stay excited for 2 or 3 years. But a winner will stay excited for 30 years or however long it takes to win."
Source: "Just Do It"
