Develop Yourself, Develop the Game
Pat Hunt the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) Applied Technical Advancement Coach recently presented the following topic to a group of Victorian coaches visiting the AIS on a Basketball Victoria Study Tour.
Pat is a world renowned development coach and the material below was gathered from a wide range of coaches through multiple sports.
Characteristics of High [...]
Fri, April 30 2010 » Leadership, Philosophy, Program Development, Values/Morals » No Comments
In February I was lucky enough to be part of a touring group to the Australian Institute of Sport and had the opportunity to watch and talk to many great Australian coaches.
Marty Clarke, who has recently taken up the Head Coaching position of the Adelaide 36ers, was very gracious with his time and gave the [...]
Wed, April 28 2010 » Philosophy, Program Development, Values/Morals » No Comments
1. Surround yourself with people who can’t live without it.
“I don’t hire anybody not brighter than I am. If they’re not smarter than me, I don’t need them.”
“Be aware of “yes” men. Generally, they are losers. Surround yourself with winners. Never forget - people win.”
2. Recognize winners. They come in all forms.
“First there are those [...]
Fri, June 12 2009 » Philosophy, Quotes/Poems » No Comments
I think that what you do, at least from an offensive standpoint in this league, is pretty much determined by your personnel, I look at our team, I’m very confident that the way we play and shots we try to create are best for our team. I don’t think you can sit down and say, [...]
Tue, June 9 2009 » Philosophy, Program Development » No Comments
(1) protect the basket
(2) force the ball to the baseline
(3) blockout and rebound
(4) deny weakside and strongside cuts
(5) deny post ups
(6) weakside help
(7) challenge jump shots without fouling
(8) handle screens
(9) trap and rotate
Sat, May 9 2009 » Defence, Philosophy » No Comments
“A young man asked Socrates the secret of Success. Socrates told the young man to meet him near the river the next morning.
They met. Socrates asked the young man to walk with him towards the river. When the water got up to their neck, Socrates took the young man by surprise and ducked him into [...]
Sat, April 25 2009 » Philosophy, Quotes/Poems, Team Books » No Comments
I grabbed some of 2009’s NBA Coach of the Year Mike Browns defensive thoughts off an NBA.com article after seeing the link from former NBA head coach Eric Musselman’s twitter page.
“I wanted to establish an identity here, and that was on the defensive end of the floor.”
Having been an assistant under Gregg Popovich in San [...]
Tue, April 21 2009 » Defence, Philosophy » No Comments
Hank Iba former head coach at Oklahoma A&M (later renamed Oklahoma State) and a three-time head coach of US Olympic teams.
Iba’s Aggies became the first to win consecutive NCAA titles (1945 and 1946).
Hank Iba’s Six Thoughts On How To Win:
1. Play great offense from the 3 point line to the rim. (You must execute)
2. Play [...]
Sun, April 19 2009 » Philosophy » No Comments
This post is from coach Al McGuire who led Marquette to the 1977 NCAA National Championship in the final game of his coaching career. He was elected into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 1992 and passed away on January 26, 2001. He career coaching record was 404-144 at Marquette and Belmont Abby. He played [...]
Thu, April 16 2009 » Philosophy » No Comments
“Webster indicates that success is the accumulation of material possessions.
I don’t think so.
I think Success is a peace of mind which can only be attained through self satisfaction..
knowing that you’ve made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable.
We have no control over an opponent, but we should have control over ourselves.
All we [...]
Fri, April 3 2009 » Books, Motivation, Philosophy, Team Books » No Comments
