John Wooden's Pyramid

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do”, as the great John Wooden would say. In the vignette Coach Wooden and Me by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the author talks about how his basketball coach became his best friend and influenced his life in many distinctive ways. This tale tells the story of how two vastly different, yet successful individuals in John Wooden and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar altered each other’s lives for the better. I think the author wrote this book to share the wisdom of Coach Wooden in hopes of changing young lives similarly to how his life was changed by informing Coach Wooden’s ideas, for instance his Pyramid of Success and his many inspirational quotes, one being:”Be more concerned about you character than your reputation, as your character is who you truly are and your

Success is something that all people strive for in life. Google defines success as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. John Wooden, one of the most successful basketball coaches of all time, defines success as peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. For you to understand of success I will explain the success from John Wooden’s pyramid of success, examples of success from the movie Hoosiers and our Skype with Bobby Plump, and success in my life.

Coach Steve Rocker is one of the most successful high school basketball coaches in Kentucky’s history. Coach Rocker was very successful in previous years. Strangely, this year was very different for him. For the first time in his professional life, he is falling short of his expectations, the community expectations, and the team’s expectations. His team lost a lot of games, but most importantly the boys had no motivation or desire to bring the team out of the rut they found themselves. His players have lost their will to win, their love for their teammates, and their passion to play. Coach Rocker’s motivational methods that have always worked before and resulted in success are now failing, and he doesn’t know why. He argues that his players have become selfish and bored with winning because they have been so successful in previous years. “And there’s no question that my guys have lost their drive to win because they’ve won so much in the past. Now all they want is individual ‘wins’…which just doesn’t cut it on a team” (Gongwer, 2010, p. 17).

In this week's video the topic talked about in the video was, the difference between winning and succeeding. Ted speaker John Wooden talks about how important it is to seek success than always wanting to win. According to him, winning all doesn’t always mean that we are succeeding. This is because, by only wanting to win, one strives to be better than somebody else. He says that at times we could lose even if we outscore the opponent or win even when we are outscored. Wooden defines success as the peace of mind attained only through the self-satisfaction of knowing that one made the effort to do the best of which he is capable. This implies that whether or not we achieves any objectives we set for ourselves, we should always make ensure that

It is my job as a coach to help develop athletes physically, psychologically, and socially while helping them have fun by playing a sport. I will do this by being enthusiastic and having a positive attitude in practice, games, and while not coaching. This cooperative approach to coaching will create a sense of community within the team I coach, and the athletes will feel more welcome to discuss their thoughts, ideas, questions, and concerns with me. Creating this setting and relationships with athletes will only benefit the team by creating a team culture necessary for the well-being and success of high school sports’ teams. Success in sports means accomplishing goals set by the team, not winning. Winning is important, but just striving to win is even more vital toward the success of teams. As a coach, I will also be a motivator for athletes. Athletes will see me come to practice with a positive attitude, displaying my passion. This is the beginning of how I will motivate athletes. Motivation starts with my attitude, and athletes pick up on this. In order to motivate and want to be motivated, there must be a reason, a why? I will use the teams’ goals they will set, in order to motivate them to give their best effort in order to achieve success by reaching their

INTRODUCTION: “I have failed over and over again in my life and that is why I succeeded” a quote by Michael Jordan. How many of you believe failure is a prerequisite to success? , how many of you believe that the difficulties and obstacles you’ve faced changed who you are as a person? well, life is not a wish granting factory , it will feel long and tough , eventually at one point you will fail , we all do , but it’s not about failing it’s about how you perceive failure , that is what defines you as a person , Samuel Becket once

Everyone defines success differently, but it is an achievement everyone strives for. John Wooden was notorious for his achievement as a basketball coach, and his philosophies on success. The movie “Hoosiers” is a great story of an underdog team that won a championship with all the odds against them. Like most people, I have also found success in my life in numerous events.

In Coach K’s book Leading with the Heart Grant Hill is allowed to write the forward and talk about his coach from the perspective of a new college recruit, and later he speaks as a friend and confidant. What Coach K teaches is about life and leadership. He sets the bar high so you can 1) strive to be the best you can be; 2) appreciate the value and rewards of a hard work ethic; 3) build close relationships based on trust; 4) set shared goals; 5) sacrifice and give of yourself; 6) win with humility; 7) lose with dignity; 8) turn a negative into appositive; 9) be a part of something bigger than yourself; and, 10) enjoy the journey (Krzyzewski, pg x).

In life, you encounter many situations and people that aid in molding you into the person you are meant to be. When these instances in time occur, we may not realize it, but looking back they made a huge impact on our lives. For the past four years, I have been a member of the Navarro Runnin’ Lady Panthers Basketball Team, and while the sport itself taught me many lessons and skills I can use to be successful, there was one coach that managed to do the same.

However, when we talk about youth sports, our main concern is with providing players with a positive, character building experience. Winning is not the only acceptable outcome for youth players, and coaches need to understand this principle. “With a winning philosophy young athletes may lose out on opportunities to develop their skills, to enjoy participation, and to grow socially and emotionally. Well informed coaches realize that success is not equivalent to winning games, and failure is not the same as losing.” (Enhancing Coach-Parent Relationships in Youth Sports, 15)

In his coaching it was not all glamour, on March 15, 1963 Arizona State defeated UCLA 93-79 the first game of the NCAA Western Regional Tournament. John had just created a new dimension of a 2-2-1-zone press that was designed to force teams to shoot the ball quickly. The final score did not discourage Wooden for at the end he announced that he liked what he had seen. John Wooden worked with his players and on March 20, 1965 UCLA won the second consecutive National Championship using Wooden’s zone. Determination in any sport is crucial and that is what John Wooden had in every practice and game. This trait of John Wooden’s was by far the strongest and the earliest developed. When John graduated from the 8th grade his father gave him a card with three rules, don't wine, don't complain, and don't make excuses. From these rules John knew that the only other option was to succeed. He built a Big Ten University from what was once an organization without a home court. His players saw the determination in there coach and displayed it as well. By showing determination and instilling it in his player John taught that the people who do work the hardest will receive the glory and the ones with natural ability can only strive so

The paragraph starts with, Amber pouring out her troubles to Rais. She mentions that grandmother of her daughter’s father has took away her daughter and insisted Amber that she goes to rehab center. Now that she has gone to rehab center, she is lacking the money to go visit her daughter in Stephenville. After hearing this, Rais is stunned. He imagines “what a solitary, uneducated woman must have to do in America to come by money” (Giridhardas 257). He says that no woman should ever live a life like this.

Basketball teams need a coach that believes in them. The team needs a coach that will work hard to help them achieve the goal of winning. They need a coach that communicates and shows interest in each of the players. On the other hand, they need a coach that can be directive, but also supportive. In the case study this week, Shirley was quite the opposite. Conflicting enough, by all appearances she did not have a total grasp of the concept of leadership in coaching basketball. Factors that could cause the lack of leadership could be confidence or even lack of knowledge (Cohen, 2000). In this paper, Shirley’s leadership style and behavior will be discussed, along with looking at situational factors and other leadership styles that

The creation of the pyramids was one of the Egyptians greatest accomplishments. The pyramid of Khufu in particular was their biggest achievement. Construction of the great pyramid started in 2540BCE and finished 20 years later in 2520BCE, it stood 481ft tall and continued to be the tallest man-made structure for over 4,000 years. It was built up of over 2.3 million limestone bricks weighing anywhere between 2 and 15 tons.

The coach tirelessly pursues personal education, formally and informally, both in the performance related sciences and in liberal arts. He sees the journey to coaching excellence as a never ending story; seen not only in terms of a chosen sport and coaching theory and practice, but in understanding how to successfully live a balanced and full life, while facing tougher and tougher challenges in the chosen field of endeavour.