RANDOM

NOTES: These are things that were said on the court, during
introductions, or in conversations with people at camp

“There are some days that I just don’t have it, but someone else on the team does have it.
That person has to set the pace that day.” – Julie Foudy (via Jay Bilas)

Zero-Sum Mentality (via Alan Stein)
Not necessary when learning or discussing factors that lead to success…
“One thing being good, does not make others bad.”
“You finding success, does not mean that I am unsuccessful.”

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “Power of Habits” by Charles Duhigg

“Do NOT delay gratitude.” – Jay Bilas

“Do you know how to drop step?”
“Ok, drop step.”
“Can you defensive slide?”
“Ok, slide towards the sideline.”
“Now sit down.”
(via Kevin Eastman – funny way to tell a player to sit on the bench)

FOR OTHER COACHES – HEAT DRILL – SPECIAL SITUATIONS
We use the “Heat Drill” to practice our SPECIAL SITUATIONS. This might be a good thing
for your team. After you progress from 2-on-1, all the way to 5-on-5, put 1:00 or 1:30 on
the clock. You will have a score (example: 7-4 white team leads). Use this to practice those
end of game situations. Both teams are shooting 1-and-1 on all non-shooting fouls. Each
team gets ONE TIMEOUT. Assistant coaches are coaching a team. If the assistant coach calls
timeout, then I (head coach), lead the offensive huddle. I will NOT tell them to call timeout.
It is a great teaching tool, to build continuity and understanding. It keeps Assistant Coaches
engaged, but I (head coach) get reps at end of game timeout situations with our team.

“If you think a task is below you, then leadership will be beyond you.” – Jay Bilas

“Pitch, Pause, Pace, Power.” PAUSE is most important! – Jay Bilas on public speaking

START AT THE END
- Tell them what you are going to tell them
- Tell them
- Tell them what you told them

“In coaching, it is not what you say, it is what you accept.” – Bo Ryan (via Jay Bilas)

“There is a difference between being in charge and being a leader.”
Alan Stein

The closest synonym to coach is leader.

#1 Skill set is ability to make someone else better leaders are always in demand.

To be a leader, you CHOOSE to positively impact those around you.

Repetition is not punishment; it is the mother of all skill.

What you model, will always trump what you say.

You must use YOUR voice, to create/add to the ONE VOICE (team).

RELATIONSHIPS are the life blood.
#1 way to pour into it is active listening.

Best thing you can do to build a relationship is asking another question.
*** Shows that you care.

CARING vs. LIKING
When you can learn to still care about someone in your program, that you do not like, you
are working at an elite level.

CONNECT FIRST; COACH SECOND

Everyone talks; Some listen; Very few connect

Leader #1 job is to FORGE A STRONG CONNECTION

As a leader, can’t pour anything out of an empty cup. Must figure out what fills your cup, to
pour into others at the highest level.

What are the FIVE things that help you fill your bucket, to perform at your highest
level? What is your daily/weekly schedule or routine?
COMPARE THESE TWO THOUGHTS

Who are the FIVE people who pour into your bucket?
Care about you, love you, and will hold you accountable.
Who are the FIVE people you spend the most time with?
COMPARE THESE TWO THOUGHTS

Every time you know what you need to do, but do not do it… PERFORMANCE GAP!
*** Must strive to close that gap
*** Fill your bucket with what/who will improve performance
Alan Stein Continued…

Your lack of knowledge will rarely be your down fall.
Your lack of DOING will be your down fall.

3 Steps to improve
1 – What is the one thing that I could start (or stop) doing to improve?
2 – Commit to that ONE thing, for 66 days.
3 – Keep the Spotlight On
*** Spotlight goes off, we revert to what is easy
*** The spotlight is your “Inner Circle” – Tell them you need help

If you choose to change only ONE thing = 85% success rate
If you choose to change TWO things = 35% success rate
If you choose to change THREE OR MORE things = 4% success rate

“Hold yourself to an incredibly high standard, but give yourself some grace or compassion.

One of the most impressive traits to describe someone: CONSISTENT!

TATES LOCKE – Was one of the most simple human beings (This is a compliment!)

Everyone involved must have OWNERSHIP for the program.

SUCCESS CONTINUAM
1 – Know your identity (make sure teams knows identity)
*** That identity explains to the players why they sacrifice
2- Create Standards to uphold identity
*** People Give better effort when they care
*** Have players establish the standards
3 - Accountability
*** Individual Accountability = I do the right thing
*** Collective Accountability = I will have my teammates back, and they will have mine.
4 – CULTURE
*** Ability to live out your identity and uphold the standards
5 - RESULTS

QUESTIONS FOR PLAYERS
1 – Are you coachable?
2 – Do you give me permission to coach you to the best of my ability?
3 – Do you give me permission to hold you accountable to our team standards?
4 – How do you want me to hold you accountable?
*** People want to keep their word
*** No one wants to let people down

Alan Stein Continued…

ULTIMATE TEST OF CULTURE
“What is the team’s behavior, when Head Coach is not around?”
As a Coach – What is YOUR behavior when other people aren’t around?

Your culture can raise or lower the success of your talent?

WARM-UP WITH CAMPERS (DAY 1)
• Side to Side hops
• Front to back hops
• 1-Foot side to side, 1 foot front to back, 1 foot twisting hops (repeat with other foot)
• 1-Foot palms to ground, lift the hips (10 times)
• Jumping Jack Feet, but touch a hand to the floor (Alternate hands)
• Catcher position – with fingers on the ground, lift/lower hips
• Plank position – Walk one foot up, lift that arm to the sky (repeat with other foot)
• PARTNER PUSHING DRILLS
o Athletic Stance with arms crossed
o Lunge position (do it both ways)
o Squat position – Arms out and together (push/pull arms)
o Push-up (partner push/pull at top)

TALK WITH CAMPERS

Used Musical Chairs as the analogy for being successful in basketball. There are a lot of
players in the world, with a limited number of chairs. What separates you?

The game of basketball will always need TWO TYPES OF PLAYERS:
*** Shooters
*** Leaders

Kobe on why he was the best in the world, “I never get bored with the basics.”

“If I followed you around for 3 days, I would know what you really want to do/be.”

PLAY PRESENT
1 – Focus on NEXT PLAY
2 – Focus on Effort/Attitude
3 – Respect the process

“If working hard is a choice, not working hard is also a choice. It goes both ways.”




BART LUNDY

BUILDING A WINNING CULTURE
“The Juice” – Use Hand Sanitizer to get an opportunity to greet every player
CULTURE = “What WE do is what WE do.”

HANDOUT ATTACHED


First Team Meeting
Theme – What message do they need to be really good?

Young people live in the future, old people live in the past, and wise people live in the present!

W1N
ONE = Only Now Exists

Everything in pre-season is competitive with a consequence for losing

Around the horn = Coaches say every players name in the opening drills

Touches = being a good teammate (Steve Nash)

“The way you talk to players, is how they will play for you.”

Talk about REAL ISSUES (outside of basketball) with your team.

Dealing with Failure
“Biggest problem in this country is no one thinks they can fail.”

Put players in positions to fail and help them learn how to deal with it.

Be really disciplined defensively, clutter free on offense.

Assistants must make a clear line for the players – not a “buddy.”

“Test the Fences” – Players/Outside Voices will check to see if staff is on the same page?

“If you don’t establish a program ‘about something,’ you are a coach that is about nothing.”
BOB RICHEY

“Coaching needs more conviction.”
Side Note: Conviction = A firm belief in something

“If you want to build a program, get people you can lose with first.”

WHAT I LEARNED IN YEAR 1
1 – It is never about what you know. It is about what you can get players to do.
2 – Leaders create Leaders
3 – “Further the Man” Program
*** LINK TO VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBLlpCTQY5o


BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “Help the Helper” by Kevin Pritchard and John Eliot

“Care for them, serve them, love them, but NEVER sell out for them.”

“A core value is NOT a core value, until it is tested.”

SCHEME = Critical / TALENT = Essential / MESSAGING = More Important than both

“One thought can last you an entire day”

Keys to Transition Defense
- Safety and Top
o Stay in front of the ball
- “8-Second Drill” – Late clock into transition

Halfcourt Defense
1 – Precise in our positioning
2 – Connected in our coverages
3 – Aggressive in our disruptions

Keys to Defense
Clarity to Plan
Energy to the Game

Find your objective
Know your personnel
Plan to accomplish objectives

“Language brings exclusivity, exclusivity brings buy-in.”

Coaching is getting players to do what they don’t want to do.
PASS THE PEN SESSION

Mike Dunlap

Good Drills (per Bob Knight)
1 – Keep Time
2 – Keep Score
3 – Know Rotation of Drill
4 – Advantage/Disadvantage
5 – Include Rebounding

“The more things that I do, the less things that I can be good at.”

3-on-3 Winners Court / Losers Court
12 minutes – 2 dribbles – all must cross half court
Winners Court = Winner Stays / Loser goes to Losers Court
Losers Court = Winner goes to Winners Court / Loser is off
*** Line is at the Losers Court

When planning practice - Consumed with tempo and winning/losing

BOOK RECOMMENDATION – “The Smart take from the Strong” by Pete Carril

Zone Benefits
- Protect a great player from foul trouble
- Limited actions vs. zone
- Take Hot Player away
- Take Pick and Roll away
- Can be used to regulate tempo

17% decline in made shots when a defender’s high hands are in the shooting pocket.

Rick Pitino Quote: “Never seen a zone offense that is better than a man-to-man offense.”

Bob Knight Quote: “Team plays man-to-man, they pick who guards our best player. If
they play zone, I pick who guards my best player.”

“Screen the zone.”

A strategy against a 2-3 zone, with a rim protecting big, is to seal that big in the middle
of the lane. Occupy him with a body, and then drive the “B” and “C” gaps. (via Lundy)



PASS THE PEN SESSION Continued…


Grant Leonard

College Basketball Shooting Advanced Stats (analytics)

Points Per Possession (PPP) Goal = 1 point per possession

FGA % TYPE OF SHOT PPP
27% Spot Up .98
23% Transition 1.05
16% Pick & Roll Passer 1.2
Pick & Roll Ball handler .8
9% Cut 1.2
9% Post Up .82
5% Iso .78
4% Off Screen .94

BEST POINTS PER POSSESSION SHOT = FREE THROW (1.48 PPP)

Build Offensive System and workouts around the shots that you want!

We want the other team to shoot “Wood 2’s”
“Wood 2” = Non-Paint area, inside the three point line is usually wood colored.

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “Multiple Offenses and Defenses,” by Dean Smith (via J. Bilas)

















DON SHOWALTER

THOUGHTS FOR COACHES

1 – Make sure you are doing the very best at where you are right now.
2 – Attend clinics and camps.
3 – Work hard, be energetic, and show a passion.
4 – Follow up with acquaintances that you get to meet.
5 - Get out of your comfort zone.
6 – Be Patient.
7 – Look for volunteer opportunities.

USA National Team – GOLD STANDARDS

DON SHOWALTER Continued…

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “The Gold Standard” by Coach K

ACTIVITY: “COMMUNICATION CIRCLE”

- Four players hold hands
- Players are given an instruction on what information they will share
o EXAMPLE: “Tell person to your right something they did well today.
- Speaker must look listener in the eyes, say their name, and then share information.
- What is said in the “communication circle” stays in the gym.
BEST QUESTION: “Tell person to your right something that no one would know about you.”

“Basketball is over-coached and under-taught.”

A player’s value to the team is not measured in playing time.

Two things that coaches should bring to camp (practice): Enthusiasm and Passion
“Players do NOT have bad practices. Coaches do.”

*** One way to add FUN to practice is to use PE games.

GOLD WORKOUT
3-0 Offensive action / 3-3 LIVE / 5-0 Offensive action

“It is not what you teach, it is HOW you teach it!”
“Players do NOT graduate from skills.”

Coaches should take ownership for their youth programs.
Winning does NOT matter.
1 – Man-to-man defense
2 – Develop Skills
3 – Do it in a fun way
4 – Develop culture
5 – Instill “Love of the game”

USA BASKETBALL EIGHT
1 – Footwork/Balance
2 – Dribbling
3 – Shooting
4 – Passing
5 – Screening
6 – Rebounding
7 – Whole offense
8 – Whole defense
DON SHOWALTER Continued…

FOUR C’s
• Choices – Make up who you are
• Comfort Zone – Create ways to get out of it
• Communication – Idea: Take one practice per year and let players run it
• Compete – Time and Score

“There is always freedom of choice, but no freedom of consequence.”

MIND CANDY – Phrases/Quotes used at the start of practice to generate thought

Top 10 Mistakes that Coaches Make:
1 – Take a bad job
2 – Failure to improve your craft (coaching)
3 – Too much complaining to officials
4 – Not spending enough practice time on special situations
5 – Too much talking in practice; not enough reps
6 – Not spending enough off-court time with players
7 – Not enough practice time to fundamentals
8 – Don’t worry about who is the boss – serve the players
9 – Thinking philosophy is more important than personnel
10 – Falling in love with drills – each drill must have a purpose






















JOHN SHULMAN

“You can NOT win with fools.”

ABC’s of the Coaching Business
• Be uncommon

• Outwork people

• Be genuine = get to know people with no agenda

• Coaching is coaching
o There is nothing better than being called, “Coach.”
• What is your WHY? Why do you coach?

o “If you can keep YOU out of coaching, you are in good shape.”
• Find your philosophy

• Look the part

• “Have a feel” – Get rid of your ego

• Ask Questions – Shut up and listen

• Don’t be a “sexual intellectual” – “F’ing ‘know it all’”

• Be who you are

• Be vocal at the right time

• Get involved / Be present

• Study the game; learn the game

• Write a hand written note

• Be organized

• Be Positive/Encourage/Give players BELIEF

• No “I” in recruiting – It is about the school
o YOU don’t sign players – The head coach/school signs players

• Be good fundamentally
KEVIN EASTMAN

2 Types of People
“KNOW-IT-ALLS” – Never progress
“LEARN-IT-ALLS” – Always getting better

There is more inside each of us. Those who succeed recognize it and do whatever they can
to bring it out.

2 Types of Ego’s
LOSER’S EGO – Centered on self
WINNER’S EGO – Belief is earned by time invested and ability to back it up

1 – Two types of people (above)
2 – Big eyes, big ears, small mouth
*** When a person speaks, it is things that they already know.
3 – Never say, “NO,” to a basketball opportunity
4 – “What you see, is what you get.”
*** What other people see, is how they judge us.

UBUNTU
Tennant #1: People are people, because of other people
Tennant #2: I can only be all I can be, if you are all you can be.

“Losers live in the past, Champions learn from the past.”

Thought for players: “What can you do well, when what you do well, is not going well?”

“Are you willing to pay the price, for the dream that you have?”

Four P’s
Person – Character
Pace – Can you play fast and mistake free
Process – Can you process information?
Production – In your role, can you produce?

THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN PLAYERS
• Are you coachable?
• Do you LOVE the gym?
• Do you have a drive?
• Are you competitive?

“The best players don’t do the drill, they prepare for the game.”


KEVIN EASTMAN Continued…

TRUTH – Most important word in all of success.
*** If we do not know what we need to know, how can we get better?

1 – LIVE IT – Do actions match words?
2 – TELL IT – Speak the truth
3 – TAKE IT – The truth will set you up

“When your knowledge catches up to your passion, that is when magic happens.”

Knowledge is power… if you use it.

IF WE CAN GET PLAYERS TO TALK – We will find out what makes them tick
IF WE CAN GET PLAYERS TO LISTEN – We can change how they tick

REAL COACHING
R – elationships (find ways to connect – articles?)
E – xample (what do players see/here?)
A – ttitude (it’s not so much what you know, but what you bring every day)
L – istening (Listen more than you talk)

“Do you listen to respond, or listen to understand?”

THREE GAPS TO FIND SUCCESS
CAPABILITY – What we have done --- What we are capable of
KNOWLEDGE – What we know --- What we need to know
ACTION – We have a lot to do --- We don’t do it

GOALS IN A MEETING
1 – Best Listener
2 – Best Note Taker
3 – Best Question Asker
4 – Most Respectful

“The people who listen the best, leave the meeting with the most information” –Phil Knight

THREE “INS” OF COACHING
BUY-IN: Starts with believe in, which starts with developing trust, which starts by
living the truth.
GIVE-IN: These players can’t live here alone, just giving in. Biggest threat.
NOT-IN: Not buying in. Easy to see.



KEVIN EASTMAN Continued…

CREATING BUY-IN
1 – COMPETENCE - Know your stuff
2 – TRUSTWORTHINESS - Time, Consistency, Proof to create trust
3 – WORK ETHIC - Players must see your work
4 – SINCERITY – Players must know you are in it for them

WHERE ARE YOU IN COACHING?
1 – Do you know the game? (Know info)
2 – Can you see the game? (See mistakes)
3 – Can you read the game? (Adjustments)

FIRE EMPLOYEE GUIDELINES
1 – Be direct
2 – Facts; NOT Opinions
3 – Deliver with respect
4 – Allow them to vent (Optional)

WAYS TO OVERCOME BEING OVERWHELMED
1 – Keep the main thing the main thing
2 – Priority management over time management

KOBE “UNTIL” STORY SUMMARY
Coach Eastman was watching film with Kobe, and young players, at an event. Kobe asked
Eastman to rewind back a clip. This happened multiple times. Eastman finally asked Kobe
what he was looking at. Kobe said that the move made by the high school player was not in
his game. Coach Eastman asked how he planned to practice the move. Kobe explained that
it was about the footwork. Eastman asked how long Kobe would work on it. Kobe
responded, “until.” Eastman asked, “Until when?” Kobe looked at him and said, “until.”
Eastman got confused and asked again, “until when?” Kobe, obviously frustrated,
responded, “UNTIL!” At that point, Eastman realized that Kobe would work on the move
UNTIL he had it right.

“He who angers you, owns you.” (Doc River’s Dad – Example: OFFICIALS)

“We want to play with emotion, but not get emotional”








MIKE DUNLAP

Used a “SNAP” on a verbal command, to help engage listeners.

It will help you to know, that you don’t know.

Don’t send your resume. Present your resume in person.

No coach, no professor, or anybody is more important than how you were parented.

Two Examples of Coaches
Vince Lombardi – Simple/Set
Dean Smith – Surprise/Change

When speaking, two great tools are the PAUSE and PITCH.

Everything is traceable on your phone. It can help you, or hurt you.

Your dream, is YOUR dram.

You are your habits. Are you willing to unearth them?

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: “The Miracle Morning” by Hal Elrod

THINK IN PRIORITIES, with a lot of information (good when considering these notes)

Great way to gain perspective: Go to a hospital and ask, “What is important?”

“When you eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner – be happy.”
“When you get into the circle of happy – stay there.”

“Basketball is a game of momentum (8 point swings).”

It takes 14 days to change a behavior

I don’t care what definition you put on CULTURE – Just understand the concept.

The greatest thing a speaker can get, is the time of the listeners.

“PRAISE – PROMPT – LEAVE”

If there is a bad kid in class, don’t fight with that kid
1 – Stand behind the kid
2 – Hand on the bad kid’s shoulder when they act out
3 – KEEP TEACHING!
MIKE DUNLAP Continued…

TRANSITIONS
• How do players go through each day?
• List of “To-Do’s” to help their transitions

“Discrepancies/Disagreements are fine, but Assistant Coaches better know that
outside of the office door, we have ONE VOICE.”

Love your Assistant Coaches and show them with ACTIONS.

EASY BASKETS
• Lay-ups
• Offensive Rebounds
• Uncontested Shots
• Free Throws
• Technical Foul

MOMENTUM CHANGERS
• Charges
• Blocked Shots
• Dunks
• Diving on the floor first
• Deep 3 – End of Half
• Timeouts
• Turnovers

How do you create mental toughness in your players?
• Hill
• Stance and Slide
• Repeats

GRIT
1st to the Ground, Charge Belt, etc

NAP, SNACK, PLAY
Fun is not tomorrow, it is today

“Criticism is the drink of Champions”

THREE F’s
• Family
• Faith
• Friends
MIKE DUNLAP Continued…

Selection – What you decide to do with your time says everything.

“One can only see what he thinks.”

FOUR CORNERSTONES (Gene Keady)
1 – Greatness is at the door step of work ethic
*** Define work with time
2 – Sacrifice
*** Greatest sacrifice is giving free time
3 – How you handle discouragement
4 – How you handle outside voices

“You can do everything right and still lose”

“Think in Priorities” – People over things

Habits – “You are your habits”

“Think in small victories”

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
1 – “Tools for Teaching” – Jones
2 – “Good to Great” – Collins
3 – “Outliers” – Gladwell
4 – “Bounce” – McFarland
5 – “The Talent Code” – Coyle
6 – “Barking at the Choir” – Boyle
7 – “The Miracle Morning” – Elrod

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JEFF LEBO

LATE GAME SITUATION INBOUNDING STRATEGY
“MOVE” – There is no reason to come out and be stationary, before the inbound. Instead of
letting the defense get set, come out and have movement immediately. When the ball is
given to the inbounder, send your two worst free throw shooters deep, and your best free
throw shooters aggressively come to the basketball.

Players average FOUR MINUTES per game with the ball (per 40 minutes).
How can a player effect the other 36 minutes to help the team win?

IMPORTANT THINGS THAT REQUIRE NO TALENT
1 – Go to class
2 – Work as hard as you can on/off the court
3 – Do not embarrass the university – MAKE GOOD DECISIONS
4 – Be on time

PHILOSOPHY AT UNC
“Play Hard, Play Smart, Play Together

“We want to be really organized, but also really flexible.”

Great teams have players who never bobble the ball.

“Be prepared for the bumps (adversity) in the road.”

One thing to do different: “I could have made a lot of decisions to include my son. My
relationship with him wasn’t good.”

FIELD GOAL % – BALL MOVEMENT
First side FG% = 35%
Second side FG% = 43%
Third Side FG% = 48%

“Be prepared at all times with your players. They will sniff out a fraud.”

“Never judge thy neighbor, until you walk in his moccasins for two full moons.”

Mistakes are a good thing if you do these FOUR THINGS:
1 – Recognize
2 – Admit
3 – Learn
4 - Forget