Seems odd – at first – to connect coaching to vulnerability. Doesn’t it? It definitely felt that way for me too. Yet, after watching Brené Brown speak about the power of vulnerability, it dawned on me: how can one claim to have fully accessed the essence of what it means to be a master coach unless …
As a fan of the game and even more so as a coach, I believe there are very few acceptable responses after a made basket. Further, to a special player, there’s really only one winning habit after a score: an immediate and automated reaction focused on the next best action. Coach Don Meyer called this …
SOURCE: John Wooden Course – www.woodencourse.com March 15, 1963; Provo, Utah — Arizona State defeats UCLA 93-79 in the first game of the NCAA Western Regional Tournament . . . and the final score made the game sound closer than it was. Arizona State was leading 62-31 at halftime. That season was John Wooden’s 17th at …
A quick hitter that’s worth the watch as legendary sport coaches Bobby Bowden (former head football coach, Florida State), Pat Summit (Tennessee women’s basketball), Lute Olsen (former men’s basketball coach, Arizona), John Wooden (former UCLA men’s basketball head coach) and George Horton (Cal State Fullerton baseball head coach) share insights on what it takes to …
I stumbled across this blog post on the USA Volleyball website by John Kessel, called Appropriate Coaching… “Appropriate coaching is an important part of being a good coach… I will go back a bit in time to when the term coach was used to move VIP’s, who could afford to ride [in a coach], rather …
I’ve been a big fan of TED for quite some time. Here’s a *great* one from the greastest one, Coach John Wooden, where he “shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.” A couple of quotes from Coach Wooden from the TEDtalk: “Success is peace of mind …
I’m looking for some help. At dinner last night, this question was posed to the group: Where does the name “point guard” come from and when was it originally used? I didn’t know and still don’t have an answer. To give you a little background, this same question was asked of the likes of John …