What makes me optimistic about today's athlete? Responsive to individual attention, development time playing 1/1, 2/2, etc. captures conceptual teaching, competitive spirit evident, use some restriction=limit dribble/player, teach off what you see, reinforce the good.

Empty feeling for those that got to mountain top. Never ever a problem for some as living & understanding each day as a gift, enjoying grind helped see a championship for what it was, means to a view not finish line. Success redefined by a rich process, serving others not me.

Rams HC, C. McVay. "Winning doesn't fill void." Me. Been apart of National Championships & NBA World Championship. It made me, family, organizations extremely HAPPY. No, wasn't finish line-JOY factor for us-others-extreme. Never did it for rings but love looking at them. Truth.

Advantage-Disadvantage situations bring out the best & worst in people.

HC job to develop assistants, coaching a journey of survival, meaning bad things can happen to good coaches. Important to know circumstances can determine outcome yet keep perspective, live to coach another day & place: the profession needs you!

Outlet 1 long dribble to pro slot, jump stop, rip pivot, bounce pass, passer outlet make from under net, sprints along sideline, cuts in from sideline for layup....continuous, 2 lines. It is a very difficult 2 minutes, supreme focus, peer pressure to the max.

Yes. Track meet. Best D-1's in country would be challenged to make 40, 41 makes, maybe NBA team, 42...had 1 team do it once. National Championship team.

Wembanyama. NBA. League of adjustments. Double teams a must, physicality, early pick up & hits 3/4 crt life that he will live now. Too talented, must address w/ 2 defenders, different schemes, rotations, & so forth.

Playing hard? When you see it you know it. Timed drills. We did a 2 minute drill, 40 made layups, cannot achieve goal should anyone miss. Whatever the case, 39 now becomes new goal, blowing through any miss w/out stopping, finishing drill regardless. So much positive to unpack.

Afraid of failure?Young people? When you don't know what it looks like hard to be afraid of it. Actually, when it really happens for 1st time-usually a free fall into "I don't care." Easier not to care when failure has little consequence. Parents. Trophies for all. Disaster.

Winning basketball. Time & score. Up 7 w/ 2:30 left. Player comes down & immediately fires up contested runner from distance---insane. Goes in & player looks to bench. Over long haul losing basketball-period. We can get a better shot, or a least we try. Losers & winners.

Discipline. You pick the goal, doesn't matter what, rather it is the plan, those tiny steps of purposeful targets smothered in sweat. Can you-will you-follow through w/ exceptional effort when nothing seems to be going your way. Discipline is consistency in the face of rejection.

TY Brian. You pass on # of player & we will do the rest from there. Appreciate the assist...good luck w/ your season.

As a follow, you cannot do better than Brian McCormick(@brianmccormick)for teaching methodology & how players can improve while enjoying the game of basketball.

Communication w/ individual players: •Learn how to meet when no crisis present. •Listening: "This is what I heard you say...". •Begin w/ strengths, always easier that way, no fluff, but good truths. •Ask, "What made you happiest when playing ball at young age?"

So everyone knows: Keith Borgan-former elite point guard at Metro St doing the wild thing w/ children, being an elite dad makes him a HOFer! You go Keith.

Football HC firings. Pandemic. Own your choice. Anytime HC fired AD/GM must go too. Laughable how AD's & head hunter agencies quickly wash their hands-accountability? $$$ lost. Spin is out of control, where it stops? It doesn't. Virus running rampant. Title Nine? Shredded.

Faces change, challenges remain the same. Grizzlies. Fire quality coach who handled multiple issues off floor w/ grace & funky trades that made little sense. Bad Karma. Now watch suits run for cover. Simple outlook, $$$ wins out & new coach to blame.

Players. Yours. Ours. Eyes on them, body language, tone of voice, human factor, all transitions from outside world to floor, 94 by 50. Funnel technique, process of affirmations, breathing, visualization, routine that brings them from broad focus to fine focus. Your plan?

Rebounds, Fg %, Turnovers to begin with, other stats indigenous to goals set by staff that have to do w/ what you know correlates to winning(e.g. passes across 1/2 crt line versus dribbling=run game, Ft differential, etc.).