Teaching: Simplify and Clarity

4 Offensive Items To Simplify & Clarify:
     What passes we want
     What dribbling we want
     What specific screens we want
     What cuts we want

12 Quick Hit Thoughts From Rick Majerus

The following are just a few "quick hit" thoughts that I pulled from my Utah Camp notebook.  They make for great locker room signs:

1. Tough & Determined
2. Practice Hard & Precise
3. No such thing as a bad post feed
4. Journey is better than the destination
5. Challenge yourself
6. Don't make excuses
7. Everything is Attitude
8. Don't fear failure
9. Look for work
10. Respect teammates, coaches and teachers
11. Rise above circumstances
12. 21 Days to a habit

Lessons From A Pencil

There is a parable told about a pencil maker who took each pencil aside before putting it "finished" into a box.  He would tell the pencil, "There are five things you need to know before I send you out into the world to be the best you can be:

1. You will be able to do many great things, but only if you allow yourself to work with others.
2. You will need to experience some sharpening from time to time, but it will make you better.
3. You can correct a mistake by changing it.
4. The most important part of you will always be what's on the inside.
5. On every surface you cover, you must leave your mark."

The pencil understood, promised to remember and went into the box.

Concentration Is Imperative For Sucess

I've been enjoying Coach Dale Brown's new book, "Getting Over The Four Hurdles of Life".  The following advice is relative to each of us and especially as we move into the last few weeks of the regular season:

"Stay away from all distractions.

Because concentration is imperative for ultimate success."