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Friday, May 2, 2025

Basketball - Fast Five, Rules to Live By

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Develop your code, your philosophy and rules. Put principles in place as a 'runway' for life.

People become "lumpers" or "splitters" of lists. I favor shorter lists annotated with specifics.  

1) Come prepared, with focus and energy.

Example: Coaches have a practice schedule with specifics intended to work on player and team development. Dean Smith would also provide a "quote of the day." 

2) Ask how do I make my teammates better today?

Example: Roy Williams shared an example of scouting a player who fouled out. The player sprinted to the bench to get water for his teammates during the replacement timeout. Top coaches coming to scout know the talent and are looking for intangibles, too. The player got the scholarship. 

3) Impact the success of the team. 

Example: Dean Smith said that he expected great players to translate performance into winning. 

4) Adopt a curious, learning culture. 

Example: Kevin Eastman, author of Why the Best Are the Best, reads two hours a day. He says, "become a learn-it-all, not a know-it-all." Two hours a day becomes 180 hours a quarter, which puts you ahead of others in your field. 

5) "Always do our best." 

Example: Miguel Ruiz's "Fourth Agreement" is "Always do your best." Sometimes that means staying silent when we want to respond, encouragement versus criticism, and digging in when quitting would be easier. It favors "Speaking Greatness" instead of something less. 

Bonus: It is easier to add than subtract. If we write often, the keyboard letter most worn should be the 'delete' key. 

Lagniappe. Find finishing moves appropriate to your needs. 

The ability to change directions and to decelerate foster separation. Brunson's stop and change direction leads to a game winner. 


Lagniappe 2. Practice with purpose. 
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