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- Parents Are ungratefulQuestion your motivesDon’t like your styleThe only outspoken parents are the unhappy ones. The kids Have low expectationsDon’t understand how to contributeDon’t appreciate your investmentYour familyIt is hard on your own kidIt takes a lot of time from your family.General perceptionCoaches are in it to capture glory for themselvesThe Great Santini.
- I played sports for 30 years. Baseball, basketball, swimming, and later rugby. I had some success at it, but I learned a lot of life lessons and had great experiences.My son was on a team with a “baby sitter” as a coach. This was unfair to my kid and the other kids on the team.The director of the league said, if you don’t like the way the guy is coaching – sign up and coach or shut up.Despite not having played at an elite level myself, I had developed an approach that was successful.
- With essentially the same girls. We replaced four girls from the previous years team. It was a wonderful experience.The girls respected each other, the coaches, the referees, and their opponents.It wasn’t always perfect, but we had few complaints. At Nationals, every able bodied girl played in every game. Almost every girl scored in every game. Despite rule changes, we have entered 2008 with the team intact and have already won a regional tournament.
- The coaching and leadership aspect of project management is as important as the X’s and O’s and record keeping
- Discussed these with the parents, coaches, and kidsPatrick Lencioni: Thematic Goal or Rallying Cry
- Agreeing on how we will conduct conversations and involve people is extremely important.
- Pat Barrett, Anyone can do it if they had all great people, but you don’t always get the people you want. Your job is to make the people on the project be successful, and the project be successful with these people.100 people to the fourth floor.
- Taking out the trash story
- Mom worried about the pictures of her kid – don’t pass the ball to Brittany
- 2002 Orange BowlMaurice Clarett vs. Willis McGaheeBegin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.- Joe GibbsSuboski research
- Pressure DefenseVince Lombardi ran the same offense.Mr. Tekashina and the 26 letters of the alphabet.
- Rob and Marsha – over the wall
- While in the Sweet 16 – Undefeated at 5-0 – the parents had a meeting. They decided unanimously, that regardless of how the next week went, to extend the stay for all the kids and family’s by a day so the kids, coaches, and families could spend some time together away from the pressure of the tournament. Our desire to do the right things, the right way, for the right reasons had paid off. We had attracted the kids and families that wanted to be part of it. We had developed the girls as players, teammates, and people. And we had created a great experience they will cherish for the rest of their lives.
- “Soul Crushing”They deserve better because they perform the projects, they are effected by the projects, and much of their life is shaped by where they work and how they feel about their jobs.Gail – email on 20th anniversary of graduation
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Desc: In 2007, Dennis Stevens set out with two other coaches to build a successful girls basketball team. The objective as to build a winning team that could win the right way. The growth of the girls was as important as the success of the team. The project was successful as the Georgia Pistols won the 2007 11u AAU National Championship. They won their games by an average of 20 points throughout the National championship tournament. Despite having a lot of talent, there were no individual stars on the team. Everyone had a role and pursued their role with their best effort. Every girl played in every game – and almost every girl scored in every game. Most importantly, the girls did it while growing as people, always respecting each other, the coaches, and their opponents. This presentation discusseseight principles that were applied to the selection, development, and performance of the team.
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