ESPN analyst and former Duke player, Jay Bilas, does as good a job as any one I’ve seen at beginning the process of quantifying of oft overused term: mental toughness. The complete article is on ESPN.com and is VERY GOOD and well worth the read. Here are some snippets… … I often wonder: Do people …
ESPN’s True Hoop posted a very interesting article called: Being an Elite Athlete: “It Looks Like Peace, But It’s War”. Author Henry Abbott makes a very interesting comparison between drafting an athlete in the NBA and the qualities that comprise successful Ethiopian marathon runner, Haile Gebrselassie. Some of this article speaks to motivation, but it …
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 …
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 …
Excited to be getting back into the lab after having spent the last day and a half in Futog, Serbia, attending a FIBA coaching clinic. The sessions were FANTASTIC with some wonderful new coaching ideas. Some of the coaches leading sessions included: the head coach from Panathinaikos Athens (Željko Obradović), the Australian U19 head coach …