I spent 20 years in Information Technology (IT) before becoming a women’s basketball college coach.
When I started my IT career in web development, the Internet was still fairly new.
Google was in its beginning stages. There was no such thing as social media. YouTube did not exist. Websites were static, mainly text, not many pictures, definitely no videos and mostly 1 long page.
Continue readingSince April 1st, I have read my goals every morning when I wake up. Then one of the last things I do before going to bed is read my goals again. This is a change from what I did while I was coaching college basketball.
My 1st year as a college coach, my only goal was to get an idea of what college coaching was about. At the end of the season, I reflected on what I did well, what I struggled with, and what I wanted to do better at. Then I wrote down new goals.
Continue readingOver the Thanksgiving holiday week, I was able to attend several high school basketball games. As I looked in the stands, I was shocked to see that some high school programs were not recording their games.
On the flip side, I was happy to see the amount of parents with their IPhones and IPads out filming.
Take advantage of your parents filming your games. Review your games for areas to improve. Also, use your game footage to create micro videos.
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