Coach Jacobs

Women’s Basketball Coach at UMASS Boston. Founder of Beyond Basketball.
Passionate about people, life, learning, hoops and good ☕️ #staycurious #rollBeacs

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... NOBODY reminds anyone of the standards.

𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... COACHES remind the team of the standards.

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... PLAYERS remind the team of the standards.

𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... EVERYONE reminds each other of the standards

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Derek Jeter shares a masterclass on preparation and mindset.

"My biggest thing in life that makes me most uncomfortable is being unprepared. And that's in anything."

"You hear athletes talk about the game speeds up or slows down. Well, it slows down when you're prepared. Speeds up when you're unprepared."

That's the difference.

Preparation helps you feel ready for what can and will arise.

"Every time you're in a situation, I've already gone through it in my head."

"If you have the same approach to a spring training game as you do a World Series game nothing changes."

The moment doesn't get bigger - you stay the same.

That's the secret. The greats embrace the boredom of consistency.

They aren't clutch because they rise to the occasion. They're clutch because they've already been there a thousand times in their mind.
(🎥Drink Champs )

[Coach's Diary @ACoachsDiary]

“The game rewards the guys who show up and have a great attitude when it’s not about them.”
- Dusty May

Everybody’s role is important.

(via: @umichbball)

#Michigan
#NCAA

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

You can't take the trophy with you.

But the person you became chasing it?
That's yours forever.

"Banners collect in gyms and rings collect dust, but who you become and who you impact in these 4 years you get to keep forever."

- Cori Close 🔥

[BETTER @bebetterleaders]

A simple question that captures where we go wrong/right in coaching.

Are you someone that you would want to coach with or play for?

Do your players and other coaches want to become more like you?

Lead yourself first.
Be worth following.

[Jaime Boswell @JaimeBoswell2]

Champions Know…

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

Winning teams understand that confrontation is not dysfunction when it protects the standard.
It is commitment.
It is care.
It is leadership.
The difference between average and winning is this:
average lets the little things slide.
Winning confronts them.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“You’re going to have to show up on days that are hard. That shared commitment, purpose, relentless no matter if you’re getting the results you want or not. When you operate like that in life you set yourself up for success. But even if you don’t succeed, you’ll still be a winner,” Shea Ralph

[Arete Hoops @AreteHoops]

Programs that sustain excellence:

1. Build a clear identity on the court
2. Create a code of conduct off the court
3. Live by a set of core values
4. Don't lose sight of the process
5. Embrace a culture of mentorship
6. Install systems of continuous improvement

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“Competitors know when they don’t play well. Competitors know when they need to change their mindsets. You need the majority of your team thinking the same way and it has to be positive. If it’s negative, you’re going to get negative results,” Dawn Staley

Attitude fuels grit.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Tom Brady: “You need coaches that push you outside your comfort zone because that’s how you grow and that’s how you develop self confidence and self esteem. They push you to deal with failure.”

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Culture rarely explodes.
It erodes.

One skipped rep.
One eye roll.
One excuse.

Drip by drip.

Great coaches protect the standard before the damage spreads.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Steve Kerr Coaching Gold🥇

“How are you going to coach your team?”

The #1 job of a coach is to create and build culture.
Culture is:

1. What you allow
2. What you emphasize
3. Every Day!

Culture Wins!

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Nick Saban: "Everybody's smart that goes to medical school. But everybody doesn't make it through… It's the same kind of thing with athletes. Some of 'em have great talent but they don't have the right psychological disposition."

Mindset Matters🔥.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“It shouldn’t even be old school values, it should be what’s right. There’s nothing old school about holding each other accountable, having an incredible work ethic, being incredibly competitive, being willing to sacrifice for the betterment of the group. That shouldn’t be old school values that should just be the way that organizations and human beings go about their business,” Dan Hurley
🎥 @PatMcAfeeShow

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"We don't get to control the length of our adversity.
You get to control who you are in it.
The fastest way to get from a season of adversity to a season of prosperity is to ... figure out where you need to work and get better and then it will turn at some point."

[Coach Jacobs @coachjacobs]

We wrap year 1 of our Leadership Academy with an incredible and energetic atmosphere! Each one of our student athletes invested in this process and got better both in basketball and Beyond Basketball! Thank you to our campers! See you next year!

[Coach Jacobs @coachjacobs]

Our final guest speaker of the day is Sports Surgical Orthopedic PA Madeline Fay of Boston Children’s Hospital’s Sport Medicine Department! Madeline is here to talk about injury prevention and nutrition to help our student athletes care for their body!

[Coach Jacobs @coachjacobs]

Our 2nd guest of day 2 is Clark University Assistant Coach Hannah Howard! Coach Hannah is meeting with our student athletes about how to navigate the college recruiting process!

[Coach Jacobs @coachjacobs]

Our 1st guest speaker of day 2 is Franklin Pierce Assistant Coach Bobby Fortes! Coach Bobby is here to help prepare our students athletes for the next level on the defensive end!