Brad Stevens Thoughts

These notes are from a clinic Brad Stevens did at the Wisconsin coaches association clinic 2 years ago. 

• There is not much difference between being great and being mediocre.  Small margin of error between winning and losing (3 Possessions)

            NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP-------------Mediocre---------------Not Very Good

• He wants butler to be known as a team with Good Students
• Talked a lot about intangibles, values, and an overall collective buy-in
• Thad Matta Quote: Think like a head coach everyday” (See the bigger picture)  Matta told him this while he was the ops guy doing travel
• Todd Lickliter “Never mistake activity for Achievement” & “I apologize for the length of this letter, I didn’t have time to write it shorter”  Basically he wants to be efficient
• 80% of their skill work in the pre and post season is 1-1.  1 coach 1 player

      -Builds relationships,  creates buy in from coach and player, toughner

• Said a big part of their program is skill development.  he gives the athletes a say for what they want to work on.
• Soar w/ their strengths (70-80% of workouts) & manage their weaknesses (20-30 %)
• Talked a lot about recruiting gym rats and that type of mentality
• Recommended “ The talent Code”
• Deliberate Practice: Idea of preparation
• Best way to see how in shape players are: Shoot 50 3’s before workout, and 50 3’s afterward then chart the difference.
• Said he learned thru mistakes.
• He wants his players to get 100 or more  game shots each practice.  Will tailor his drills to accomplish this.

      -Count # of shots your best player gets in a practice

• Do a lot less, but do it a lot better
• Big Stats guy.  Will spend an hour looking at Box scores for next opponent

      -3 pt attempts per FG attempt

      -FT Rate

      -O Reb %

      -TO %