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Continued, Sustained Excellence⭐️
2024 Florida 6A State Champions 🥇🏆
@PCBJaguars @TDNike
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High school basketball success comes down to three things:
- Playing harder than anyone expects you to.
- Playing smarter than your opponents prepare for.
- Playing together when the game is on the line.
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Dan Hurley shares why coaching players effectively requires knowing which version of you they need in each moment.
“In practices, I’ve got to push for game-like reps so that on game night they can execute. On game night, I go to boxing trainer in the corner with the fighter, pumping them up and building up their confidence.”
Great coaches are adaptable and attuned to the needs of the moment and the people they serve. They know when to push, when to teach, when to reassure and when to get out of the way.
But keep in mind, the standard can remain consistent even when the delivery changes.
🎥: How Leaders Lead Podcast
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“Losers assemble in little groups and complain about the coaches and players in other little groups. But winners assemble as a team”
(Via @thewinningdiff1 🎥)
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Ben McCollum said, "Your job is to not be here for yourself - but it’s to be here for everybody else."
Great teams are built of selflessness.
• You show up for each other.
• You sacrifice for each other.
• You win with each other.
(@IowaHoops)
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"How lucky am I? This is pretty special and pretty cool, and there's so many people that would kill to be in this spot and have this type of opportunity."
Caitlin Clark doesn't take anything for granted as she is gearing up for her World Cup debut 🇺🇸
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Empty Pick & Roll
-Clear the corner
-Start at the FT-line extended
-Use the screen tightly
-Read the on-ball & help defense
-Attack, hit the roller or kick out
-Practice 1- & 2-foot finishes
Chris Kreider, Asst. Men’s Basketball Coach, Rice
#GlazierClinics
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Doc Rivers reveals he once got into a heated argument with Pat Riley that taught him one of the biggest lessons of his career: never coach people for who they are today, but push them toward who they can become
“Coach Pat Riley, when I was playing for the Knicks, Coach Riley and I had the biggest argument in my entire playing career. I know all you players thought, you know, I used to go at coaches too.”
“And during the shouting match, Coach looked at me and said, ‘One day, when you’re a head coach, and you will be one, you’re going to understand exactly where I’m coming from.’”
“And I literally yelled back at him, ‘Are you crazy? I am never going to coach. Every coach that I know, they’re nuts.’ Well, I want to tell Coach Riley thank you for being right on all accounts.”
“And one of the lessons he told me was to never coach a person for who they are today, but to push them to who they should be someday. That was very important for me.”
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Zero cone drills mentioned 🫡
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Lawrence Frank literally laid out the entire workout process for Keaton Wagler 👇
1. 1-on-1 against Kingston Flemings ✅
2. Processing Test (IQ/Character) ✅
3. Biomechanics Test (Athleticism) ✅
Then explained that they talked to everyone around Illinois about him as well.
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Buzz Williams shares how entitlement and gratitude are connected and why you can only have one.
"When entitlement is high, gratitude is low."
"Why would gratitude be low? Because you're being selfish. 'Hey, I'm supposed to get this.'"
"If ego and arrogance are a part of entitlement - which they are - then I can't function with the level of gratitude that it takes."
Then he connected the dots:
"If my entitlement is high, my gratitude is low. If my gratitude is low, then I'm not present...You see how they're connected?"
Entitlement pulls you out of the moment.
Gratitude keeps you in it.
Then he had them flip it:
"When gratitude is high, entitlement is low."
You can't be grateful and entitled at the same time.
Entitlement is the enemy of progress. It's the delusion of earning without earning.
Be grateful for the moment and the opportunity.
(🎥@TeamCoachBuzz)
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Congrats to my guy Coach Dave Roca. Johnnie Nation show some love to one of our own having an amazing career in the sunshine state teaching the next generation of D1 hoopers.
3 rings! Congrats Coach #sjubb
Thank You Dave! Appreciate the support.. Always Grounded in my Johnnie roots that have helped pave the way!!
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@StJohnsRedStorm
Congrats to my guy Coach Dave Roca. Johnnie Nation show some love to one of our own having an amazing career in the sunshine state teaching the next generation of D1 hoopers.
3 rings! Congrats Coach #sjubb