FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS

  1. 1.  Commitment

§         Don’t be Luke-warm, put your whole self in – Be PASSIONATE about what you do

§         “A leader with great passion & few skills will always outperform a leader with great skills and little passion.” – John Maxwell

§         Be committed to becoming the best you can be – Skill Development (develop the unconscious)

      - Confidence comes from demonstrated ability

         There are four types of players:

  1. Unconscious & incompetent
  2. Conscious & incompetent
  3. Conscious & competent
  4. Unconscious & competent (develop the unconscious to become automatic through repetition)

 

  1. 2.  Toughness (physical & mental)
    • Mental more so than physical (attention to detail because good is in the details)
    • BE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE (pressure is good & stress is bad)
    • You have to have tenacity, which is the ability to stick with it and be persistent in your attitude and effort
    • If you want to be the best player you have to be the hardest worker and those who work the hardest are the last to surrender

 

  1. 3.  Communication (on & off the floor)
    • Listen vs. hearing ( listen with your eyes, ears, mind & heart)
    • Great players crave hard instruction
    • Have huddles on the floor to communicate with teammates
    • Sometimes you have to figure it out without your coach (communicate to “Fix It”)

     - Adapt, Improvise, & Overcome

 

  1. 4.  Leadership
    • Leadership starts from the top
    • You have to learn to serve before you can lead (servant leader)
    • Lead from the front not from the rear (lead by example because your example isn’t the main thing, it is the only thing)
    • Not everybody can lead, but everybody has a role

         Roles:

  1. Define
  2. Understand
  3. Accept
  4. Fulfill

 

5.  Goal Oriented

    • Have long term & short term goals
    • Set specific goals that are observable & measurable (Have a narrow focus to help concentration)
    • Set goals that are realistically attainable & within your control
    • Determine what you want – find out how much it is going to cost you – decide whether you are willing to pay the price
    • You must have the persistence to follow through with your set goals (BE A FINISHER)