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1. Tom Crean
Compete every possession
Best effort expected every day
Team grows as family – react to adversity
Bill Russell – have a “team ego” – demand team
success – learn other’s game so he could become
better
Team begins when you realize you can’t do it alone
Together everyone achieves more T.E.A.M.
John Wooden – main ingredient of stardom is the
rest of the team
Everyone makes a difference – our team/our fight
5 players – one heartbeat
12 STRONG
society does not emphasize sharing
refuse to let team member fail – make everyone
better
individual stats are illrelevant
Bill Sharman – creating unselfishness most
important team attribute
Practice thinking about making your team and
teammates better

2. Page 2
How to compete/prepare
Wooden – once you came to practice cease being an
individual; now part of a team
Bill Russell on Red Auerbach “He had a great pair
of ears”
Listen – what is being said/what is being
taught/what is expected
Learn to compete = learn to achieve
W.I.N. What’s Important Now
US Army – do essential things first/know
yourself/seek self-improvement
Woody Hayes 4 ways to cheat a player
Do something for him that he can do himself
Allow poor effort on field and classroom
Allow belief that football is the only
education you’ll need
Allow player to believe his success makes him
privileged
Value-based teaching
Loyalty/trust/collective
responsibility/caring/communicate/pride
Set and maintain the standard
Al McGuire – dream big; don’t be another guy going
down the street going nowhere
Recruit battery chargers ignite passion

3. Page 3
Recruits are looking for discipline/have some
balance in their life/want someone to teach
them/want someone to lead them
Measure height/weight/wingspan/standing reach
Pick 5 best that fit together
Distinct roles
Shared values
Line of commitment “Alamo”
Buddy system – peer pressure
“Frisbees” shrink the circle – limit outsiders – in
NBA more try to break into the circle
partner weight training – ride bike 2 miles – leg
press other partner – if he stops – ride another ½
mile – peer pressure
team communication
eye contact
point to passer
standing for a teammate
forming huddles
get input from players
spotlight teammate; say something positive
Bill Sharman conditioning/fundamentals/teamwork
Jack Gardner “details wins game”
Why do teams win? 2005 study
+3 FG
+1 FGA
+6 FG%
+2 3FG
-1 3FGA

4. page 4
Why do teams win? (cont.)
+7 3FG%
+4 FT
+5 FTA
+4 FT%
+1 OffReb
+4 DefReb
+4 TotalReb
-3 Less Fouls
+3 Assists
-2 Less TO’S
Better FG% win 75%
Better FT made win 70%
Fewer Fouls win 75%
More Rebs win 65%
Half-time lead win 75%
Team Goals
Shoot 25 FT
Be in bonus each ½ with 12 minutes to go
75% FT%
50% FG%
12 or less TO’S
40% 3FG%
Post Feeds – “Double bury” “Single Bury” How many
feet in the paint?
Post play – leg whips/pin and spin/sprint to rim/go
low/sit low on knees
OffReb – 75% desire/25% ability/stay off backs
Anticipate and execute “see, not look”
Driving lane kick outs for 3/dish to post/attack
gaps

5. Page 5
Screen: loud/low/legal
No TO’s protect ball/catch w/ 2 hands/chin
it/target hand/fake passes/dribble w/ purpose/no
dribbling into trouble
DTran – ball ahead of you = wrong position
Mind/body/voice are equal on defense
Take all fakes w/ retreat step
Guarding dribbler – jab and stick/no head
bobbing/mirror ball w/ ball/move w/ pivot
Build a wall on post catch
In area or out of area rebounder?

6. Page 5
Screen: loud/low/legal
No TO’s protect ball/catch w/ 2 hands/chin
it/target hand/fake passes/dribble w/ purpose/no
dribbling into trouble
DTran – ball ahead of you = wrong position
Mind/body/voice are equal on defense
Take all fakes w/ retreat step
Guarding dribbler – jab and stick/no head
bobbing/mirror ball w/ ball/move w/ pivot
Build a wall on post catch
In area or out of area rebounder?