“Can you accept your role?”
“Can you make yourself as selfless as possible?”
Two questions that define a great teammate. Two questions that define a successful team.
1. Know your role.
2. Accept your role.
3. Thrive in your role.
Great coaches make the little things mean something.
Cori Close does that over and over in this clip.
“You don’t just become tough. You earn tough.”
She’s not just talking about toughness. She’s teaching players that toughness is built through what they repeatedly do.
Then:
“Can we call passes and names every single time because that’s a point of discipline and character?”
That’s what great coaching looks like.
Take a small behavior and connect it to a bigger standard.
Calling names on passes isn’t just communication.
It’s discipline.
And over time, those disciplines shape character.
Then she says:
“Ang, you made that happen. Good job on that flash.”
Not just “good job.”
She tells the player exactly what she did well so she knows what to repeat.
That’s the art of coaching.
Be clear about what you want.
Explain why it matters.
Recognize it when you see it.
Reinforce it until it becomes who your team is.
Because what you consistently teach, notice, and reinforce eventually becomes your culture.
Connect the little things to the bigger things.
Then reinforce it again and again.
Great coaching is often found in the details.
With our schedule we all have to embrace hard. The staff, the players and the fans. There are some tough days coming, but my dad told me tough times make tough people, tough people make tough teams, and tough teams win championships.
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.
@zayrashadgoat@GoodmanHoops@TheFieldOf68 The MIAA top 3 to 4 team each year will give a lot of small D1 and D2 schools everything they can handle. Guy definitely doesn’t know hoops! Great pick up!
JJ Dutton C/O 2035 is a dynamic guard who impacts the game in multiple ways.
With a quick first step, he gets to the rim and scores while also being an exceptional passer in the open court. He rebounds well, defends bigger players, and fills the stat sheet across the board.
TWO FEET vs. ONE FOOT
Big South Championship
High Point 🟣 2 ft: 80% / 1ft: 33%
Winthrop 🟠 2 ft: 65% / 1 ft: 29%
Footwork is the lifeblood of a basketball 🏀 player
Due to my school closing down at Lourdes (NAIA) I will be looking for a new place to call home next year!
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- 3.5GPA 📚
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After leading The @UOlivetMBB team to an outright conference title for the first time since 1972, head coach Sam Hargraves is the 2026 @MIAA1888 Coach of the Year!
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