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Views from the Sideline – My 1st Boot Camp With Buzz
A new city, a new school, a new job, a new coach…and I am one of the two new guys on the entire staff. After spending the last two seasons in the PAC-12, I was one of the two hires Coach Williams made that didn’t come with him from his previous post. From my first…
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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…
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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” –…
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What I Wish I Knew At 42
If I know anything I know this: We can’t successfully live life in the rear view mirror. We can, however learn much from our past experiences and from other people. I have found it to be very useful to reflect on those learning’s from time to time. In fact just taking the time to be…
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Random Thoughts On Coaching From Coaches
PARENTS “Most parents would rather see their child make the All-State team rather than their team win the state championship” – Don Meyer PASSION “I’ve always believed that anything you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe and enthusiastically act upon, must, absolutely must, come to pass” – Skip Bertman PERSEVERANCE “I’m sure you’ve heard that…
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10 Sentences That Can Change Your Life
“People aren’t against you; they are for themselves” “Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.” “You learn more from failure than from success; don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character.” “The most dangerous risk of all – The risk of spending your life not doing…
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Put Your Minutes Where Your Mouth Is
A HUGE difference between the leaders who make things happen and those who do not is how they prioritize their time. Leaders who make things happen schedule their lives around what needs to get done. Leaders who don’t make things happen do the exact opposite, scheduling what needs to get done around their lives. The…