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Shocking. I lack a monopoly on good ideas. Find great ideas or idea curators. Be like them.    Some regular readers achieved basketball grea...

Be inspired by everything. Take a moment to reflect on 'the juice' that some coaches have.  "Chef's Table: Pizza, Episode 1...

"No progress comes without change, but not all change is progress." - John Wooden Coaches and players have clay feet . Use the pow...

The philosopher Epictetus said of a friend's criticism, " If that person really knew me and my flaws they’d have said something muc...

Players don't always understand the message. Be positive but set expectations high. Ask players questions.  1. How are you impacting the...

Coaching is a relationship business. To win, coaches rely on skill first. Players make mistakes. So do coaches. Managing hard conversations ...

Unless you can recruit, teach and develop better than the next person. Just as as some say politics is downstream from culture, winning is d...

  What is noise?  " N oise —unexpected and unwanted variance in human judgments ."  Facts may be signals and opinions are often no...

"One can get through life without being methodical and organized, but you won't be as successful." - Richard Branson  After hi...

Players hear the term "breaking down the defense." What does that mean to them? Basketball is a game of mistakes. Basketball is a ...

Young coaches may seek guidelines to share with players. These may help. Players, embrace these principles.  1. Great players make the peopl...

To paraphrase Steve Martin, there are two ways to get your stuff out there, 1) write great stuff and 2) already be famous. "I'm scr...