"Every successful man I have heard of has done the best he could with conditions as he found them..."~ Edgar Watson Howe
Pete Maravich Assembly Center
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Aristotle
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."~Aristotle
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Post play and guard play individual workouts
Coaches,
Email me at tkelsey@belhaven.edu for individual skill work drills. We have written out workouts for our post and perimeter players to use during our individual skill work sessions during the season.
Earl Nightingale
"One hour per day of study will put you at the top of your
field within three years. Within five years you'll be a
national authority. In seven years, you can be one of the
best people in the world at what you do."
— Earl Nightingale
Our attitudes
"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."~ Tom Blandi
Cory Dodds of The Academy of Sports Leadership:
The following is excerpt from Cory Dodds of The Academy of Sports Leadership:
Over the past decade I have watched many coaches in action and have detected a distinct difference between two dominant leadership styles. There are many ways to describe the leadership habits of coaches, but it appears to me that as leaders most fall into two categories—either drivers or builders. Drivers tend to be what leadership experts refer to as transactional leaders while builders fall pretty naturally into the category of transformational leaders. Drivers and builders have two very different leadership mind-sets and skill sets.
Drivers are generally after impressive achievements, especially the attainment of fame, status, popularity, or power. Not that there is anything wrong with that, as Jerry Seinfeld would say. But builders know that when success just means wealth, fame, status, and power it doesn‘t last and usually isn‘t satisfying. Builders commit to their calling and believe that people really do matter. For them, significance is found in contributing to the lives of their players.
Coaching is a major factor in any athlete‘s success. Most players recognize this. They‘ve been coached since they were tots playing in youth leagues. And for the most part they‘ve believed in and trusted their coaches. However, many adults reveal years later that they learned little from coaches they encountered in their student-athletic experience. Generally, the coaches that fail to impact student-athletes are transactional leaders.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Be a good one
Be a Good One
Pablo Picasso, the great Spanish painter and sculptor, once said this about his
ability: 'My mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if
you become a monk, you'll end up as Pope. Instead, I became a painter and
wound up as Picasso.' No lack of confidence here!
But he would have agreed with Abraham Lincoln. 'Whatever you are,' said
Lincoln, 'be a good one.' He demonstrated the wisdom of that advice with his
own life. And in this present age, which often seems to be contented with
mediocrity, his words summon a yearning for improvement and growth.
I think it helps to remember that excellence is not a place at which we arrive
so much as a way of traveling. To do and be our best is a habit among those
who hear and understand Lincoln's admonition.
Viennese-born composer Frederick Loewe, whom we remember from his musical
scores that include - My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot, was not always famous.
He studied piano with the great masters of Europe and achieved huge success
as a musician and composer in his early years. But when he immigrated to the
United States, he failed as a piano virtuoso. For a while he tried other types of
work including prospecting for gold and boxing. But he never gave up his dream
and continued to play piano and write music.
During those lean years, he could not always afford to make payments on his
piano. One day, bent over the keyboard, he heard nothing but the music that he
played with such rare inspiration. When he finished and looked up, he was
startled to find that he had an audience - three moving men who were seated on
the floor.
They said nothing and made no movement toward the piano. Instead, they dug
into their pockets, pooled together enough money for the payment, placed it on
the piano and walked out, empty handed. Moved by the beauty of his music,
these men recognized excellence and responded to it.
Whatever you are, be a good one. If what you do is worth doing, if you
believe that who you are is of value, then you can't afford to be content
with mediocrity. When you choose the path of excellence through this life,
you will bring to it your best and receive the best it can offer in return. And
you will know what it is to be satisfied.
Author - Steve Goodier
Pablo Picasso, the great Spanish painter and sculptor, once said this about his
ability: 'My mother said to me, if you become a soldier, you'll be a general; if
you become a monk, you'll end up as Pope. Instead, I became a painter and
wound up as Picasso.' No lack of confidence here!
But he would have agreed with Abraham Lincoln. 'Whatever you are,' said
Lincoln, 'be a good one.' He demonstrated the wisdom of that advice with his
own life. And in this present age, which often seems to be contented with
mediocrity, his words summon a yearning for improvement and growth.
I think it helps to remember that excellence is not a place at which we arrive
so much as a way of traveling. To do and be our best is a habit among those
who hear and understand Lincoln's admonition.
Viennese-born composer Frederick Loewe, whom we remember from his musical
scores that include - My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot, was not always famous.
He studied piano with the great masters of Europe and achieved huge success
as a musician and composer in his early years. But when he immigrated to the
United States, he failed as a piano virtuoso. For a while he tried other types of
work including prospecting for gold and boxing. But he never gave up his dream
and continued to play piano and write music.
During those lean years, he could not always afford to make payments on his
piano. One day, bent over the keyboard, he heard nothing but the music that he
played with such rare inspiration. When he finished and looked up, he was
startled to find that he had an audience - three moving men who were seated on
the floor.
They said nothing and made no movement toward the piano. Instead, they dug
into their pockets, pooled together enough money for the payment, placed it on
the piano and walked out, empty handed. Moved by the beauty of his music,
these men recognized excellence and responded to it.
Whatever you are, be a good one. If what you do is worth doing, if you
believe that who you are is of value, then you can't afford to be content
with mediocrity. When you choose the path of excellence through this life,
you will bring to it your best and receive the best it can offer in return. And
you will know what it is to be satisfied.
Author - Steve Goodier
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