Jon Beck
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Basketball Coach & Consultant/Serving players & coaches/Transformational coaching/Holistic player development/Former athlete @AStateMB /[email protected]
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Our All-Star Panel of Coaches share the #1 intangible trait that they look for in a player & why that trait leads to success
Jon Beck Robert Brost O.F. Basketball Coach Liam Flynn Jason Fry
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The team youāre on is less important than the attitude, effort & energy you bring. Freshman, Sophomore, JV, Varsity, starter, 2nd string, role player, etc. doesnāt define who you are. How you respond to your role, while working for the role you want & helping your team win, DOES!
Please keep in mind: Winning is great, but with a win-at-all-cost mindset you will lose respect from your peers & even your players. Itās not about wins/losses, your ego or resume. Itās about helping kids. Itās about positively influencing your kidsā futures. Thatās what matters!
Donāt just wait for your opportunity to come and then try to seize it. Prepare for your opportunity to come & then dominate it! You may only get an opportunity once. If youāre not ready for it, donāt expect a second one. Do whatās necessary now & youāll reap the benefits later!
Always try to work on how you respond when you lose, hit adversity, get disrespected, plans change, things go against you. Donāt lose your temper, whine or act inappropriately. People who stay calm, adapt & think through situations come out on top more often than those who donāt.
If you canāt do it with intensity/focus in practice, then you arenāt gonna be able to do it in a game. You over exaggerate in practice because thereās always slippage in a game. As the Navy SEALs always say: you donāt rise to the occasion; you sink to the level of your training!
Are you teaching your kids that āitās always all about themā? If you care more about your kidās success than the teamās success, thatās what youāre teaching & itās the wrong message. The world wonāt ever be all about your child. Prepare them by teaching them to put others first!
Ego lends itself to failure. To avoid that, lose your ego. You arenāt entitled or owed, so earn it. Donāt quit when adversity hits. Be able to take constructive criticism & realize you donāt have all the answers. Learn to listen a lot more than you speak & donāt be hard to coach!