Best Things I've Seen In Coaching--Game Management

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Listed below are twelve thoughts we discussed recently at the Texas A&M Coaches Clinic. It has been a great process reviewing and putting these thoughts on paper as we prepare for our upcoming season. 

Obviously so much of "game management" is the preparation put in during the pre-season, team meetings, staff meetings, IDW's and practices.  However, below are some specific concepts to look at while preparing for these in game moments.

 

GAME MANAGEMENT

1. Process oriented mentality discussed earlier
2. Players want reassurance during timeouts
3. Half Time 3 Offense/ 3 Defense
4. Players write on board at half-time
5. Pat--"How can we help them?"
6. Pat--each assistant watched and responsible for element needed during that game…added that to practices as well
7. What you accept in victory, you must accept in defeat
8. How do you want to lose?? How can you put your head on your pillow, knowing you did everything you could to help the team prepare and compete?
9. Game Sheet--notes/ adjustments
10. Post Game breakdown--evaluate the scouting report and go over where the breakdowns were with the team on the following day
11. Correction period on day after game
12. Timeout organization--how much time wasted before going into the huddle…What's the manner for communication…What's to be communicated…What's your process??

Best Things I've Seen In Coaching--Culture

I recently had the opportunity to speak at the Texas A&M Women's Basketball coaches clinic.  Coach Starkey and I talked about sharing the experiences and lessons learned from working with Coach Meyer and Coach Summitt.  

One of Coach Meyer's best DVD in his series is one called "The Best Things I've Seen In Coaching", so we decided to steal his title.  I tried to hit 12 bullet points on 10 Topics.  Listed below are is the outline I used to talk about "Culture."

CULTURE--not the WHAT, but the HOW

1. The "Hokey "Pokey"--Started every camp with the rookie coaches on stage in the alumni auditorium demonstrating along with the campers the concept of "Putting your wholeself in."
2. No one looking for shortcuts.
3. Appreciation of the past, anticipation of the future.
4. Eliminate bad basketball, be fundamentally sound, be tough and smart
5. Players can recite our vision and what we represent
6. Team vs Bunch of players running around in the same jersey
7. Six things generally make 80% of the difference-->Seek, Study and Go To Work On
8. NBA--Next Best Action (actually Next Best Thought)
9. Deserve--merit earned through hard work
10. Daily choices--some conscious/ some unconscious..but every choice affects the team
11. What's Us vs What's Not Us-->Evil is anything that imperceptibly lowers our standards just a hair
12. We get what we Expect, Inspect & Accept