Ben Grice

HC Jasper Lady Pirates Basketball. Seize the day. #PiratePride

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

”Holding someone accountable is something you do for them, not something you do to them.” -@AlanSteinJr

[Coach Matt Dennis @CoachMattDennis]

How do you practices measure up?

#cmdcoachinglab

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“How you play when things aren't going your way really defines you as a player." -Steve Kerr

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

This is a great listen.

[Joey Burton @JoeyBurton]

Details are the difference

Nate Oats hired a third party analytics company and brought them on the tournament run to give insight.

How many other coaches did this? If they had would there team still be in it?

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Jay Wright dropping BARS

“The greatness is not in the talent, the greatness is having the talent and relentlessly competing every possession. Never giving anybody a chance to make you look average.”

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

Just shows you how much coaches dive into preparing for games. Most people have no idea.

[Ben Anderson @BensHoops]

Quin Snyder on Luka Doncic.

[Alan Stein, Jr. @AlanSteinJr]

Stephen Curry has missed more than 8,500 shots over the course of his NBA career.

He’s missed approximately six out of every ten 3-pointers he has attempted.

And yet, he is widely considered the BEST SHOOTER in the history of the game.

The question is… WHY?

Is it his footwork?

His shooting form?

His hand/eye coordination?

Sure, all of these traits play a role.

But there are plenty of players with these traits.

So then what is it that makes Stephen Curry the BEST SHOOTER EVER?

It’s for two reasons:

His commitment to The Unseen Hours
His consistent Next Play mindset

Let’s look at the Unseen Hours:

Stephen Curry has most likely logged more hours – and more made buckets – in empty gyms than any player in history.

Steph started playing basketball at 5 years old. He’s currently 35. Let’s conservatively assume he averaged making an EXTRA 500 shots a day, 6 days per week, 50 weeks per year from the time he was 15 until present day.

That’s 3,000 makes a week, 12,000 makes a month, and 150,000 makes a year… for 20 years.

That’s 3,000,000 EXTRA made shots.

That doesn’t count the extra shots he made from age 5 to 15, any workout where he made more than 500 shots, or factor in what he made in practices and games in middle school, high school, college and the pros.

That’s 3,000,000 Unseen Hours makes!

If you do anything 3,000,000 times, you’re going be really good at it!

Now let’s look at his Next Play mindset:

It doesn’t happen often, but there have been times when Steph has missed his first five shots in a game. What makes him the GOAT is that he shot the sixth shot with the same confidence and optimism as if he had made his first five shots. He never lets a previous miss effect his next shot.

He misses a shot?

Next Play

He misses another?

Next Play

He wipes the slate clean after every shot and always believes his next shot is going in.

When it comes to the Unseen Hours and Next Play mentality, Stephen Curry sets an unparalleled standard.

That my friends, is exactly why he is the greatest shooter to ever get play the game.

But wait, there’s more!

The Unseen Hours and Next Play concepts are not confined to basketball.

They apply to executives.

They apply to sales professionals.

They apply to managers.

It’s been my experience that what’s true in BASKETBALL is often true in BUSINESS!

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

Great thread.

[Nikki @JesseeNikki]

Our 13-year old daughter is being raised by 2 college coaches. Tom and I are both in our Hall of Fames. We’ve both had tremendous success coaching in college (Tom at 2 different colleges, and me at 3).

[Justin Su'a @Justinsua]

Coaching requires holding your most talented players accountable when their actions negatively affect the team.

In preparation for the 2008 Olympics, Kobe Bryant, the Captain of the USA Basketball Team, started to play in a manner that was hurting the group.

LeBron James and Dwayne Wade looked at their Head Coach, Coach K, and asked him what he would do about it.

Coach K said, “I’ll take care of it.”

He didn’t want to confront the legendary superstar, but he knew it was necessary.

This is how he handled it…

[College Basketball Report @CBKReport]

Ranking SEC Basketball head coaches going into the season

[Matt Hackenberg @CoachHackGO]

The Navy SEALS like to say, "Under pressure we don't rise to the occasion, but rather sink to the level of our training."

🧵 My approach to BASKETBALL FUNDAMENTALS

[Jaycob Ammerman @Jammer2233]

Ever had a coach get on you for not touching the line?

Here’s Kobe on why you touch the line on every sprint 🎯

[Jaycob Ammerman @Jammer2233]

Kobe with an analogy on staying in the moment and focusing 🤯

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

Wow such a good thread. I’ve got to do better!!

[TYLER COSTON | SAVI Coaching @tylercoston]

Studies have shown that it takes an Olympic athlete 30 seconds to re-enter flow state once their focus is interrupted. For any athlete that isn’t world class, it can take 2-3 minutes.

So stop coaching the last play! Here’s 3 things to do instead. -thread-

[Bleacher Report @BleacherReport]

Who’s next? 🤔

(h/t @BronMuse)

[Craig Doty @CoachDoty]

Don’t complain about your job:
- You accepted the job
- Hundreds of other people would love your job
- Other jobs aren’t absent of their own challenges
- You can always do more to make your job better (action > complaining)
- By being a high performer you can get a better job

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

Love it. The only problem I run in to is that most of these type of drills that replicate offense don’t allow players to get up a high quantity of shots in a short amount of time. I think this is great for repping offensive concepts though.

[Matt Hackenberg @CoachHackGO]

Shooting drills that replicate your offense > shooting drills that don’t

https://t.co/ARAZ77QvyD

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

Great adjustment!

[Mike Jagacki @Mike_Jagacki]

The biggest change comes with 9min to go in the 4th. Darvin Ham takes AD off Jokic and allows him to roam at the rim. His help makes an immediate impact on the pin down and ISO drive

[Ballislife.com @Ballislife]

Darvin Ham: "Kobe was nothing short of amazing. You know, Giannis! I've been around some top-tier, elite, top 5 in the NBA talent but LeBron, man. I've never seen anything like it."

[A Pen And A Napkin @apenandanapkin]

As difficult as it can be to process, fluctuations in our careers are somewhat inevitable. The peaks don’t make us geniuses, and the valleys certainly don't make us failures.
@TheDaily_Coach

[Ben Grice @BenGrice02]

Brooks cannot talk to Bron😂

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

LeBron hasn't had a problem being defended by Dillon Brooks over the last two games 👀