Mike McDonald

For those interested in Cambridge - Isanti Bluejacket Basketball

[Mike McDonald @BluejacketHoops]

@TreyGus12 @Rundles6 @CoachMannyD @adam_simmons1 @VGreenBBall @KoryAlford @BentiuPanoam3 Good to see! 🏀♥️💪🏼Thank your great rebounder!

[County News Review @CoNewsReview]

Congrats to the Cambridge-Isanti grad who played at Hillsborough JC in Tampa, Florida this past season!

@John_Troolin @KosarkaBlue @BluejacketHoops @CIHS_Activities

[HCC Men's Basketball @HCCFL_MBB]

@John_Troolin CONGRATS!!! Let’s Gooo!!

[Don Showalter @dshow23]

Snow Valley session July 14-17 will accept applications until June 1 at which time this session will be sold out! Boys sessions June 22-25 and July 7-10 and Girls session July 23-26 will accept applications until sold out! Hold a spot with a deposit https://t.co/laZ94AtTao

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Geno Auriemma said, "If you just want to be average then you do average work."

"If you want to get A's in basketball then you have to do stuff that other people aren't willing to do."

Average effort = average results.

The difference between average and elite is:
DRIVE

[Mike McDonald @BluejacketHoops]

@CoachLync @TomCrean Crean

[Mike McDonald @KosarkaBlue]

Summer is here! Get registered for the 36th year of our Mac Attack Basketball Camp!!

[Kevin Howell @KevinOneEye]

If you don’t communicate, you’re hurting your team.

[Mike McDonald @BluejacketHoops]

@TreyGus12 @adam_simmons1 @Jamie_Stevens10 @mikejmaker @Rundles6 @EstevanSandoval That ‘s Trey!!

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

Great leaders set the tone.
#DailyWisdom via @BallIsPsych

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Rick Pitino is right.

Every player’s hourglass runs out faster than they think.

The practices. The games. The grind.

One day… it’s all gone.

Cherish every rep. Every moment. Every opportunity.

Don’t waste your sand. ⏳

[Mike McDonald @BluejacketHoops]

@coachcretens Congratulations, Coach!

[Mike McDonald @BluejacketHoops]

@CrazyVibes_1 Great story.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Overprotected kids become unprepared adults.

Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥

You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts.

Hard is the lesson.

What’s one hard lesson sports taught you that helped later in life? 👇

[Kevin Saunders @kevinsaunders55]

Want a tougher team?

Start here:

1. Stop rescuing them
2. Stop repeating yourself
3. Stop negotiating the standard
4. Stop accepting half-effort
5. Stop waiting for buy-in

Toughness isn’t talked about.
It’s built.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Brad Stevens said, "This game is about how you act as a teammate. This game is about embracing roles and accepting roles."

Great teams have great teammates.
• They care about each other.
• They commit to the team.
• They own their roles.

Here's how to be a great teammate:👇

[Jaime Boswell @JaimeBoswell2]

Champions Know…

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Nick Saban said, "Everything starts with discipline."

"It's what are you willing to accept from yourself."

Discipline isn't punishment. It's a choice.

• A choice to be consistent.
• A choice to put in the work.
• A choice to demand more from yourself.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Curt Cignetti shares a universal truth about habits and consequences.

"In life - you got freedom of choice, but not freedom of consequence."

"First you form your habits, then your habits form you."

Every choice and action you take compounds. The small decisions you make daily - preparation, work ethic, and how you respond - those become your habits.

And over time, those habits become your identity.

You're free to choose. But the consequences of those choices aren't optional.

Your habits are shaping who you become.
(🎥IU Athletics )

[Bryce Butler @bball_brainiac1]

Rajon Rondo closed his AAU timeout by preaching one thing — play off two feet.

Not a play. Not a trick. Just jump stops.

And watching his son Pierre and his teammates execute it is all the proof you need that this concept works at every single level of the game.

The jump stop puts you in control. Not the defense.