Olympic basketball players of the United States

and most importantly how to be a good human being. They have taught me life lessons that I can only hope to preserve by instilling them into my athletes in my time as a coach. The articles I have chosen to highlight in this essay show how coaches have helped to develop character in athletes, how they pushed them to be the best on and off the field of play, and illustrate how they stepped into the lives of athletes and became so much more than just a coach. Pat Summitt is known for her accomplishments in the sport of basketball. Her 8 national titles (more than any other women’s basketball coach in NCAA history) and her 1,071 wins (more than any coach in the sport) all illustrate her greatness prestige in basketball. What most people don’t know, is her ability to influence her players in such a way that they return to her to seek her counsel long after they’ve finished their playing under her tutelage. In the article titled “Summitt’s Influence On Former Players Goes Far Beyond…

Division I basketball coaches who are very successful with two different concepts of coaching. They both have led their teams to an endless amount of victories over their long careers. It has taken game after game for these coaches to discover their coaching styles, but their win to loss ratio infers that they both have dominated their ability to lead teams to be successful. Both Pat Summit and Mike Krzyzewski might both be coaches that have a winning record, but this does not make them the…

Every kid who plays a sport, has someone they idolize and eventually they will want to be just as successful or maybe even more successful than that person. But what makes that person successful? Is it the money? Is it the fame? Is it the flashy clothes and cars? Well, while all of that comes along with the success, it does not make an athlete successful. What makes an athlete successful is their talent, but also their determination, desire and their leadership qualities. The God given talent…

Beyond Basketball “You should never stop learning to own words. There are always more words, deeper meanings, and more stories to go with those words. Each time I witness one of these words in action, I come to own it more completely.” stated Mike Krzyzewski, known to many as Coach K. There are multiple words that can be used to explain plentiful situations in life, whether on or off of the basketball court. Some of those words, that do not seem to be right for the position that they are put in,…

The author, Brandon Steiner, CEO and founder of Steiner Sports in New Rochelle, New York, a leader in sports marketing and collectibles, takes lessons on leadership, strategy, planning, and success learned from working with some of the greatest athletes, coaches, and managers in sports, and applies them to the business world. He condenses their personal stories and experiences, drawing upon them to see how they can be applied to achieve success at work, in business, and in life in general. His…

The beginning of Team USA basketball really started making the game of basketball well known to people across the United States. The history of how it started and how far it has gone has also made it very interesting to see the growth throughout the years. Team USA began with just a couple of tryouts in a couple of different cities and now it is one of the most popular things in the US. From the first years of Team USA basketball, they started to dominate and they have continued to do so as time…

Football and basketball are probably the most popular sports in America, alongside a few others. During the playoffs and the Super Bowl in football, and the time of march madness and the championship in basketball, families and friends meet together and watch the games as a group. The sports go head to head as the best sports of America, but a fair amount believes basketball to be the better of the two. Basketball is definitely better than football. Admittedly, NFL games have set schedules.…

The great LeBron James is known as one of the greatest basketball players not only in the United States, but in the world. Through out his life he has accomplished many things in the sport of basketball, as well as influenced many peoples lives in what he does for communities all over the United States. In the world of Popular Culture, I see LeBron James as the hegemony of The National Basketball Association (NBA). Hegemony is the leadership or predominant influence of one group over another.…

William G. Morgan created the game of volleyball, originally called “mintonette”, in 1859. Four years earlier, one of his friends invented the game of basketball. However, Morgan saw the need for a game that did not require a fast pace as basketball did. He wanted a game that the average person would be able to enjoy. The game he created was a combination of baseball, basketball, tennis and handball. The first to play volleyball was a group of workers from the Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA. They…

was written by Jackie MacMullan and the book was based off of the fierce rivalry of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in there many face-offs for basketball glory. “When you think you have done enough, do a little more, because someone out there is working harder than you.” Jackie Macmullan really does a fantastic job telling the story on what it was like when the game was theirs. Magic Johnson and Larry Birds rivalry was unmatched, even to this day there hasn’t been a rivalry between 2 players of…