Date and site to be announced in early February! As many of you know, the NCAA has changed the recruiting calendar, and we are now waiting for all of the tournaments to pick their dates and sites. We will then announce COACHING U LIVE 2012 details. We have already lined up a great staff and [...]
Coaching Philosophy and Career Enhancement
Practice
What a great time of year! College practices have started, with the high Schools soon to follow. Everyone is excited to be in the gym sweating, learning, and getting better. But no matter what the level, practices can seem to go on forever before that first game rolls around. So what makes some teams able [...]
Jay Bilas on Coaching U LIVE 2011
Coaching U Live is the brainchild of NBA assistant coaches Kevin Eastman and Brendan Suhr, two of the best teachers in basketball. The clinic was two days, and the quality content of teaching techniques, strategies and concepts was staggering. Speakers included Eastman and Suhr, Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers, former college head coach George Raveling, [...]
Garnett
Kevin Garnett – Success
Two Pains
In the sports world, the corporate world, in our personal lives, in a coach’s career — there will always be times when we have to choose between the pain of discipline and the pain of regret. The Pain of Discipline Being disciplined is a great characteristic to have, but a difficult one to maintain over [...]
Coaching Decision: Your Ass or Their Legs?
I’ve read and heard a lot throughout the year about coaches at all levels who were having rough years. There are many consistent quotes and thoughts in these articles. The main theme is that we are just going to “work harder; and if that doesn’t work, then we will work even harder than that!” While [...]
Championships and the Right Emotions
All of us know that competition is often a very emotional experience. We experienced a very positive one when our team was able to raise the championship banner in the 2008 NBA World Championship ceremony. Those are the emotions that we all dream about and work for. But we also know that we have to [...]
Bring Value to Yourself
As I look back on the good fortune I have had in my career (from a Graduate Assistant making $2,000 a year to an Assistant Coach with the 2008 NBA World Champions) I keep coming back to a theme: LEARNING and PERSONAL GROWTH. The ability to move up the ladder and improve your salary in [...]
Excellence Before Ego
Ray Allen had a night to remember when he broke the NBA Career 3-Point Field Goal record formerly held by Reggie Miller. As I said to Ray when he got to the bench, “all those hours of work do pay off!” His just reward is to go down in NBA history. Many have already asked [...]
“GET” into Defense
We’re all looking for ways to “GET” our teams to understand and appreciate defense and how important it is to winning. So often we talk to our team about having to GET things done in order to be a good defensive team. Our “GET” game is the following: 1. GET a good shot – harder [...]
Defense: “Who Knows” is the Key!
Many things can go wrong on the defensive end, and we can find players to blame at every turn. But one thing we have to address is when a player makes a decision that is not within the framework of our defensive philosophy. The most common one to us is when a player switches. He [...]
Changes for 2010-11
We have just completed another successful year of our Kevin Eastman Basketball subscription service — our blog, NBA plays, and newsletters. Thanks to all of you who have subscribed to our service, or who have visited our site for the free content. Beginning in October, we will be making some changes to the site. One [...]
If it Ain’t Broke?
I know the saying goes: “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But I actually believe when “it ain’t broke” you still have to evaluate it! I don’t think it’s best to just remain status quo because something is working well. It may be able to work better. I’m not saying to change for change’s [...]
Simple Question…Major Impact
This blog will be very short but has the potential to be very powerful. Here’s a challenge for you: Write down everything you would need to do or to be in order to be successful at your job. Now do those things everyday! Sometimes the best place to find the answers is inside our own [...]
Conviction
Learned the importance of having conviction when it comes to being a leader. This season Doc Rivers made a decision with about 40 games left in our season. He decided that we needed to be as healthy as possible if we had any chance of competing for an NBA title. So he sacrificed wins on [...]
