"Negative thinking—realizing that an average game from your team and average preparation from you isn’t likely to beat an average game by the very good team you’re about to play—can give you by far your best chance to win that game." - Knight, "The Power of Negative Thinking"
Learn a lot from volleyball. Every possession scores a point:
- Our team wins a point.
- Opposition loses the point.
- Our team loses a point.
- Opposition wins a point.
- Poor half court offense (few points won)
- Inability to capitalize on opponent errors
- Poor transition defense, fouls, turnovers (losing points)
- Inadequate half court defense (allowing opponent points)
Force defense into unfavorable coverage, such as long closeouts. Nets attack the closeout.
Break down possessions and find out why scoring occurred.
Lagniappe. Which describes our team?
"It's how you react and how you respond.
There are two things that you can do:
1. You can whine and complain and make excuses
2. You can get back up, move forward, and join the fight.
For us, it's never a choice.
It's a requirement for us to get back up and get to work." pic.twitter.com/sSntnhvsIN
Lagniappe 2. Two key points arise...are you making people better and are you impacting winning at both ends? That applies to players and coaches.
WHAT A TRUE TEAM IS LIKE
— Coach the Coaches (@WinningCoaches) February 15, 2024
“We have the ability to play hard. We have the ability to play together. That’s the beauty of basketball. The sum can be better than the parts.” (Matt Painter) pic.twitter.com/SMho3XuhOZ
— The Winning Difference (@thewinningdiff1) February 15, 2024