Friday, June 22, 2012

Herb Sendek Clinic


  • Subtle labels of being a leader means a lot.
  • Live in a state of gratitude
  • Coaching is an awesome responsibility as a leader and to develop leaders
    • Some go into coaching to wear a nice suit or be on Sportscenter
  • Fascinated with the art of communication
    • We are always communicating
  • Live in a state of awareness
  • Coach in a state of heightened awareness
  • Two parts to communication: sender & receiver
  • Speak loudly – though a whisper
  • Know the pulse of the moment
    • What does this team need now?
  • Dean Smith was a mystic – McDonald’s All-Americans
  • John Chaney – underdogs, fighters, in it with you
    • Both were communicating to their teams
    • Let’s do what we do
  • Through his whispers he spoke loudly
  • Listen and see as coach
  • Make the person you are talking to feel like the only person in the world
  • Get information on your players so you can be aware of your team
  • Tennis ball in a coconut – let the ball go to get your hand out
  • What are the voices in your players’ ears?
  • Head coach will tell an assistant to get with a guy he chewed out
    • Everyone sings the same song
  • Building relationships with players:
    • Note in players locker
    • Nice grades
    • Rebound for them
    • Signs in the bathroom
    • Talk to every player
  • When you make points in practice everyone must be listening
    • Standing still
    • Eye contact – stop speaking until you get eye contact
    • They hear a whisper better than a yell
      • Coach Wooden – a stubborn mule responds better to gentleness
  • Assistants: no notes during scouting report – let the players know that the coaches knew their business
  • Tim Grgurvich – sweat with your players
  • Riley’s Preparation:
    • Everything he would say was planned
    • Prepare, prepare, prepare
    • Communication before a game:
      • Angle you walk in
      • Speed you walk in
      • Posture you walk in
      • Volume of your voice
  • Timeouts :
    • 1 thing on defense
    • 1 thing on offense
      • Repeat it
  • Post Game:
    • The less said the better
  • Office Hours:
    • Jerry Wainwrights office is like Disney Land
    • We want our players to come see us
  • Find ways to have meetings with your players without having a meeting
    • Cafeteria
      • Our best times and most difficult times congregate around food
  • Vinnie Del Negro
    • Did not play his first 2 years
    • Saw Coach Valvano very often
    • “when you’re good enough, Coach V will play you”
  • Herb went to Turkey to learn more about the culture of the players he was recruiting
  • Do you communicate with your player’s circle of influence?
    • Stay connected
  • Anger is one letter short of Danger
  • Servant Leaders
    • Where are you on a team picture
    • Do you drive
    • Do you sit in the back
  • Two types of leaders:
    • Lets Everyone knows he’s important
    • Makes everyone feel like they’re important
  • Everyone use their leadership skills
    • Every man his own captain
    • Everyone must lead
  • Books:
    • Frank Luitz – “Not what you say; it’s what they hear”
    • Jerry Spen – “How to argue and win every time”
    • Dennis Waitley??? – “seeds of greatness”

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