For over 40 years I have been a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). And, as a member I have regularly attended its national convention. This event is always held at the site of the Final Four. Back in the day, the site for this event was rotated from an East Coast [...]
People are always talking about, worrying about or attempting to figure out the future. So much so that they lose track of what is happening right now. Since no one is ever going to be in the future, what is all this fuss about the future? Or, maybe the fuss is justified? It is fairly [...]
March Madness is upon us. What a great time of year given my love of the game of basketball. That is until I had to witness a game played in what is called the œFirst Four. These are the teams seeded sixty thru sixty-eight. The four winners fill out the field of sixty-four. The game [...]
I am sure anyone reading this has had at least one teacher, mentor or master that has had a powerful influence on his or her life. Often times that person has been a coach. I have been fortunate to have several over the years. So what has us put the title of œgreat on anyone? [...]
Television advertising, print media and in peoples conversations, the word transformation appears on a regular basis. It is œHe or she was transformed, My life was transformed, œMy body was transformed, etc., etc. I fear that a word used in conversation 25 years ago that was considered weird or strange or cultish is being transformed [...]
Losing coaches have shed tears over the years about not having any leaders on the court, field or in the locker room. Consider for a moment, that a lot of the shortage is due to the fact that there is a model that the so-called œnatural-born leader fits that eliminates most of the population. Having [...]
The Ides of March is fast approaching, which signals that we are fully into that madness called college basketball and its NCAA Championship competition. Our media pundits are fully engaged in identifying who is in and who is out, and of course, who is on the œinfamous bubble. Its one of the very few occupations [...]
I have written several blogs over time about our largest group of athletes, ages 6-12. Given I do a lot of work with the products of that group of young people (college athletes) I keep seeing the same practices that dont work. First, the number one reason kids play is to have fun. If this [...]
It is Monday in February, so the Super Bowl must be over and the football is ended. A sad day for our friends in the media. Not sad for too long given March Madness is just around the corner. Thats a conversation for another time. I wonder why the powers that be think they have [...]
I dont get it. We have one country and multitude of opinions as to what to do with it. We lead the world in finger-pointing. We act like we dont need each other. We complain about the œway it is." We are all responsible for everything that is going on. Yes, even the independents who [...]