boston celtics culture

Maybe its because Kevin Eastman  is one of the most open coaches in terms of sharing information, but the Celtics have a special culture with Doc Rivers at the head coach and the big  3 (4 if you include Rondo)

Premiums in Boston Celtics
1) Talent
2) Character, not characters, Rasheed Wallace wasn’t allowed to get a technical foul
in 4th quarter or when the game was on the line
3) Work ethic
4) Discipline ourselves to be discipline
5) Competitive drive (motor)
6) Focus
Culture – 7 day a week, 24 hour a day (thing)

3 core covenants
1) Winning (success)
2) Personal sacrifice
3) Accountability to yourself and your team
a. Once these are defined, communicated, and understood, then move on to
standards

pete gillen keys to scouting

Four Keys to Scouting Your Opponent  
-Pete Gillen, University of Virginia/Providence College/Xavier University
1.Read the point guard
-Do we have the advantage? If we do, how can we
capitalize on it? If not, how can we get him out of
sync?
  -Cut off the head!
2.What do they do best?
-What can we do to limit that?
-Don’t let them beat you with what they do best.
3.How can we score against them?
-What pace is most conducive to us winning? Play an
up-tempo game? In the half court?
4.Turnovers
-How can we win the turnover battle?
“I wouldn’t trade my 36 years in the coaching business f

mike dunlap thoughts

-Don’t trust winning/ Find out about yourself when you lose
-Be who you are/ What do you believe in? -
- Pete Newell- “Keep an open mind”
- Innovate within your system
-Assistant coaches want to change things prematurely
-You find out what your players learn when they talk to the media
-Mistakes happen on 3rd reversal pass
-Opinions must be supported with facts & #’s
-Get the ball to the sideline- “ 4 in the box”
-“Repetition leads to clarity”
-Watching more video leads to the game slowing down in your mind
-There is a 17% decline in shooting %  on contested shots
-rebound without hesitation
-Get “perfect” out of your coaching vocabulary
-Over coaching takes away from aggressiveness•
-Positional meetings with staff- football concepts

-Bad practices are usually a reflection on the head coach
1. Attitude
2. Energy
3. Bad planning

-When doing individual improvement- be specific
-Assistant coaches must be positive & have energy
-Video should be short & sharp
-Allow players to like watching video- you can’t kill them every time they watch
video or it will become a negative for them

Nick Saban on Self Discipline

-“At some point you’re going to suffer through 1 of 2 things: the pain of discipline (because it’s not always easy to be disciplined) or the pain of regret (because you’ll always be disappointed what you accomplished if you didn’t suffer the pain of discipline).”

-“Discipline is to do what you’re supposed to the way it’s supposed to be done.”

-“Everything you do, everything you have, everything you become is ultimately the result of the choices you have made. You have the power to direct your life. How will you use it? What’s your choice?”

-“You have to have discipline to do things on your own. There’s not always going to be someone to make you do it. You have to have discipline to do it yourself.”

-“There’s no easy way. I never said it would be easy. Never said football would be easy, I never said school would be easy. It’s going to be difficult—most things worth having are!”

Kevin Eastmans 6 S's of leadership and coaching

1) Survival – next day
2) Shit hitting fan – react, solid quick decisions
3) Success
4) Significance – speak
5) Satisfaction – sofa is an acronym, stands for sitting on fat ass – wrong thing to
do
6) Sharing – with young coaches just breaking in

Steve Pikiell- From Last to first

5 Star Coaching Clinic 5/7/11
Iona College New Rochelle, NY

• Cores
◦ Offense – spacing, ball reversal, post touch, shot selection
◦ Defense – no middle, no layup, good defense
◦ Taking ball out of bounds – we are scoring on out of bounds plays
◦ Transitions – get easy baskets
• Keep things simple
• Teach 1 thing and apply it to multiple things
• Transition
◦ Pass ahead
◦ Reverse on skip passes
• Keep terminology simple
◦ 1 word should give an automatic response
▪ Again = re-screen
▪ Opposite = run it on the opposite side
• Run Flex down (traditional Flex) and Flex up (set up screens/back screens)
• Save an out of bounds series for the end of the year
• Save an offensive series for the end of the year
• Empower your assistants
• Zone offense: Knockout
◦ guys have to hunt shots
◦ catch the ball and peek at the rim
◦ everyone has to read the knockout guy
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USA Olympic Basketball: Gold Standards

What we do all the time and what we hold each other accountable for
1. NO EXCUSES
We have what it takes to win.
2. GREAT DEFENSE
This is the key to winning the gold.
We do the dirty work.
3. COMMUNICATION
We look each other in the eye.
We tell each other the truth.
4. TRUST
We believe in each other.
5. COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
We are committed to each other.
We win together.
6. CARE
We have each other's backs.
We give aid to a teammate.
7. RESPECT
We respect each other and our opponents.
We're always on time.
We're always prepared.
8. INTELLIGENCE
We take good shots.
We're aware of team fouls.
We know the scouting report.
9. POISE
We show no weakness.
10. FLEXIBILITY
We can handle any situation.
We don't complain.
11. UNSELFISHNESS
We're connected.
We make the extra pass.
Our value is not measured in playing time.
12. AGGRESSIVENESS
We play hard every possession.
13. ENTHUSIASM
This is fun.
14. PERFORMANCE
We're hungry.
We have no bad practices.
15. PRIDE
We are the best team in the world and we represent the best country.