In Ancient Greece, the intellectual class had a practice called hypomnēmata (ὑπομνήματα), which was a notetaking system where they kept quotes from books they had read. It was a tool for meditation. Every day, ideally, they would open the hypomnēmata and look for a passage relevant to something they were struggling with, and then they would meditate on that—unpacking it, making the idea top of mind, ensuring it was alive in them. If they needed courage, they’d meditate on a story that made it real for them what it meant to act with courage, and so on.
The idea was that over time, the important insights they gathered by reading would be transformed into character, a habit, something deeply ingrained into their way of thinking and acting. It is hard to keep these complex and anti-memetic ideas alive in us, but certain pieces of writing can make us wake up, and if we return to them and meditate on them, they can become part of us.
Pregame Warmup - Chaos 1v1 Play
Without doubt one of the most under-utilised portions of time we have with our teams, being the pregame on-court warmup, which for most junior teams in Australia is about 3-5mins (for most games).
Here’s an alternative to the traditional, and highly useless, lay up line drill that 90% of junior teams roll out pregame.
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Wow. Just Wow. Jerome Tang
"The bible is very clear that the greatest form of love is discipline... I'm thankful that God made me in a way that I'm not afraid of confrontation and I'm not afraid of holding people accountable."
(Via @glenn_kinley 🎥)
There is no legitimate reason to deny a waiver to @RaeQuanBattle. None. The NCAA set the conditions for the waiver, Battle met them, and it’s still denied. For what, NCAA? For what?!
The recent decision to deny RaeQuan Battle’s eligibility to play basketball at WVU this season raises serious legal issues that demand answers. Like many WVU fans and citizens of West Virginia, I was dismayed by this move and am hopeful it can still be fixed in time for the 2023-24 season. @WVUhoops
We are engaged on this matter and will be weighing in more formally in the days ahead. We want to make sure the right things happen for RaeQuan and WVU, and that any action taken is consistent with the rule of law. As the Attorney General of West Virginia, I take our antitrust authority seriously and will take all appropriate steps to ensure our laws are followed.
Here’s the full document — letter sent to the NCAA by Ohio’s Attorney General.
Bottom of Page 3:
Mention of legal action—
“… alleging violations of state and federal law.”
Page 4:
Yost asked for a response from the NCAA by Friday, Oct. 27 (tomorrow).
#Bearcats@WCPO
How do you stop dribble penetration?
Great clip with a lot of good one liners here
This type of teaching is easy for young player to digest
Great stuff