In this blog post, I want to talk about mentors. To start with, I was curious about what the word actually meant, so I googled it. Now, I don’t trust everything I find on google, nor do I ever google very deeply (go further than the first option or two they give you), but this is what I found out: Seems like Mentor was a character from Homer’s Odyssey. He was given the duty of taking care of Odysseus’ house and son while Odysseus (King of Ithaca) was out doing battle in the Trojan War. I guess Mentor did a …
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For 29 years, I preached to kids and parents: ‘Support the entire team, not just your child. I understand that your child is more important to you than the others are, and that you would rather see them do well more than anyone else…..it’s ok to feel that way, but it doesn’t have to prevent you from supporting the entire team.’ But, is that really as easy to do, as it is to say? Is it easy to get emotionally (and sometimes financially) invested in a team, when your child is not playing much on that team? I think that …
Mid-October: a magical time for basketball coaches. It is the equivalent of spring time for baseball fans As you get ready to start your season, I thought I would share some thoughts with you on a critical element to building a successful team: Leadership A word of warning here, my view will probably be a little different than most of the things you read on leadership. But, like I posted at the beginning of this thing almost a year ago, my objective with this blog is not to pretend to be able to ‘advise’ you or try to tell you …
The first picture is of a beautiful creek in Colorado that I was fortunate enough to do a little fly-fishing on this summer…..Turkey Creek, just outside of Pagosa. I didn’t catch anything on that particular creek….but one of the things I love about fly-fishing, is that when surrounded by all that beauty, catching fish is secondary to soaking up the cold water and fresh mountain air. The second picture is of a rock in the middle of that creek….and if you look closely, you’ll see a couple of small trees growing out of a crack in that rock. …
This blog helps me stay connected to the coaching profession, and allows me to give a little back in the form of lessons learned thru experience. We have also started another venture that also helps me stay connected to coaches: Scholastic Steel We manufacture basketball racks (among other things)….you can go to our website and get more information at: http://www.scholasticsteel.com A sample of our work…..our racks are fully customizable and are unique in that our nameplates are steel as well as the body of the rack. Check us us out, share with other coaches you know, and let …