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 …
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 …
Okay… I’m getting way off track here by writing this post as I’m supposed to be working on my practice plan for a basketball session I’m doing next week. But, in the process I’m hope writing this lends clarity to my thoughts. Recently at a PGC Basketball session I did in Pensacola, Florida, we held …
As a teen, I was capable. I knew it. Yet, like so many others, the harsh reality of the success equation is that ability without application is empty. I coasted through my latter years of high school; only doing what was minimally required to get by. Most of my teachers allowed me to operate at …
“If you want to be good, you’ve got to practice.” —Steve Nash Sometimes the media machine can deliver messages far better than we can as coaches. Nike got it right with this Nash commercial. /sef.
Simple – radical – truths worth sharing. This motivational video called 212° The Extra Degree, by Sam Parker and Mac Anderson hits the mark. A SIMPLE, YET POWERFUL CONCEPT “212° The Extra Degree captures a simple, yet powerful concept. At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. It’s that extra degree that …
“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 …