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The challenges facing young people are universal and sport may be one of the most formidable ways to rival the character deficit produced in our communities. Watch part two of my interview with Douaine Anderson, founder of SLAM, and Martin Dunne of NBC Camps UK.
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
I interviewed two extraordinary men about how basketball changed their own lives and allows them to mentor young men and women in the United Kingdom. As the saying goes, “Ain’t nothin’ changed but the location” when it comes to the potential of sport to develop character.
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An awesome young man from Germany was an unexpected learning opportunity thousands of miles from home.
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
At NBC basketball camp the athletes write letters home on the third night to someone they love. It can be a parent, sibling, friend, etc. I’ve read loads of these letters and found them frighteningly transparent as kids express concern, regret, anguish and fear. But today a kid couldn’t even write his letter. He just …
Continue reading “INSIGHTS FROM THE ISLE OF MAN”
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We landed and I was barraged with self-criticism about not being in a third world nation to run a camp there. “Why aren’t you in Africa or South America running a camp?” I felt guilty for being in an English speaking country where there’s no threat of Malaria.
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Play, Team, Today's Post
Starting five weeks ago in Rome, Italy, I was involved in or responsible for basketball camps for four straight weeks. You find a rhythm with these things after about two weeks of standing constantly and instructing young athletes with waning and/or fluctuating attention spans. You also come to expect that each week will bring the …
Continue reading “DREAM, DRIVE AND DRUDGERY”
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It’s difficult to sum up the dynamic of a week’s worth of basketball with 9-17 year-olds. There were five pillars of character that took center stage without much fanfare. “Submission to Truth,” “Motivation,” “Preparation,” “Identity” and “Resolve” rounded out the list of non-negotiable attributes that one must possess to succeed in life and sport. The …
Continue reading “THE HESPERIA CLINIC: Days 3-5”
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Play, Skills, Team, Today's Post
