Miramonte Boys Basketball 📍 Best player development program in the Bay Area!
• Establish values/standards on/off the court
• Track W’s to create competitive environment
• Ball-handling/Shooting assessments
• Tracking progress in the weight room
• Learning to take ownership & find ways to lead.
Youth parents- STOP wasting money on travel teams. Go to Rec, rent court for an hour- have your child’s bball friends play 2-3x per week. It could be 2on2, 3on3, 4on4, 5on5. Choose new teams ea day. Watch stress decline. Start helping your child development.
HOW YOU PRACTICE IS WHO YOU ARE
"How you practice is who you are. Nobody wants a complainer. I want somebody smart, tough, fast, disciplined with character." @DeionSanders
Negativity spreads, so does positivity.
Ego spreads, so does humility.
Doubt spreads, so does belief.
Fear spreads, so does hope.
Complacency spreads, so does commitment.
Leadership is contagious.
Own the way you show up. Own your impact.
WINNING TEAMS TALK AND TOUCH
This is an ELITE LEVEL SKILL!
IF YOU HAVE IT, YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY TO JOY AND WINNING 🏆
Celebrate - Communicate
Direct - Correct
GET A WORD!
YOUR WORDS CREATE YOUR WORLD 🌎
🏀 GET AFTER IT 🏀
In my 20+ years in high school athletics, this is without question, the toughest time to be a High School Coach. With so many outlets (Select Sports, Skill Coaches, Social Media, etc) there are that many more opinions about how people should do their job. There isn’t a more scrutinized job for less money than what a High School Coach is expected to do and deal with every day. And it’s not going to get any better.
They have to manage grades, personalities, fundraising, booster clubs, parents, camps, budgets, and personalities more than most full time jobs do.
My advice to all of you, is fight the fight, because it’s worth it! You are the only ones in the arena, not the naysayers in the bleachers.. As I sit in the stands night after night, it’s becoming a sad experience listening just how easy people think these jobs are. At the same time it’s inspiring because it’s makes guys like me want to continue finding ways to give our coaches what they need when they need it. Most of the time, that’s just love and support! I am so damn thankful for our coaches and what they do every single day.
I see you in the film room when others are in bed, I talk to you when times are tough and expectations are high, and I see you with your arms around our kids even when the parents are convinced you don’t care. You know who you are, and what you’re about.
I remind you to remind yourself to coach for one reason: Love. Love for what you do, love for the kids, love for the process, and love for the lessons. While it’s harder now than ever to realize it, you are changing lives and making the world a better place… Even when others won’t take the time to realize that is what you are doing!
One big wall in my office, has a passage on it, and it’s there for a reason. It is posted below…
Sad part of today's youth bball journey is- rush, rush, rush into travel bball, quit team to join that team, have 2 different skills coaches, get to Senior Year and burn out. Youth bball is to be enjoyed, not overly stressed. Stop treating youth bball like it's professional.
The older I get, the more I notice how valuable it is to simply move on from the anchors holding you back.
When someone makes a mistake forgive them. When someone wrongs you, move on. When someone slights you, let it go.
When someone tells you they didn’t mean it, believe them. When someone is holding you back, let them go.
When the story you tell yourself holds you back, change it.
Moving forward helps a lot and doesn’t cost a thing.
COST ASSOCIATED WITH LEADERSHIP
"Have to make hard decisions that'll negatively affect people you care about...
Be disliked despite your best attempt to do the best for the most...
Be misunderstood and not always have the opportunity to defend yourself."
~ Kirby Smart
Game 4 Bob Johnson Classic
Monacan 58
Radford 33
Monacan is coached by 1998 E&H graduate RJ Spelsberg.
Radford is led by 2004 E&H Graduate Ben Fisher.
Game 3 Bob Johnson Classic
Altavista 72
Fluvanna 65
Altavista is led by Bob Johnson’s son, Casey Johnson. E&H Class of 2000.
Fluvanna is coached by Heath Bralley, E&H Class of 2001.
Game 2 Bob Johnson Classic.
Narrows 59
LCA 53
LCA is coached by E&H 2005 Graduate Paul Redgate.
Narrows is coached by E&H 2001 Graduate Patrick Bailey.
Bob Johnson Classic
Game 1
Parry McCluer 75
Goochland 47
Goochland is coached by E&H 2004 Graduate Preston Gordon.
Parry McCluer’s athletic director is 1983 E&H graduate Mike Cartolaro.
LB Boys Basketball program is hosting the Bob Johnson Classic this Saturday December 13th.
All tickets are $10 for the day. Please come out and help us raise money for a great cause!
LB Boys cap off the night with a matchup vs Salem!