The Perfect Swing

This swing didn't happen by accident. No one works harder than Tiger to become the best in the world. A lot can be learned from Tiger's work ethic and attention to detail.



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Tracking Coach Meyer to Break the Record

With 3 more wins, Coach Don Meyer will break the NCAA Men's Basketball wins record currently held by Bob Knight (902). Coach Meyer currently stands at 900 wins. The Northern State Wolves play their next game at home on Sunday, December 28th, then travel to Winona State and Upper Iowa on the weekend of January 2nd and 3rd.

The Mind Runs the Body

“Now, if you’re going to win any battle, you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do.”
- George S. Patton

You can only control 2 things in life: Attitude and Work Ethic

"What would your team be like if everyone had your attitude and your work ethic?"

Two Types of Pain

Taken from: http://kevineastmanbasketball.com/corpblog/two-pains

In the sports world, the corporate world, in our personal lives, in a coach’s career — there will always be times when we have to choose between the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.
The Pain of Discipline Being disciplined is a great characteristic to have, but a difficult one to maintain over time. It’s not easy to work out day after day after day. It’s not easy to get in the weight room day after day after day. It’s not easy to do go to work and grind it out day after day. There is a pain factor involved — physical pain, mental fatigue (brought on by boredom of doing the same hard things over and over again), emotional pain from sometimes working your tail off every day and not being successful. The types and intensity of the pains will vary, but the constant is that they will be there!
In our careers it’s not easy to keep reading and studying the books, articles and reports or to continue to figure out how to become a better coach, salesperson, manager, CEO. Success is a disciplined process, not an overnight miracle.
Speaking from personal experience with our team last year, I think one of the reasons for our success was that we were willing to recognize and deal with that pain, to work through that pain, to invest in and commit to the grinding process that you have to go through to become successful in any meaningful challenge. For every NBA team, that challenge is to become the World Champions!
The Pain of Regret Simply put, when all is said and done, if you haven’t invested in the discipline needed to be successful, you will look back and regret not having done everything within your control to make the outcome a successful one. This is the ultimate pain of regret. We know lots of people who do this — the ones who are constantly saying things like, ”I wish I had…” rather than ”I’m glad I did…”
So you, your team, your company all have a choice — do you choose the pain of discipline and continue to do everything possible (whether it hurts or not) to become successful? Or do you choose to shortcut things? Maybe you aren’t consistent in your energy and enthusiasm, or maybe you don’t maintain the focus needed to succeed. In any case, if you don’t choose the pain of discipline, you will regret it.
I think about the pain of discipline vs. pain of regret in my approach to my job and in everything I do, from my morning workouts to the continuous film breakdown, to the constant writing of reports. I consciously think about the choice through the long grind that is the NBA season, through the constant reading, thinking and searching to find any little edge for our team or myself.
Discipline or regret? We were fortunate last year in that every player, coach, and Celtics employee chose the pain of discipline. This decision was the staple of our success and made us the NBA World Champions!

Meyer Wins # 900!

Congrats to Coach Meyer and all the players who have played for him, and special thanks from me for all of the "Hoop Knowledge" I learned from you.

There's a Reason They are Great Shooters

Had an interesting situation the other night before our game at Minnesota. As often happens, the main floor of the arena was being used for a youth basketball game prior to our game. Ray Allen always shoots three hours before every game — like clockwork. Since the main floor wasn’t available for another hour, we had to find an alternative. We found out there was another court in the arena, so we headed down there. So as we’re walking into that small gym we hear a ball already bouncing — it’s Mike Miller already into his shooting workout. Two of the best shooters in the game today, three hours before the game, making sure that they continue to work and prepare for the game!
There is no magic formula that makes them two of the best shooters in the league. They work at it all the time. There they were, at opposite ends of the court working on their game shots — game shots from game spots, and each repetition at game speed.
We had three assistants on our end working with Ray and there were two on the other end with Mike. Very little talking — just tremendous concentration — both players proving that even though they are the best, they continue to work to stay there. Being the best gets harder as time goes on so you need to continue to work on your game. Both guys went full speed and had a lather going by the time they were done.
When I walked into that gym I wished every player in the country — at any level — could have seen Ray and Mike working ON GAME NIGHT! Small gym, opposite ends of the floor, opposing teams, but one common denominator — working to get better and focusing on preparing for the game.
The lesson is that preparing for the game is what the best do so well. Working at your game at every opportunity is what makes a player the best at his skill

Taken from: http://kevineastmanbasketball.com/bballblog/theres-a-reason-they-are-great-shooters