Clrad High Schl Caches Assciatin 2011 Basketball Caches Clinic Kevin Bley (Legend HS) State champin at Brmfield High Schl - Yu must be willing t fight fr yur culture each and every day Dc Rivers - Yu must EMBRACE cmmunicatin with yur players, parents, etc r yu wn t be successful - Be hard n them, but lve them - Idea frm Je Ortiz have players get a Vitamin C tablet frm the ffice every day (ff curt cmmunicatin) similar t sign-in sheet - Hw quickly d yu return an email r phne call? - Balance between being hard n kids and lving them - His keys t successful prgram Feeder prgram Staff System - Relatinships - Assistants can t just shw up. They have t wrk. If head cach sends text, expects a text back. - PHD = Pr, Hungry, Driven - Assistants shuld want t be head caches - S imprtant t watch ther s practices - Staff must speak same language - System f play = Simplicity r executin r Surprise & Change - Must be able t beat the best team in the league - Wrkuts are ptinal. Yu dn t have t be there. Playing time is als ptinal. I dn t have t play yu. - Weight rm is imperative there is n ther way (It s abut mre than strength) Cmmitment Pain Character Building Wrk Ethic - All players in his prgram will g thrugh guard skill wrk - Plays music during pen gym at times - Believe in the prcess dn t sell ut yur integrity fr wins they will cme if yu d it the right way Ken Shaw Regis HS 3 Cnsecutive Big Schl 5A State Titles - Mst imprtant thing in caching is relatinships with yur players Mre imprtant than skill develpment, etc - The greatest lessns in life that we learn are thse we teach urselves - Can learn s much frm yur players - Mst imprtant technique yu teach is the belief yu have in yur players Yu must believe in the team - Keys Mutual respect Treat players crrectly t the media. Treat them as equals. Behind clsed drs, thugh, all is fair game, even the cach D yur part
Be able t aplgize t yur players when yu screw up - Leadership Senirs f the team must be able t knw and recite this Set a gd example Bring ut best in yur teammates Says Steve Nash is the best never seen Nash get n a teammate - Our sciety is naturally critical Arm-chair quarterbacks - D players like yur prgram? Very imprtant questin! - Find a way t invlve gd peple. They wuld be defined as thse that can handle adversity - D players care abut the team? Disease f me - Easier t get a player t reach his ptential if yu have a gd relatinship with him - Spends mst f his practice time n shting - All f ur situatins (are current jbs) are different. Must analyze what wrks fr yu! - Yu have t wrk at skills t develp. There is n substitute. Shaw desn t call kids t ask why they aren t wrking ut. - This is the mst FUN game t play. Kids shuld WANT t be in the gym. - If players buy in, parents will fllw. Sell yur players first - ****Every player gets cut at sme pint in time!!! We all reach ur ceiling. It s necessary - Our (player & parent) prgram, nt just the caches prgram - Are yu alienating peple r drawing them in? - Cach Shaw will talk t parents abut anything (including playing time) if Right time, right place, right tne f vice - Cmmunicatin D yu ask fr feedback frm yur players? Be ready t get yur feelings hurt, but very infrmative Q s = What d yu like and shuld we cntinue t d, and What dn t yu like, shuld we change? - Yu can slve a lt f team prblems by talking t players individually fr 3-4 minutes after the game. Stp it befre it starts. - Kids need t hear that they are cntributing - Team Mtgs = Meet every day during seasn that they dn t have weights / plys after practice - D a ntebk! Teach the mental side f the game! Players will keep them frever. It is imprtant t them. - Run a class prgram. Kids want t be a part f smething special - We can always be the best in these areas (n cmprmise) Character, attitude, effrt We can always win in thse areas - Dn t set yur players up fr failures & frustratins i.e. dn t be unrealistic in expectatins - If yu can shw kids things that make them better and make it fun, they ll shw up. Give them a visin! - Special emphasis n shting in the prgram has paid majr dividends. Last seasn = 62%FG, 44%3FG, 78%FT Always wrk n shting - D yur players have trust in each ther? - The pwer f a hand-written nte - Quick FT s = 1 dribble and sht. Have t make 15 in a rw befre miss(?) D fr certain amunt f time. At end, if dn t make gal, run dwn & back s peple see yu missed gal (peer pressure).
Cach Meyer (Things I wuld d different) - Get all the gd ideas, but can t use all the gd ideas. Be careful hw much yu change with yur prgram after ging t a clinic. What will wrk fr yu? - What makes a masterpiece is what yu take ut f smething. - It s extremely hard t want smething mre fr smebdy than they want fr themselves - Prmise less, deliver mre - D yu kids use cell phnes n the bus? Check them in at sme pint. - Real relatinships take a lt f time - #1 thing in Caching = Yur example is nt the main thing, it is the nly thing. - Our team nt my team unless yu are taking the blame - Yu have t have credibility t get away with crap - #2 thing in Caching = Cach fr the lve f the game and fr the kids. That s all. - Learning takes place thrugh discvery Figure it ut - Persnal, purpseful practices - Figure ut what fits yur team - Yu can t cach ut f a ntebk! - Yu can never spend t much time n shting Mrgan Wten - Cach Meyer s first jb at Hamline He stayed up first 72 hurs straight in the ffice - Plan the week n Sunday and plan the next day the night befre - Find a system that wrks fr yu; yu dn t wrk fr the system Tughness & Trust Effrt Attitude Mtives Why are yu caching? Servant Leaders - Understand that everybdy has it a lt wrse than yu d. N pity parties. - What Abut Bb = Baby Steps Best caching mvie ever - The nly thing they remember in a timeut is the last thing yu tell them - Kids dn t pick their parents it s nt their fault - Yu can be physical withut being tugh, but yu can t be tugh withut being physical - Rles will yur players accept them? - Rles = Define, Understand, Accept, Fulfill - Knwledge is knwing what t say. Wisdm is knwing whether r nt t say it. - Majerus = knw wh yu are and what yur game is - NBA = Next Best Actin - Mistakes = Recgnize, Admit, Learn, Frget - Catch yur kids ding smething gd - Cach Bb King = There are nly enugh shts n the flr fr fur peple (better have smebdy that is willing t play withut shting) - Always try t factr in the Human Element n decisins - Only sit behind yur desk when talking t a kid if yu want t be the judge, jury, and executiner G fr a walk - Yu dn t get paid t put the 5 best players n the flr; yu get paid t put the 5 that wrk tgether best - It s nt what yu teach, it s what yu emphasize - Must give respect t get it (same fr players) - Scuting Reprt = Knw wh yu are guarding, their #, their game
- Chuck Daly = Smetimes t guard is nt t guard - Nt a lt f peple can d much fr yu when yu get a DUI - Prcess ver Prduct - Great prgram = Sund, slid, simple - Want integrity in yur prgram - It shuld all be abut the kids - Must be able t win when the ball desn t bunce right - Dn t whine, dn t cmplain, dn t make excuses (Wden s Dad) - Nbdy des the right thing all the time - Nthing mre harmful t a team than a lack f discipline - 2 types f pain (discipline & regret) = make practices tugher than the games - Be a skill cach, nt a drill cach Iba & Patern - Practice = 4 (30 minute) segments Skill wrk, Team Skills, Team D, Situatin / Cmpetitin - See the need, fill the need Dn t teach what yu dn t need - I dn t make decisins because they are ppular, I make them because they are right - Pat Summit = If yu sit in the Big Chair - The right decisin is almst never ppular - Get credibility as fast as yu can! - Yu can pick captains, but yu can t pick leaders - Practice with the intensity and pise f a natinal champinship taem - Basketball is the best class they ll ever be invlved in Must use a ntebk - Prperly & quickly execute the fundamentals f the game fr the welfare f the team - Vs. a great team Spacing Sureness Sht Selectin (Nt lking fr a sht we can make but fr a sht we can t miss) Give heavy help n their best player Dn t create ffense with yur defense - Simplicity and executin win in March - Always make a kid quit; dn t cut them - A gd administratr never gives a gd cach a reasn t leave, and a bad ne gives a cach several each day Lk fr a new jb Get it Then resign - Beswick Scale Ggle It (Talent Mindset Cmparisn) A A = Best situatin! A B = Bad, bad, situatin. Will get yu beat B A = Stick with the kid. They will get better! - Fxhle Test - Abe Lemn = Yu make enemies faster than yu make friends in caching - Pick battles big enugh t fight and small enugh t win - 3 Things fr the rest f yur life Find yur unique talent / gift Develp it t the fullest (Because Nbdy pays fr average!) Give yur gift away
Andrew Hasz Faith Christian HS (130-5 past 5 seasns with 5 straight state titles during that time) - Clinics will stimulate yu in the summer - Hw t Build & Sustain a Prgram Hire caches wh knw mre than yu Find caches that can relate t the players Give assistants specific areas f wnership Swallw yur pride Develping yur prgram Wrk with players in yur feeder prgrams Persnal investment in yur yunger guys Execute yur system What will yu be knwn fr? Teach these characteristics early in yur prgram Regularly integrate drills that reinfrce these key characteristics Use lder players t teach yunger nes Mtivatin Must be smething beynd the individual Every player needs t feel valued and imprtant and have a rle n the team 1 Crinthians 10:31