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“That coach just plays his favorites…” is a phrase spoken in every high school gym, in every state in the country, every year. Surely there can’t be a coach who plays favorites in every gym, in every state, can there? The answer to that question…
I hear coaches tell their players all the time to know and do what they are good at. What I don’t hear is many coaches telling themselves the same thing. We would admit that we do not know everything and are not good at everything…
Every coach in America wants his or her team to have discipline on game day. They want focus, attention to the little things, a blind eye and ear to distractions. But can a coach just flip the discipline switch on game day? Is that something…
I coached for 30 years. I coached boys and girls. I coached really skilled basketball teams, and I coached teams that were really good at things other than basketball. The one common thread every season was this: I expected to win every game, and I…
Ask any coach at the high school or college level what they dread most about the job, and I’d bet “parent meetings” is at the top of the list. Colleges used to be insulated from this kind of thing, but those days are long gone….
Our Ballogy team had the great pleasure to travel to North Texas to the town of Sherman to work with Coach Mark Kerkhoff and his Lady Cats of Sherman High School. Mark is a native of Indiana, so he knows good basketball when he sees…
I’ve only known legendary Texas high school coach Gary Grahn for a few years, but I didn’t need long to know he means business. Competing against him will do that. He’s as no-nonsense as they come. No gimmicks. No shortcuts. Just work. His teams reflect…
There’s an old saying in coaching: “Kids lie; stats don’t.” It’s not meant to be harsh. It’s just reality. Athletes aren’t always completely truthful about the work they’re putting in. And it’s not just athletes. We’ve all done it at some point. We remember the good reps,…
I’ve asked this question more times than I can count: “How’d you shoot today?” And I usually get the same answers. “Pretty good.” “Solid.” “Felt good.” And every time, I find myself thinking the same thing… based on what? Most players aren’t really sure. They’re…
One thing I’ve always believed as a coach—athletes want to compete. It’s in them. Sometimes it’s loud and obvious, sometimes it’s buried a little deeper, but it’s there. The question is whether we’re giving them the opportunity to bring it out every single day. Too…