Coaches Corner
THE RIGHT VOICES BY @KEVINEASTMAN
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013No matter what line of work we’re in, we have people talking to us all the time, giving us never-ending information, and even offering us their opinions on what we should be doing.
We see this in athletics all the time, whether it’s family members, hangers-on, or close friends. Everyone has the answers for us. This is when it becomes dangerous, because if players listen to the wrong voices, they can seriously jeopardize their chances for attaining success.
A major key to growing and improving — and to reaching your goals — is to make sure you listen to the right …
DOES THE GAME MAKE YOU OR DO YOU MAKE THE GAME? BY @GANONBAKER
Monday, March 25th, 2013Below are some nuggets on Michael Jordan. I just got back from Spain, where I ran his camp. We trained the top 40 players in Europe age 16. These guys were 6’4″ to 7’1″… Great, skilled players. Just when you get soft and think, you can play? Man, all these players would take your spot in a heartbeat, if you don’t work man!!
Michael Jordan was the best to ever to play the game. He lived it, he loved it, he was committed to it daily! You see people think commitment is saying you are going to do it, doing …
45 TRAITS OF GREAT PLAYERS BY @ALANSTEIN
Monday, March 11th, 2013With most high school seasons approaching the playoffs and NCAA March Madness right around the corner, I felt it appropriate to dust off an old list I made in the fall of 2011 about the traits of great players.
You know my favorite part about this list? Nearly every trait is 100% controllable! They are characteristics that players choose to have! It doesn’t say, ‘great players… are 6’8”’ or ‘great players… can jump out of the gym.’
This is a list of traits that any player can make the conscious choice to work on and improve in practice and in …
“THANKFUL” BY CHRISTOPHER THOMAS
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012Thankful
December has finally come which means it is basketball season. And this is what I am most thankful for in anticipation for another great basketball season:…
My parents for NOT giving me everything I coveted, teaching me to earn everything I get and making me appreciate everything I got.
Nike Basketball for allowing me to help influence what basketball training, conditioning and skills development means at the highest level.
My Daughter (Ashley) for making me realize that life is so precious and giving me inspiration to go after being one of the best in the business1
My players for
Are We Coachable? By: Ganon Baker
Saturday, October 13th, 2012Your Coach-Ability Will Determine Your Credibility
What a great day it is! I am healthy, I am alive and I get to be involved in Basketball today. This will be one of many blogs I will be doing weekly. I was inspired by my mentor Kevin Eastman to do more to help the great game of Basketball. I have never been a “blogger” but after reading a few of his (Kevineastmanbasketball.com), I have decided to do weekly entries. These will be spontaneous thoughts, but more based on my experience and less on my opinion. It is whatever the Good Lord …
“Free your mind” By: Christopher Thomas
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012It has been said that you either get better each day or you get worse, but you never stay the same. If we are trying to get better, then more than likely, change is necessary. And as a basketball trainer it is seemingly impossible to get players to be willing participants to change…until they see results. From my experience the “Ahh-Ha” moment when a player first sees an unexpected but positive result from unwillingly making a small change in something they were doing almost always leads to them becoming greedy for more! I do understand it is human nature for …
Presence – It’s your Oxygen as a Coach and a Leader! By: Ganon Baker
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012Out of all the qualities I see in my mentors and Leaders I study, Presence is the one thing they HAVE that I strive for! Out of all my good qualities I have as a Leader and Teacher, if I lose my presence I am DEAD as a skills coach and leader! The below are some Practical things all of us and even player/leaders can do to improve their delivery!
A Powerful Message is not a Message unless its delivered the right way!!
Presence
The Coaching intervention and everything you do as a coach is meaningless if you don’t have …
“WORKING WITH THE BEST” By: Kevin Eastman
Thursday, August 2nd, 2012I have been very fortunate in my career to work with; talk to; and help improve some of the best players in the game. As I look at our 2012 Olympic team I can remember working with Kevin Durant as a Sophomore in High School; with Lebron James as he was entering the Draft after his Senior year in High School; then it goes on to Kevin Love, Chris Paul, Andre Iguodala; and others not on the team such as Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen.
I don’t think about what I may have taught them …
