Wednesday, August 31, 2011

"Know Thyself"--Teacher/ Coach Theory From Bob Knight


A. Evaluate Yourself
     1. Know your strengths and weaknesses
          a. What you can’t do is more important than what you can do in deciding things
     2. Know what you want and don’t want to do
     3. How well do you discipline yourself?
          a. can’t be late
          b. show up everyday
          c. be responsible
    4. How good are you with people?
          a. 2 things you must be able to do to succeed.
               Talk
               Write
    5. How well do you work for people?
          a. take directions
          b. can you do what is demanded of you?
     6. How demanding can you be?
          a. there is a strong correlation between learning and what is demanded
          b. must get people to do what they don’t want to; make them go beyond their comfort zone
          c. how tough can you be?
          d.can you control a classroom?
          e. demand that players graduate, go to class, or don’t play
          f. you should feel that you know more about what is good for them, than they do
     7. How well do you accept criticism?
          a. “Any fool can criticize, and they all do.”
          b. be prepared for it, everyone feels they could do it better
          c. involves critiques, public criticisms
     8. How well do you prepare/plan?
          a. “The will to prepare to win is ultimately greater than the will to win.”
          b. most teams are even, the team best prepared to win, will
          c. preparation is vital

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