Nick Saban on Being Great

" I don't think it's normal to be great. I think it's special. The human condition is to be average and to survive. And everybody assumes that everybody wants to be as good as they can be all the time, but that's not true. If that was the case, everybody would be doing fantastic out there. So it's special to be as good as you can be. It's special to work to reach your full potential. It's special to go do it every day, day-in and day-out and never give yourself a break."
--Nick Saban

Shaka Smart on Players Leading

Coach Smart says his team does not elect captains -- they simply have leaders

1. Take care of yourself (be one time, go to class, etc)

2. Lead vocally (positivity, communicate, talk)

3. Lead by being the hardest worker on the team

4. Can you call out your teammates and say what needs to be said? (Be unpopular)

 

5. Be an extension of the coaching staff

.....Team first at all times

.....You are the team, the team is you

Other Good Links

The following are some links that I follow and check daily.  These are blogs and twitter feeds that give you substance in each tweet or blog entry.  You don't have to tweet to use twitter.  It's an unbelieveable resource. 

http://www.kevineastmanbasketball.com/

www.twitter.com/kevineastman

 Xavier Basketball has a great newsletter.  The following is a link to the newsletter archive.  One of the betters ones you'll find.  Always has some X and O's stuff, book reviews, drills, concepts.

http://www.goxavier.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/xavi-m-baskbl.html




During the college basketball season this is a great weekly newsletter that is put out by a legend in Ohio, Frank Jessie.  All the basketball links and stories you want in one spot.  Frank covers everything from every level.  You'll look forward to seeing this every week.

http://coachjess.hoopsource.com/home

Great Blog from one of the leaders in basketball specific strength and conditioning.  Alan Stein is the lead strength and conditioning speaker on the Nike Clinic circuit. 

http://blog.strongerteam.com/

You can also follow Alan Stein on Twitter at
www.twitter.com/AlanStein for an incredible amount of knowledge.


Other great follows on twitter include:

Coach Bob Starkey (Central Florida): www.twitter.com/UCFCoachStarkey

Coach Frank Martin (Kansas State):  www.twitter.com/FrankMartinKSU

Coach Brendan Suhr : www.twitter.com/brendansuhr

Coach Tom Crean: www.twitter.com/TomCrean

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