"Write the book you want to read." - Austin Kleon in Steal Like an Artist
Why write multiple blogs daily and a weekly column? Write the blog you want to read.
- Confront the "tyranny of the blank page."
- Challenge oneself for idea generation.
- Use both creative and critical imagination.
- Share what you love.
- Crystallize vague or mistaken ideas about a topic.
- Encourage research on specific basketball areas.
- Praise the praiseworthy and expose the guilty.
- Deploy analogical thinking.
- Climb the Everest of better writing.
- Inspire young players to read (and write).
Because the "idea food truck" failed to stop by:
Watch basketball with a critical eye for each team's "intent." And then judge, given the available talent whether they are successful.
If a team has no cohesive plan, the coach owns it. Director Ron Howard says, "The Director is the keeper of the story."
Admire (or question) the quality of spacing, cutting, and passing.
Have we taught our players to watch video with "coaches' eyes?"
Ask rhetorically, "Can we correct bad basketball?"
Take pride in the quality of the product (people) whom we help develop. When asked about his team, Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg reportedly said, "Ask me in twenty years and I'll be able to give you a better answer."
Celebrate teamwork as young people transform from individuals to a cohesive group.
Recognize and consolidate or lessen the strengths and weaknesses of individuals and teams.
Share what worked and failed and why.
Inform the joy of stealing without plagiarism. "There is nothing new under the sun."
Become more proficient in using writing and editing tools including artificial intelligence. All "AI Platforms" are not the same. Check a "readability score" from time to time.
The faintest stroke of a pen is more durable than the sharpest mind. So, "Keep a scrapbook and cut and paste things into it, or you can just take pictures of things with your camera phone." - Austin Kleon in Steal Like an Artist.
Lagniappe. Swipe a swipe file.
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