A Coach's Diary

... Or Selling Your Program John Wooden said that coaches and players have to work together to achieve success.   We as coaches have the  responsibility  to get our players to buy-in to what we are trying to do. How do we get our message across to players in a way where they will listen and retain the information? The picture below is from an article I read on being a better salesperson.  It mentions that most people only remember 1 thing from a sales call a week later.  Because of that, we have to make sure our message is short, simple, and impactful enough for it to be that one thing that our athletes remember. I hate listening to coaches ramble on when trying to motivate, teach, or give important information to athletes.  We have to learn how to communicate efficiently on the level of our athletes.

I borrowed these notes from one of my favorite websites: Men's Basketball Hoopscoop at  http://www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com/kevin-eastman-coaching-u-live-2013/ Kevin Eastman Coaching U Live 7-9-2013
 Constructing a Great Team (the DNA of championship teams)    ***Note*** he jumps all over the place, ex. Says there are 10 points, only does 8. 1) Coach in the moment, lead in the moment. - He shared the story about Doc Rivers having each Celtic, coach, trainer, etc give $100.00, then putting it in the ceiling of the Laker locker room. He told the team they would collect their money back in June at the NBA finals. 2) The best leaders always have their antennas up Never miss an opportunity to learn something you can use with your team. 3) We must invest in ourselves. 4) Never put a ceiling on your growth. 15 chairs Eastman placed 15 chairs on the court in a row, simulating a bench. He talked about building a team and where people...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Richard Hamilton and Ray Allen, NBA veterans and former  Connecticut   standouts, were standing 15 feet from the podium as the Huskies -- their Huskies -- celebrated atop the podium at AT&T Stadium while confetti fell from the rafters. Connecticut, a 7-seed that lost to Louisville three times in the regular season by a combined 55 points and finished third in the new American Athletic Conference, had just won the national title by defeating the rumbling  Kentucky Wildcats  60-54 on Monday night. "Man, just imagine if you'd gone to Las Vegas three weeks ago and...," Hamilton said. Before he could finish, Allen began to nod. "You'd win money," the Miami Heat star said. Few outside Storrs, Conn., thought the Huskies would be here. Of the 11 million-plus people who entered a bracket into ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge, .016 percent had the Huskies and Wildcats facing off in the championship. But UConn coach Kevin Ollie, wh...