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Pride & Passion

Here’s a photo that I took after Spain lost one of their prelim games. Its of a group of kids, guestimated ages 8-12, who were at the game too. They were crying their eyes out from the loss. I asked the friend we were with why they were crying and she translated that they were …

Hablas Ingles?

Hola! Que tal?! My apologies for the delay since my last post… It’s been for good reason though. For the last 2-weeks I’ve been travelling in Spain. And, found myself asking people “Hablas Ingles?” quite a bit. This trip was double edged: both a little vaca with Cat and, of course, some basketball learning. If …

Oh Canada: Good Is The Enemy Of Great

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 …

Me, We.

“Me, we.” —Muhammad Ali … Acknowledged as the shortest poem written, these profound words were delivered by Ali to a Harvard senior class commencement. They resonate true, for me, for a many reasons. … I recently left what many consider to be a “dream job“. And, for all intents and purposes, it was. With time, …

What Do You Do With The Team’s Downtime?

It’s been some time since I’ve been able to hop online, so I’ve woken at 6am, borrowed a laptop from the women’s team manager (thanks Moriah!) and came down to holla at everyone in theLLaBB. I find myself now in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia, for for the FIBA U19 Women’s World Championship. There are …