FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS
1. Commitment
a. Don’t be Luke-warm, put your whole self in—Be PASSIONATE about what you do.
b. “A leader with great passion and few skills will always outperform a leader with great skills and little passion.”—John Maxwell
c. Be committed to becoming the best you can be—Skill Development (develop the unconscious)
i. Confidence comes from demonstrated ability.
d. Four Types of Players
i. Unconscious and incompetent
ii. Conscious and incompetent
iii. Conscious and competent
iv. Unconscious and competent (develop the unconscious to become automatic through repetition.)
2. Toughness (physical and mental)
a. Mental more than physical (attention to detail because good is in the details)
b. BE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE (pressure is good and stress is bad)
c. You have to have tenacity, which is the ability to stick with it and be persistent in your attitude and effort.
d. If you want to be the best player you have to be the hardest worker and those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
3. Communication (on and off the floor)
a. Listen vs Hearing (listen with your eyes, ears, mind and heart)
b. Great players crave hard instruction
c. Have huddles on the floor to communicate with teammates
d. Sometimes you have to figure it out without your coach (communicate to “Fix It”)—Adapt, Improvise & Overcome
4. Leadership
a. Leadership starts from the top
b. You have to learn to serve before you can lead (servant leader)
c. Lead from the front not from the rear (lead by example because your example isn’t the main thing, it is the only thing)
d. Not everybody can lead, but everybody has a role.
i. Roles
1. Define
2. Understand
3. Accept
4. Fulfill
5. Goal Oriented
a. Have long term & short term goals
b. Set specific goals that are observable & measurable (have a narrow focus to help concentration)
c. Set goals that are realistically attainable & within your control
d. Determine what you want—find out how much it is going to cost you—decide whether you are willing to pay the price
e. You must have the persistence to follow through with your set goals (BE A FINISHER)
1. Commitment
a. Don’t be Luke-warm, put your whole self in—Be PASSIONATE about what you do.
b. “A leader with great passion and few skills will always outperform a leader with great skills and little passion.”—John Maxwell
c. Be committed to becoming the best you can be—Skill Development (develop the unconscious)
i. Confidence comes from demonstrated ability.
d. Four Types of Players
i. Unconscious and incompetent
ii. Conscious and incompetent
iii. Conscious and competent
iv. Unconscious and competent (develop the unconscious to become automatic through repetition.)
2. Toughness (physical and mental)
a. Mental more than physical (attention to detail because good is in the details)
b. BE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE (pressure is good and stress is bad)
c. You have to have tenacity, which is the ability to stick with it and be persistent in your attitude and effort.
d. If you want to be the best player you have to be the hardest worker and those who work the hardest are the last to surrender.
3. Communication (on and off the floor)
a. Listen vs Hearing (listen with your eyes, ears, mind and heart)
b. Great players crave hard instruction
c. Have huddles on the floor to communicate with teammates
d. Sometimes you have to figure it out without your coach (communicate to “Fix It”)—Adapt, Improvise & Overcome
4. Leadership
a. Leadership starts from the top
b. You have to learn to serve before you can lead (servant leader)
c. Lead from the front not from the rear (lead by example because your example isn’t the main thing, it is the only thing)
d. Not everybody can lead, but everybody has a role.
i. Roles
1. Define
2. Understand
3. Accept
4. Fulfill
5. Goal Oriented
a. Have long term & short term goals
b. Set specific goals that are observable & measurable (have a narrow focus to help concentration)
c. Set goals that are realistically attainable & within your control
d. Determine what you want—find out how much it is going to cost you—decide whether you are willing to pay the price
e. You must have the persistence to follow through with your set goals (BE A FINISHER)
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