I wanted to share this email to my post on motivation sent to me… It comes from a very good friend/advisor/mentor and one of my former university coaches, Dr. Tim Elcombe. I have a great respect for his thoughts – although I have to admit that I only understand half of what the guy says …
I’m going to start at the end with this blog… “If you want your ideas to be stickier, you’ve got to break someone’s guessing machine and then fix it.” —Made To Stick (Can you tell that I’ve enjoyed many of the ideas in this book by Chip and Dan Heath?) … Below is a list …
There’s a big difference, to me, between coaching-speak and athlete-speak. Similarly, between scientific babble and real-talk. All the stuff I wrote on neural pathways is classic science-talk. My apologies. I don’t enjoy writing or speaking like that. Allow me to rephrase. … In Made To Stick, they ask readers to give some thought to the …
I’ve been really struggling with my last post on decision training. Since writing it, I’ve wrestled with my articulation of the ideas and concepts. Thankfully, I received a lot of good feedback – liking, disliking and otherwise – the post. And, I was able to chat with others as I traveled to get their perspective. …
Here are a few online basketball resources and ideas that I thought others would benefit from… Spanish Basketball Federation Here’s a link the to Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB). Click on ‘Area Deportiva’ … click on ‘Entrenadores’ … click on right side menu anything that has the word ‘Formacion.’ The technical tactical stuff is under ‘Formacion …
“We think to small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the tip of well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.” —The Athlete’s Way, Sweat and the Biology of Bliss (by Christopher Bergland) Although progress is being made this quote still …