"There's nothing cheaper than free advice" or "never give advice that you couldn't take." Great advice translates across domains.
What is the best 'basketball advice' you've heard? I'll suggest a few; I hope that you will share yours.
"Basketball is sharing." - Phil Jackson It's hard to outdo this one. Shared vision, shared suffering, and shared results increase performance. It's not as comprehensive as Robert Fulghum's Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. But it's a keeper.
"Think again." - Adam Grant Ask 'what if' or 'how can we do this better?' I want to follow his advice to keep a 'rethinking scorecard'. Rethinking means being 'more right' if not perfectly so.
"Always do your best." One of The Four Agreements, I consider it the most powerful. Our best for the day may not be our absolute best or the best compared to others. When done consistently, it raises our personal standard.
"Speak greatness." - Rod Olson None of us inspires with sarcasm or demeaning players. Feel the difference between "that was excellent BUT" and "that was excellent AND."
Consider this series of questions from Michael Useem in The Leadership Moment:
- What went well?
- What went poorly?
- What can we do better next time?
- What is the enduring lesson?
*Why six? Bob Woodward always provides at least six key points in his investigative journalism articles.
Lagniappe. Separation.
SAC Kings Attacking Switches
— Tevin Juwan Brown (@_juwan) July 23, 2023
1) Contact Screens - Making physical contact w/ on the ball defender and holding the screen.
• Guard to Guard - Big to Guard
2) Horns Small/Horns Small Twist - Horns alignment, guards are setting the screens pic.twitter.com/3iNRKWqXZP
Lagniappe 2. "Cooks cook to nurture people." - Thomas Keller, Michelin 3-star chef and owner of "The French Laundry." Coach to nurture people.
