Satch Sullinger Building your program
Living here in Columbus Ohio it’s impossible to be involved in coaching basketball and not know who Satch Sullinger is. His son, Jared, played for Ohio State and is currently on the Boston Celtics roster. Coach Sullinger just recently wrote a book entitled Winning with Purpose: Raising our game and Lifting our teammates on and off the court. As I read trough the book I was encouraged at the type of coach he was. After coaching at a few local schools, both high school and college in Ohio he had the opportunity to coach his son at Northland. For those of you not from Ohio, Northland has been a force in boys basketball for the past ten years.
When programs are that successful it’s easy to say the coach has it easy because he has the players . . . kind of like the tag that always gets attached to Phil Jackson. After reading his book I was impressed that multiple times, and sometimes at the most critical points in the season, Coach Sullinger would sit a player for conduct or tardiness the was not in line with the expectations of the program, even including his son.
I have attached a couple of what I feel are Coach Sullinger’s most important thoughts but you won’t get the full effect without reading the book yourself. I hope this peaks your interest and encourages you to put his book on your offseason reading list! You need to learn how to build your program!!!
Overall thought for the entire book: “We play the game the way we live our lives”
– If we seek only solo glory, we lose – and so does the team
– Accountability is about action not just words
– Each player is accountable to the TEAM
– Don’t let your past define your future
– There’s no such thing as part-time accountability
– Effort and Attitude are inseparable, for good or bad
These quotes just scratch the surface of what the book covers and will be worth your time to read. It has very little to do with plays, strategy, or training programs but essential parts of building your program!
We have a new basketball coaching contributor in Mark Chapman He is doing an excellent job in providing basketball coaching clinic notes, basketball drills, and basketball plays. He is the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Hamilton Township High School in Columbus, Ohio. I think that you will enjoy these basketball clinic notes on the Satch Sullinger Building your program.
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