A Coach's Diary

The video below is a great video about Steph Curry’s journey to greatness from the standpoint of trainer Alan Stein.  Stein stated that he first worked with Curry at the Kobe Bryant Nike Skills Academy.   The top high school and college shooting guards in the country were at the camp, and he knew immediately that Steph was the most impressive all because of his work habits. The Skills Academy had to workouts a day for 3 straight days and 30 minutes before each workout while most other players were still in their flip-flops, Curry had already started shooting and by the time the workout started, he had already made 100-150 shots and was in a full sweat. Throughout the workout, he made sure that he did everything perfect, and if it wasn’t, he would do it over. Steph also would never leave the gym after a workout without swishing 5 free-throws in a row.  That’s the level of excellence that he holds himself to. Success is not an accident.  Success is act...

The following post are notes I took from the video below titled ' The Dos and Don'ts of Educational Leadership.'   In the video, educational leader Pedrono Guera talks about effective school leadership.  I have changed some of the notes to apply to coaching.  I substituted 'school,' 'principal,' 'teacher,', and 'student' for 'team,' 'program,' 'coach,' and 'athlete.' What’s an essential quality of leadership that you have found to be important in your own work or admired in someone else? He was observing a school that had a principal who completely turned around an underperforming school.   You have to be focused on the quality of teaching.   You have to be focused on making sure that the athletes are on task and that the coaches are on task.   Makes sure that the program is an inviting and attractive place to be.   You have to transform the culture and be willing to get rid of people not needing to be the...