QOTD

All opinions in the blog are solely my own. This piece adapts from a basketball piece on my basketball blog today. 

Curiosity fuels growth. Don't allow people to extinguish our growth. Ask better questions.

Pre-school children ask hundreds of questions daily. Then the dynamic changes with the teacher asking the questions. That can stifle growth and learning.

What volleyball 'moment' changed your path? Maybe you got picked or cut from a team, got hired or fired, or you changed something that impacted the future. Maybe that moment arrives today. 

Do you want feedback or advice? Ask for advice because that promotes change. 

Be willing to ask a player, "what help can I give you?" Even better, ask about specifics. "What excites you as a player?" 

Brad Stevens asks, "what does my team need now?" A strength and conditioning coach explained that they track hand grip strength. It falls when players are mentally fatigued...so training needs to back off. 

Sara Blakely's father asked the kids each Saturday, "what have you failed at this week?" That gave them permission to fail. Blakely is CEO of Spanx, a five billion dollar company that she started. 

I saw a four year-old reach out to another who was upset, asking "what do you need from me?" That showed deep empathy at that age. 

As a player, "how do you impact winning?"

Most players and some coaches might struggle with "what are you doing after practice and games to promote recovery? 

In the introduction to The Leadership Moment, required reading for UNC Women's soccer, author Michael Useem suggests four questions:

• What went well?
• What went poorly?
• What can we do better next time? 
• What was the enduring lesson (of the experience)?

A player might ask "what one thing to I have to do differently to succeed?" or "what one thing do I have to stop doing that prevents me from success?" 

Nick Saban says, "can you make your self do it?" and "can you keep yourself from it?" 

Take a moment to think QOTD. What's the question of the day? Maybe it's a basketball question - skill development, strategy, physicality, psychology. 

Lagniappe. Stretch. 

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Lagniappe 2. If we are lucky, we get to fight the next day.