Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
Importance of being a Father and Husband
Must include Assistant coaches families and players Families
Great web site to sign up for WWW.All Pro Dad.com this is done by NFL coaches
Must set Goals for you teams : Your team must have a identity ( Chuck Daly)
Golden State 1st year goal was to lead NBA in scoring and we avg second most in NBA
2nd Year goal was to be the most improved Defensive team . We were the best by over 9 points less a game ; IF YOU SET GOALS preach them every day your team will achieve the goal !!
Team Theme :
2007 Boston Celtics : The word Ubuntu has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa and is used to describe a philosophy of life that promotes the greater good rather than individual success. it denotes a belief that one person cannot be successful if those around him are not. Nobody wins unless everybody wins, if you will. The coach Doc Rivers asked His Rookies l to study the concept of ubuntu, and the rookies made a presentation to the team before the first practice of Training Camp
Ubuntu “ basically means: I am what I am because of who we all are.I am because you are…
So I looked up a couple of other things:
Harambee “ literally means pulling together
Ujamaa – = familyhood
Pre Season Theme | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
• 2006 New York Giants 2007 – had T shirts emblazoned with “Talk Is Cheap. Play the game”
• 2007 St Louis Rams Training Camp Theme “ Welcome To The Proving Ground “ on the Front of a shirt ( on Back “ Getting It Done “)
• 2007 Detroit Lions: Coach Marinelli had a “Pound the rock” credo(a rock is shattered one good pound at a time: a game is won one good down at a time )
• Detroit Lions 2007 had a “ Do –Right List “a catalog of rules transgressors that the coach displays at team meeting ( The Goal should be “ Do –Right List be blank after games ) some teams have “ Do Right Rules”
• 2007 NBA Washington Wizards –Team Motto “Ready To rule”
Each Year we do a “ Career Year “ Book for our players | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
Practices : Chart we call Balance Sheet for how much time spent on Offense and Defense !!
Study other sports ! Ideas on game day shoot around from NFL
After free throws we created a “ Special Team “ mentality
Assistant Coaching : The key is to work for the best head coaches to learn from them !! As a head coach you better have good assistant coaches who are loyal !! Hire at least one older veteran coach on your bench !! Big mistake in Sacramento not having a Vet
Little things are important | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
Spend time on Special situations :
Defending SOB – The Staggered jumps – Fake the passer to get a deflection
Practice SOB passers and end of game full court pass – Leave nothing to chance …Players take pride in special role .
Take them thu SOB 50 series
If talking with Santa Clara Team :
1. No one is Bigger than the team
2. San Antonio Spurs : They play the right way ! Role of 4 man so vital to Spurs winning
3. My role at USD
4.Play your best when your best is needed
5. Headed into a new Season
Practice Habits
Team Chemistry
Belief of winning your conference and beating Gonzaga ! not just at home but on road
Great Coaching staff here – They can lead you
Questions?
Meeting with just Coaching Staff; | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
1. Practice plans
2. Post game reports
3. Scouting Reports
4. Note cards
5. player personnel ( Depth charts)
Game Prep For a NBA Team : | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
1. Film
2. Walk thru opponents sets
NFL Idea on Cards
NFL idea on Jersey of Opponents with # of Opponent
3.Walk Thru scripted Offense we will run ( NFL Idea)
4.Breakdown Offense / Defense by position
Guards/ Bigs – How you will score tonight
Guards / Bigs –Defensive assignments
5.Shooting Competition
6. Live vs Opponents Offense
7. Live Vs Opponents Defense
8. Free Throws
9.Extra shooting / Video work
Since Fired from Kings : I want to become a better coach | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
1.Makes you work harder
2. Former NFL Coach George Allen made a List “ Have A Game Plan After Loing Job”
a. Don’t Panic
b. Be yourself
c. Have No regrets
d. Don’t Count on Friends for help
e. Get out of the house
f. Work Out physically Hard
g. Do something You always wanted to do
h. Plant a seed every day
i. Ask for advice from someone you respect
j. Help someone who needs it .
k.Your biggest problem is being negative- be positive
l.Do something to improve every day
M. Be direct. Call for jobs yourself
N.Keep Fighting
o. Keep reading
3.Must learn from experience | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
* why fired ?
Lack Of support from above
Lack of Communication
4.Become a better Coach | Eric Musselman Coaching Clinic
* Visit , Study other Coaches
Larry Brown / John Calapari Coaching Retreat in Tunica, Mississippi
Visit in Baton Rouge with LSU Coach John Treloar
Meet with Bo Beuadine in Dallas Texas – His Philosophy of 100/ 40
Gonzaga and UC Davis have come to my home in Danville to talk
Lunch with Gary Saint Jean my former GM with GS Warriors
Work out players : St Mary’s , Monte Vista High School , AAU programs Sports Strong and MVP Flight , Camps 24 Hour Fitness Hoopology
Outside the box thinking :
Reached out to Pat Lencioni author of “ The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team “ September 19,2007 and with his Public Speaker for the book Pat Richie Oct 1st , 2007
Meet with Pat Lencioni author of “ The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team “ September 19,2007
I read the Book : Important pages for me 36, 97, 102,143,189 and190, 198, 201,214, 216,220 .. How I applied the lessons from book
A Fractured Team is just like a broken arm or leg: fixing it is always painful , sometimes you have to rebreak it to make it heal correctly . And the rebreak hurts a lot more than the initial break , because you have to do it on purpose . ( Pg 37)
Meetings and movies have a lot in common .Movies have no impact on our lives .They don’t require us to act a certain way based on the outcome of a story. And yet meetings are both interactive and relevant . When we get to have our say , and the outcome of any given discussion often has a very real impact on our lives . So why do we dread team meetings ?( page 102)
After a loss a bad team in its locker-room “ Will sound like they’re all scrambling for lifeboats on the Titanic” ( Pg 143)
Personal Histories Exercise : Get your team to begin to relate to one another on a more personal level . Ask each team member to answer a short list of questions about themselves ( page 198)
Team Effective exercise : Requires team members to identify the single most important contribution that each of their peers makes to the team . ( Page 198) At our lunch meeting Pat Lencioni the author used the example of using this method when we draft players instead of relying on a players stats so much .
A Coach much demonstrate Vulnerability to his team ( page 201) For example my experience October 20 2007
Publication of Goals and Standards : Clarify exactly what the team needs to achieve ( pg 214)
Publication Of Goals : Team Stats Discuss individually do not post up in locker-room ? ( page 214 Ron Artest could not handle this )
Accountability is the key to coaching in NBA ( Page 216)
Last Time Fired :
1.Met with Hubie Brown his training Camp in Memphis
2. Met and visted Jeff Van Gundy Training Camp in Houston
3. Attended NFL Practices : Jon Gruden and Norv Turner
4. Observed San Diego Padres Draft for MLB
5.Oakland Raiders helped me : Gave me a office to work out of
6. Read Books
7. If You have a job use a coach out of a job !!!
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