Author: Buzz Williams

  • Sweat Because You Work

    Sweat Because You Work

    [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJq8ZdKKfHM[/youtube]

  • #TechTalk: Our National Anthem

    #TechTalk: Our National Anthem

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyoVGCebUfw[/youtube] In a little more than a month, the basketball season will start.  Up to this point through what we call “Tech Talks” we have covered multiple topics that I feel our players should know about.  We’ve touched on a lot of topics such as investing in yourself, money management, how difficult it is to…

  • Hokies Hoops & Heels

    Hokies Hoops & Heels

    This Saturday we will be hosting our “Hokies Hoops and Heels” event at the Hahn-Hurst center.  This will be the first event of it’s kind that I have done during my coaching career.  I wanted to hold a one day clinic specifically targeted to the women of the Blacksburg/Virginia Tech community.   The day will…

  • Bruce Arians: Coach It Like You Stole It

    Bruce Arians: Coach It Like You Stole It

    I try to read everything I can on any type of coach, regardless of their sport or level of success.  I have a great interest in the different styles and philosophies that a coach is about.  Over the past few years I have really focused in on NFL coaches.  Everything about their management styles, both…

  • Jenga and The Hokies

    Jenga and The Hokies

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stoYm-LUn98[/youtube] It was around mid September when I decided upon using the term “Jenga” for the theme of our team this year.   Every team I have ever coached has had a theme associated with it.  Last year it was “Just Today” and finally this year I settled upon Jenga.  I grappled with a variety of ideas all summer, but…

  • Handwritten Notes

    Handwritten Notes

    People often want to know about why I write so many handwritten notes, how it started, why I still do it, and of course, where do I find the time to do it?  All those questions have reasons behind them, but first I’ll fill you in on how it all started. There wasn’t any social…

  • 2014 VT Boot Camp

    2014 VT Boot Camp

    [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD8CcHTEm9s[/youtube] Over a 9 day span the Hokies put themselves through a series of intense and grueling boot camp sessions. They had no choice but to work together, work harder, and work to completion. Never…ring…the…bell!

  • VT Boot Camp 2014

    VT Boot Camp 2014

    We just finished Boot Camp Session #4 yesterday, which was our first day of a double session, and session #5 will start @ 5:36 a.m. Thursday. Despite the newness of the chaos, everyone involved has done a really good job thus far. I have been inundated with texts and emails over the last week, asking…

  • Play To Win

    Play To Win

    [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF-upBADEro[/youtube]

  • September Basketball Thoughts

    September Basketball Thoughts

    Good coaches know X’s & O’s. Great coaches know their players Don’t ever take a low maintenance player for granted. Very important to winning. For winners, losing inspires them, for losers, losing defeats them. “Coaches have to watch for what they don’t want to see and listen to what they don’t want to hear” –…