Summary of Bob Knight & Bob Hammel's The Power of Negative Thinking

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 As a coach, you must understand that it is not the development of your offense or defense that will make you a consistently winning team; it is the elimination of mistakes.
#2 To win, you must first show your players how not to lose. In basketball, bad fouls top my list of bad habits. A bad foul comes from poor concentration by a player responsible for carrying out a defensive assignment.
#3 Basketball is a game of mistakes, and you have to address them in terms of the four words that are at the heart of this negative-to-positive manifesto: We have no chance to win if… We’re going to get our ass beat unless… We can’t play this way.
#4 The idea that you can do anything you really want to do is a hollow platitude. You can’t. Each of us has more things that we cannot do well than we can.

Sujets

• Sport
• Sports collectifs
• Basketball
• EPS et coaching
• Sports
• Baloncesto
• Recreation
• Coaching
• Basket-ball

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 12 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822507159
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Bob Knight & Bob Hammel's The Power of Negative Thinking
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

As a coach, you must understand that it is not the development of your offense or defense that will make you a consistently winning team; it is the elimination of mistakes.

#2

To win, you must first show your players how not to lose. In basketball, bad fouls top my list of bad habits. A bad foul comes from poor concentration by a player responsible for carrying out a defensive assignment.

#3

Basketball is a game of mistakes, and you have to address them in terms of the four words that are at the heart of this negative-to-positive manifesto: We have no chance to win if… We’re going to get our ass beat unless… We can’t play this way.

#4

The idea that you can do anything you really want to do is a hollow platitude. You can’t. Each of us has more things that we cannot do well than we can.

#5

Every coach has to deal with losing. The first essential to have in place is a plan to recover after a loss, learn from it, and eliminate those things that caused the loss.

#6

The mark of success or failure in handling victory is what happens the next time out. The best teams can always get from the last game to the next game and be ready to play. The positive thinker has a tendency to enjoy the fruits of victory, while the negative thinker has a tendency to forget about the last game and focus on the next one.

#7

I have known Tony La Russa for many years. I have admired the way he approaches his job and does it well. He is one of the greatest managers in baseball history, having won three World Series championships with the St. Louis Cardinals.

#8

The boom-and-bust of the Internet start-ups around the year 2000 is a good example of how caution and skepticism can prevent you from getting your head handed to you. When you start gloating over your victories, you’re about to get your head handed to you.

#9

Some things that become very bad habits should be eliminated before they begin. And I don’t just mean in basketball. The It won’t happen to me delusion is one of the highest forms of positive, illusory thinking. Drinking to drunkenness is another thing society tolerates.