Archive for 'Coaching'
Be a Baller // Life Lesson Booklet
For a recent Baller Basketball Camp in Redlands, CA, I created a booklet as a part of our player packages.
The booklet was designed to encourage ballplayers to be the best they can be in athletics and life. The life lessons included a message from the basketball world as well as a comparable biblical concept.
The [...]
Do Not Look Back // A John Wooden Story
I received an email recently from a Coach Todd James, Dublin, Ireland, outlining a personal encounter with John Wooden a few years ago.
Coach James produced a tract entitled, “Meet My Head Coach,” after finishing his high school basketball coaching career, and after feeling called to go to the mission field to tell people about what [...]
B21, Basketball Clip Board Apps, and the iPad
I stopped by an Apple Retail Store and finally got my hands on the iPad. I was also curious to see what this blog, www.baller21.com, looked like and its level of functionality.
In short, the device lived up to the commercial hype and made for impressive browsing and a more comparable laptop/desktop experience than the iPhone [...]
The Street Stops Here // Documentary
The Street Stops Here brings to film a story previously written in the book, “The Miracle of St. Anthony.” (Update: The film is not based on the book, but takes a fresh look at Coach Bob Hurley, Sr, a new team, and a new season).
I really enjoyed the book and was inspired to make [...]
Impact a Life // Coach a Sport
I have many memories of my coaches through the years playing sports. Some good and some bad.
However, as I have now been through the process of organizing a high school basketball league, Baller Basketball, and sought after quality volunteer coaches, as well as coaching a team myself, I am reminded of the [...]
John Wooden
Peter R. Casey
Ron Harvey
Stuart Weir
Tony Dungy