The Pat Summitt Way

Principle #1 Dishonest teams never win the big one

Principle #2 Break then down to build them up

Principle #3 Commitment starts at practice

Principle #4 Discipline is finishing

Principle #5 The reward comes at the end

Principle #6 Practice harder than the game

Principle #7 Never sacrifice the team for the individual

Principle #8 Their failures are my failures, their success my responsibility

Principle #9 Never ask, always demand

Principle #10 Coach into the headwind

"Dishonest teams don't win the big one." -Pat Summit

-Always find relief in honesty

"Great teams explain their failure & never excuse it."

Confront in front of the team

-Everybody heard it & everybody knows it already.

"Piercing a players individual ego is the only way to start the rebuilding process..."

"Basketball is a game of countering-attacks and counter-attacks create tempo & shift momentum."

"This is not about you, this is about everyone on the team winning a championship because of you."

"Players will only give you what you demand, not what you ask for."

"Confrontation equals honesty equals performance."

"When I see trophies I see the people behind them."

"Keep working until we turn our negatives into positives and our positives into weapons."

"A coach works constantly into a headwind and then suddenly the wind shifts and is at your back."

Family Night-Talk about your family

"How your area looks is a reflection on the state of the team."

"Real teachers show how things are done."

Insights On Coaching

1. The movement of players on the field are an extension of the coach
2. My players failure are my failures.  And their success is my responsibility
3. One player’s half effort means every player runs more
4. Make them responsible for each other
5. Break them down then build them up
6. A short term loss of confidence in exchange for long term ability
7. There is something more inside of them
8. We always want more out of every player
9. Commitment always starts in practice because it is where you get better
10. Inner barriers, invisible limits, obstacles…never focus on what we can’t do
11. Discipline is finishing
12. Discipline is the only way to believe in yourself
13. Discipline yourself so no one else has to
14. Discipline is the only difference between good and great
15. The ultimate goal of discipline is self-discipline
16. Discipline is training when no one else is watching
17. Discipline is turning bad habits into good ones
18. The reward is way down the road
19. Discipline is looking out for our own best interest
20. There is no instant gratification
21. Do I deserve to win?
22. Silence is confusion.  Communication is organization
23. Success is the right person in the right place at the right time
24. Make a commitment to get better everyday no matter how successful we were the day before
25. Practice harder than the game
26. Persistence is the key to continual success
27. Move away from the comfort zone
28. I have already made my decision.  I am here to help other make theirs –Valkeri
29. Break the routine.  Break old habits and install new one’s
30. Change takes determination.  Change takes time
31. You are better than this and you don’t even know it
32. Scores of underachievers.  Are you afraid to find out what is inside you?
33. Competition vs. complacency
34. Every time we go beyond ourselves we become mentally stronger
35. The point of great defenses is to force direction away from strengths and into weakness.  Make them go around.  Create the roadblock.  Set the detour
36. We can never have an off moment on defense
37. Are you a competitor?  Are you settling for less or reaching for more? Are you aware of what is at stake?
38. Train the mental game
39. Expanding the view of their own ability
40. Belief is endurance, experience, making it through
41. Sometimes a specific player will be the focus of my challenge
42. One person can change the course of events
43. One play can change the course of events
44. No one individual is more important than another, than the team
45. We have worked too hard not to win
46. Challenge your players to be the best everyday
47. One lazy player?  One uncaring player?  One unbelieving player? Can drain the team of their motivation…
48. What have you done to lead this team today?