Clinic Notes

 

CLINIC NOTES

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 EACH PERSON IS GOING TO THINK THEY ARE DOING 70% OF THE WORK.

TAKE DELIGHT IN THE DELIGHTS OF OTHERS AS THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.  

COMMUNICATION

USE VISUALS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

ENVIRONMENT

WIN TO INFINITY.

o   WE CAN TRUST THE PROCESS BUT WE HAVE TO ATTACK THE DAY. PANIC OVER TODAY BUT DON'T PANIC ABOUT TODAY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONCEPT TO UNDERSTAND. 

 PRACTICE ISN'T OVER UNTIL YOU HAVE TALKED TO EVERYONE WHO HAD A BAD DAY. NON-STOP COMMUNICATION IS PARAMOUNT. NEED TO TALK ALL THE TIME. 

 PLAYERS HAVE TO OWN THEIR OWN CONFIDENCE. IT CAN BE A TEAMMATE, A COACH OR AT WORST A PLAYER ON THE OTHER TEAM. YOU HAVE TO BUILD IN SOME MECHANISMS TO BREAK  

DON'T TAKE IT EASY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE LOSING AND NOT PUSHING BACK.

 

WE REMEMBER TWO THINGS:

THE PEAK

THE END

BASKETBALL

·       YOU NEED TO STRESS A LOT WITH KIDS THESE DAYS TO PLAY FOR THE TEAM. IT’S ABOUT US, IT’S ABOUT ME AND YOU. UBUNTU- DOC RIVERS CALLED IT. I CAN’T DO MY JOB, UNLESS YOU DO YOURS. KEVIN GARNETT WAS ASKED AFTER THAT GAME “HOW DID YOU DO THAT AND BLOCK SO MANY SHOTS” “BECAUSE OF MY TEAMMATES. THEY WERE WHERE THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AND I WAS WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.”

 

·       TEACH THEM TO PASS THE BALL.

 

·       YOU NEED TO STRESS TO PLAY FOR THE TEAM.

o   SOMETIMES IT’S ABOUT YOU, SOMETIMES IT’S ABOUT ME, BUT IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT US.

o   UBUNTU- DOC RIVERS CALLED IT. I CAN’T DO MY JOB, UNLESS YOU DO YOURS.

o   KEVIN GARNETT WAS ASKED AFTER THAT GAME “HOW DID YOU DO THAT AND BLOCK SO MANY SHOTS” “BECAUSE OF MY TEAMMATES. THEY WERE WHERE THEY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AND I WAS WHERE I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.”

 DEFEND WITHOUT FOULING - IT HAS TO BE TAUGHT, DRILLED, WATCHED ON FILM. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE MACHO OUT OF IT AND PUT BRAIN POWER INTO IT. CAN YOU DEFEND TOUGH WITHOUT COMMITTING A FOUL. 

 MAKE THEM HATE QUITTING - HOW QUICKLY DOES YOUR TEAM QUIT? WHEN THEY ARE DONE 10, 20, 30, 40. YOU HAVE TO TEACH THE TEAM NOT TO QUIT, THEY HAVE TO HATE QUITTING. IT'S NOT ABOUT HATING TO LOSE, BUT HATING TO QUIT. CONSEQUENCES IN PRACTICE SHOULD BE MORE GEARED AROUND GUYS QUITTING RATHER THAN LOSING. IF THEY GAME IS TO 15 AND THEY LOSE 15-4 AFTER QUITTING VS LOSING BY ONLY A COUPLE OF POINTS BECAUSE THEY QUIT. PUNISHMENTS ARE BASED ON MARGINS OF LOSS.

TOUGHNESS IS KING - MEN ARE KIND OF BRUTE AND AGGRESSIVE AND HAVE TOUGHNESS AND GRITTINESS, AND THAT IS CRUCIAL TO SUCCESS.

 

o   "TOUGHNESS IS BEING ABLE TO PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY PERFORM YOUR TASK THROUGH ANY CONDITION." -"IF THINGS ARE GOING WELL IN HOME GAME, DO YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT, OR DO YOU KEEP PLAYING THE RIGHT WAY?" -"IF THINGS ARE GOING POORLY AND THE OTHER TEAM IS ON A RUN, DO YOU SAY 'I HAVE A JOB TO DO AND I'M GOING TO DO IT, AND I DON'T CARE THAT EVERYONE IS GOING NUTS ABOUT A DRUNK BY THE OTHER TEAM' THAT IS TOUGHNESS. THE HARDEST THING TO DO IS STAY IN THE MOMENT AND DO YOUR JOB. 

 PASSING IS QUEEN - IF TOUGHNESS IS KING THEN PASSING IS QUEEN. PASSING TAKES A WILLINGNESS TO DO WHAT IS BEST FOR EVERYONE ELSE, IT SHOWS INTELLIGENCE, CRITICAL THINKING. THERE IS A SELFLESSNESS TO THE PASSING, THERE IS A STRONG AND SILENT CONFIDENCE TO PASSING THE BALL. A GAME OF CHESS REQUIRES THE DIVERSITY OF THE QUEEN. 

BLUFF 90% OF THE TIME, HELP 10% - DEFENSE IS ABOUT BLUFFING, ACTING LIKE YOU ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF EVERY DOING IT. HOW CAN YOU BLUFF YOUR WAY INTO A GOOD DEFENDER

 

ADVICE FOR FIRST-YEAR PLAYERS

1.              PLAY HARD

2.              NO PLAYS WITH THEIR STRONG HAND

3.              JUMP TO THE BALL

4.              REBOUND