Alright… I’m back. The past 10-weeks have been a whirlwind tour that’s taken me all over the US with Point Guard College. In one stretch, we went from Denton, TX, to Providence, RI; only to jump right into back-to-back sessions in Thousand Oaks, California. With each day being 18-20-hours, followed by a cross country jaunt …
The Sport Canada has updated its Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and Canadian Sport For Life website: www.ltad.ca. A parent recently asked me to post the links to the theLLaBB, so here you go: Competition is a Good Servant, but a Poor Master – NEW! This document addresses the issues associated with the current structure of …
When we first learn to drive, we’re instructed to scan ahead to see what’s in front of us. In doing so, we’re trying to gauge the distance between the front of our car and any approaching objects. This all has to be done while also having an awareness of the traffic lights and street signs …
If you’ve followed along with my blogs, you’ll know that I have often referenced Mike MacKay, Manager Coach Education and Development for Canada Basketball, in them (ad nauseum!). Well, he’s finally been brought into the millennium and is blogging his thoughts. Check out X’s and O’s with Mike Mackay. Well worth the invest of time, …
Okay… it’s taken me a few days after returning from Ontario to thaw out, sit down and begin to type out some of my notes and thoughts. I tell ya, I love my country, but it was coooolddd! Mother Nature broke out the welcome mat with some frigid temps (-13 Celsius / 9 F ) …
I was just asked yesterday to give some thought to the notion of mental toughness. That is, what is it and how do I define it? Beyond that, how do you develop it? Here are some of my thoughts on how I have defined mental toughness to this point. Much of this is an accumulation …
Just back from a trip to Ontario, Canada, coaching and learning… I spent some time at the National Elite Development Academy (NEDA) and conducted our first Ontario Centre for Performance (CP) centralized session. Good times! I tell ya… it’s amazing what you can do with elite learners. I was able to do in 15-minutes with …
It all starts with some TLC. Not tender loving care, that is, but knowing the difference between a teaching activity, learning activity and competing activity. Let me explain… TEACHING vs. LEARNING vs. COMPETING In order for a coaching staff to run more effective practices, coaches need to apply a little TLC. T = Teaching Activity …
For almost 10 years, I was fortunate to coach in, and contribute to the growth of, Canada Basketball’s Centre for/de Performance (or “CP” as everyone in Canada fondly references it). At the time, CP was a nationally run program directed by Canada Basketball and delivered by the provinces. Its mandate was to identify and develop athletes – between the …
I just returned from Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), directing our Point Guard Academy (now Point Guard College) and the Canadian girls U15 and U17 Nationals. Both were a lot of fun to participate in and I learned a lot along the way. Being at Nationals gave me an opportunity to see the calibre of young female …