Teamwork: Lesson of the Geese (Stephanie Norman, Louisville)

At "A Step Up" Women's College Basketball Assistant Coach's Symposium in Dallas, Stephanie Normal from Louisville talked about how she uses the example of a flock of geese to communicate important points of teamwork to her student-athletes. 

1. Common Direction (flying together in the V formation makes it easier and quicker to get to their destination)
2. Shared responsibility (the geese in the

Jody Conradt Keynote Address

4/27/2012

Below are some notes I took from Coach Conradt's keynote address at A Step Up coaching symposium in Dallas this weekend. Watch for much more A Step Up information over the next few weeks!


This is a PROFESSION; teach one, reach one- each one.

Coaching is not just recruiting; what's most important is being a student of the game; setting your self apart and rising above. Coaching is

Contribute or Contaminate

Easy enough: you're either contributing or your contaminating the practice court. Great video.

The Most Beautiful Offense in Basketball....

The Triangle Offense. Fundamentally sound, difficult to defend and an equal opportunity offense, Tex Winter's triangle has won NBA coach Phil Jackson 11 Championships and has also been a part of collegiate women's basketball programs at Stanford, Tennessee, Connecticut, Hartford and countless others.

What makes the Triangle Offense so good? It's a detailed system that requires all 5 players on

Culture beats strategy...All day long!

How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization's Success? -Article from Harvard Business School by Jim HeskettStrategy, execution, and culture: Do we have our priorities right? 
"An outstanding strategy weakly executed will always be trumped by a weak strategy with outstanding execution.
What if you had a plan to be president of the USA? You could have a perfect plan. A

Get in the "Zone" Part II