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Monday, December 15, 2025

No Ordinary Joe

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Celtics' Coach Joe Mazzulla isn't a prototypical guy. Blake Griffin shares a Mazzulla story . What do you want from a coach?  1. Add...

Protect Your Standards

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Standards exist across many domains for good reasons. What if a driving test administrator passed everyone, regardless of their ability to c...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Practice and Pressure

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" Make practice hard so that games are easier." Continually raise your standards. Coach Nick Saban emphasized practice with immed...

Attitude

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" Attitude is what makes a great putter ." - Dr. Bob Rotella, "Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect" Control what you can contr...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Don't Change for Change's Sake. Change for Yours.

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James Clear: The ability to bounce back quickly is a key skill in life. pic.twitter.com/0RkGlxv9ym — Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) Decemb...
Friday, December 12, 2025

Video Worth Watching

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I keep coming back to this question: Are you willing to sprint when the distance is unknown? In 2021, Georgia Tech strength coach Lewis Cara...

What Does Being a "Team Player" Mean?

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Selfishness is the root of almost every team problem. — Alan Stein, Jr. (@AlanSteinJr) December 7, 2025 "Experience is what you get wh...

Mental Toughness

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What it is and what it isn’t   Don’t leave home without it. 
Thursday, December 11, 2025

Codify Leadership - but Don’t Confuse It with Leadership

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pic.twitter.com/q8mFrvfC6w — Jon Gordon (@JonGordon11) November 30, 2025 Teams love to talk about leadership. We create captains, titles, an...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Stop Abusing These Words

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Earn your STUDENT-Athlete status with better creative and critical writing. Communicate better with stronger verbs and fewer adverbs. Stephe...

The Slowest Zebra in Lion Country

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The most precious commodity is time. Escaped time cannot be retrieved. Here's a thin slice of reality:  MVB '26 may have the most co...
Tuesday, December 09, 2025

Unforced Errors

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“What you can do, however, is strive to make fewer unforced errors over time by using sound judgment and techniques to make the best decisio...
Monday, December 08, 2025

How Coaches Look Beyond the Boxscore

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When I watch basketball, and I’m informally and unconsciously evaluating a player, regardless of talent or skill (which are obviously paramo...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

Raising Your Standards as a Team Starts with Doing so as Individuals

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  As a team, raise your game. Commit to a broad list of high standards. I wrote bullet points about raising standards and asked ChatGPT to h...

When Impossible Becomes Reality

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Long rally
Saturday, December 06, 2025

What Is Your North Star?

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The "North Star" is a mental model, guiding force to direct your journey. It isn't a goal. MVB isn't headed to the North S...
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