Seek excellence not validation. Entrepreneur Sara Blakely preaches, "obsess the product." The players are the product.
Dave Smart is among the finest coaches anywhere. A key Smart concept is, "every day is player development day." NBA legend Kevin Durant owns a similar philosophy, waking and asking, "how can I get better today?"
Be intentional with specific growth plans daily.
- Build your body to become stronger and more explosive.
- Watch video of your technique...your footwork, platform, passing, and arm swing.
- Refine technique that applies to your position.
- Practice mindfulness to become more resilient.
Quality preparation
- Players, maintain your notebook. After every practice and game write out three things done well and one to improve upon.
- Maintain and revise a drill book.
- Maintain and edit your playbook.
- Have a teaching file of clips.
- Consider maintaining a blog.
- Develop practice schedules using all of the above.
Quality teaching
- Be specific.
- Get and give feedback as a check of learning.
- Mentor within the team.
- Concept dependent - spacing, player and ball movement, finishing
- Track errors by type and cause (decision or execution problem)
- Don't confuse aggressive play with reckless play.
- Develop 'possession enders' (setting, digging, attacking)
- Track shot quality (no 'shot turnovers').
- "The quality of the pass relates to the quality of the shot"- Pete Carril
Quality defensive possessions
- Excellent defense starts with blocking to help the back row.
- Have an attitude of keeping the ball in play.
- Contest shots without committing net errors.
- No missed assignments (coverage).
- Talk. The ball cannot hit the floor.
- "Same page" mentality (e.g. coverage, setter choices)
Lagniappe. Service tips. Struggling? Adjust toss, stance, and focus.
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