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Coach's Corner: Increasing Your Three Types of Energy
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 21, 2009 at 1:41am
I love my Brian Tracy daily newsletter! From a couple of days ago, he talks about increasing your three types of energy:Most successful people can be characterized as having very high levels of energy. Since energy is the fuel with which everything is ach...more
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Coaching clinic announcement
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 16, 2009 at 2:50pm
A lot of people in the coach circles know about Kevin Sivils. I first met Kevin as he was coaching high school basketball in Louisiana at the highest of levels. Kevin was also a veteran instructor at Coach Don Meyer's summer camps. A few years ago, Kevin ...more
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Coach's Corner: How to spot a winner
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 15, 2009 at 3:09pm
Came across a great article by Paul Meyer. I love reading Paul Meyer -- he is always motivational and inspirational. As a writer for the New York Times and the founce of teh Success Motivation Instistute, he is someone who has altered the way a lot of peo...more
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Coach's Corner: Too much to do. Too little time.
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 13, 2009 at 6:58pm
Talk about great timing! My email message this morning from Brian Tracy deals with organization and priorities -- handling that feeling of being a little overwhelmed with a great deal to do in a short amount of time. As always, he gives great advice, but ...more
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What 97% of girl hockey players don’t have
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted July 13, 2009 at 12:19pm
Yesterday, I spent the day with my friend Darin Gillis and his U16 Ohio Flames girls hockey team doing off-ice fitness testing, dryland training, and workshops on performance nutrition, goal setting and how to get noticed and recruited by women’s colleg...more
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The Ultimate Coaches' Clinic: Sue Gunter
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 12, 2009 at 1:10pm
In 2008, Pat Williams, the GM of the Orlando Magic and a tremendous motivational speaker put out a book, "The Ultimate Coaches' Clinic." It is a fascinating book because of the style Pat utilized. He surveyed over 1000 coaches and administrators for insig...more
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Coach's Corner: Catch them doing something right
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 10, 2009 at 6:10pm
As coaches, we are great at finding a player(s) that does something wrong in practice and correcting them. Same principle holds true when we are watching video with out team. And don't get me wrong -- it's an important part of teaching. But just as import...more
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Women Coaching Sports: A New Educational Series
by One Sport Voice
posted July 8, 2009 at 9:03pm
Currently I am working on developing the first Women Coaching Sports workshop. Research shows female athletes who have never been coached by a female often believe that male coaches are more competent than female coaches. In the absence of female coache...more
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The seven secrets of successful coaches
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 7, 2009 at 12:47pm
In their book, "The Seven Secrets of Successful Coaches," Jeff Janssen and Greg Dale speak to the topic of working to help you team reach their full potential. In the book, the authors give those seven secrets.The Seven Secrets (Becoming a Credible Coach)...more
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Notes from a Sports Psych Grad Student: Composure
by AShadle1
posted July 6, 2009 at 9:06pm
Editor's Note: Anne Shadle was a 2-time NCAA Champion (Indoor Mile and Outdoor 1500m) while an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She then competed as a professional Track & Field athlete for Reebok from 2005-2008, capping off ...more
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Coach Summitt on discipline
by Hoop Thoughts
posted July 4, 2009 at 12:06pm
“Discipline is about more than just punishment. Discipline is the internal structure that supports your organization. Used properly, it can help you maintain order without every having to actually do the unpleasant work or punishing people. It is the ba...more
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Bittersweet
by My so-called FABULOUS life: Brianna Glenn
posted July 3, 2009 at 12:32pm
This past week has been a bit of a rollercoaster of emotions for me. I have shared with you my total elation about making the World Championship team and all of my silly giddiness that came along with it. What I haven’t shared thus far, however, is a ...more
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Go for the Goal
by Sports Girls Play
posted July 2, 2009 at 1:05pm
Goal setting is such an important aspect of sports. Whether you have your eyes set on the Olympics, a college scholarship, making the high school team, getting a time standard or learning a new skill, you need a plan. It reminds me of my favorite quote:
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3 biggest slap-shot sins in girls hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted July 1, 2009 at 11:54am
I just finished watching the first round of Under-18 team tryouts this past weekend, and while the skill level was high and the competition was fierce between these elite girls hockey players, there was one glaring weakness in almost all of the girls’ g...more
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Women coaching men: The RI round-up
by After Atalanta
posted June 30, 2009 at 3:49pm
Here is a very "comprehensive" article about women who coach men/boys in Rhode Island. High school and college coaches and some of their achievements. The writer lists ALL of the women who coach men/boys and where they do so. There are 32 in total. No na...more
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Failure an important part of success and growth
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 30, 2009 at 2:24pm
Yesterday in our day camp for younger kids, I gave a mini-clinic on dribbling. I went over all the fundamentals of dribbling and had one of our alumni Quianna Chaney demonstrating some drills. I told the campers that as coaches, when we are drilling our p...more
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Coach's Corner; Today Matters
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 29, 2009 at 12:46pm
Each summer we try to coin a phrase to center our team's motivation around. This summer the phase is simply, "WIN TODAY." We told our team that to have a great summer that we needed them to rise out of bed each morning and ask, "What do I need to do to wi...more
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Team Building Exercises
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 24, 2009 at 4:40pm
To follow are some notes on Gail Goestenkors' team building activities. These notes were shared with me by Latasha Dorsey, my former point guard and current Western Kentucky assistant who saw Coach Goestenkors at the Nike Clinic in Las Vegas. I had the op...more
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Coach's Corner: The seven lies of success
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 23, 2009 at 7:42pm
The world we live in is the world we choose to live in, whether consciously or unconsciously. The path to success consists of knowing your outcome, taking action, knowing what results you're getting, and having the flexibility to change until you're succe...more
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Coach's Corner; Three Factors of Time
by Hoop Thoughts
posted June 22, 2009 at 6:30pm
The longer I coach the more I've come to realize the value of time management. Not just in regard to organizing what must get done in the office here at LSU...but what I must do to be successful in my marriage and as a son and friend and in regard to my r...more
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