SPEAKER | AUTHOR | TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIST
Ron Artest is a great example of someone whose specific skill set filled a void on a team that was already poised for championship performance. The question is, however, whether or not his role is acceptable to him long term. Is he BEING everything he knows he can be playing a supportive role? I could ask you the same question. How would you answer?
Category: Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
There’s a day when you go from incapable to capable. Today was the first day of the first 6ixth Man Basketball Fundamentals Clinic and this was the theme of my subconscious. I knew today wasn’t the day six athletes between the ages of 13-16 go from incapable to capable. But I wondered when that day …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Today's Post
I wasn’t too busy to blog during camp this past week. I was too tired, too overwhelmed and too enamored. I’m all about memoirs and logging the adventures of daily occurrence. But sometimes there is a flood of good, so much to process that it can hardly be done justice in the 30 minutes or …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
Be careful not to change the subject when staying on task is the difference between a win and a loss. Sasha Vujacic changed the subject in the Lakers’ close out win yesterday over the Phoenix Suns when he lost his composure and elbowed Goran Dragic in the mouth. The two have a newfound rivalry despite …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
From the man who brought you quotes such as, “Sacramento and the Lakers…that ain’t no rivalry…” and “Kobe is not the player he used to be. Father time is undefeated” comes a truth about being on top that we all do well to heed. Charles Barkley, the sage that he is, does not entertain that …
Continue reading “Who’s The Man?”
Category: Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
Saturday morning is a great time to train young men but an even better time to talk “Responsibility”. Here’s a close-up of how Norman Coulter Jr. starts off a workout with the fellas.
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Play, Skills, Team, Today's Post
Either/or questions are the best in the nebulous world. I asked the high schoolers I was training yesterday the following question: “Should the dude who skips off-season workouts, excuse HIMSELF from the team.” There was hesitation and then about an 80-20 split. The hesitation must have been due to a grim realization that, “I may …
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Category: Character, Skills, Today's Post
