The "Junk" Drawer

One person's junk is another person's treasure ....

We had a totally disorganized drawer of odds and ends in our farm house kitchen when I was growing up which commonly was called the "junk drawer." All kinds of odds and ends were kept in that drawer. I think the rule of thumb for placing something in that drawer was basically does the item belong anywhere else?

"Why does this always happen to the 5'8" guy who can't jump?"

This information may be "junk" to some and hopefully close to a "treasure" for others. All I can do is share. You get to decide what drawer these belong in (or possible place in the circular file.) .....

The Blunt Realities of Team Sports:

1. In team sports, not everyone will play the same amount.

2. In team sports, some kids are better than others.

3. In team sports, younger kids are sometimes better than older kids.

4. In team sports, you will not be satisfied all the time.

5. In team sports, some kids get more attention than others.

6. In team sports, rules apply differently to some kids.

7. In team sports, the coach runs the team.

8. In team sports, you will not always agree with the coach.

9. In team sports, a player's status will change many times throughout

the season.

10. In team sports, attitude affects playing time.

If you are considering team sports, you must know that this list will impact your enjoyment. If you can't accept this list, you should reconsider joining

team sports. .... Author/Source Unknown

Three Types of People:

Great people talk about ideas!

Average people talk about things.

Small people talk about other people

.... taken from Don Meyers clinic notes

Coaching Today's Kids:

"Kids today don't know the difference between instruction and criticism."

.... Larry Brown

Parents:

"Most parents would rather see their child make all-state than see their

team win state." .... Taken from Don Meyer's clinic notes

Coaching Tip:

Most players do not understand how to adjust their defensive approach based on their foul load. It can be taught during practice. A good time to teach this is during your defensive shell drills. Set up situations with the defensive players and assign them different numbers of fouls and see if they can learn to "manage" their foul situation.

Coaching Tip:

The quality of the pass will affect the quality of the shot and even more

importantly the quality of the footwork of the shooter will affect the quality

of the shot. We emphasized to our players that EVERY shooting drill was also

a passing drill!

Failure List:

- Einstein was four years old before he could speak.

- Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school.

- Beethoven's music teacher once said of him "as a composer he is

hopeless."

- When Thomas Edison was a boy his teacher told him he was too stupid to

learn anything.

- F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry good store when he was 21 , but his

employer would not let him wait on customers because "he didn't have

enough sense."

- Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team as a

sophomore. Bill Russell and Bob Cousy (Who are in the NBA Hall of Fame)

experienced the same fate.

- A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had no good ideas.

- Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade.

- Steven Spielberg dropped out of high school in his sophomore year. He

was persuaded to come back to school and was placed in a learning

disabled class. He stayed in school for a month and dropped out again

never to return. .... taken from Don Meyer's clinic notes

Anyway:

People are unreasonable, illogical, and self centered.

LOVE THEM ANYWAY

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.

DO GOOD ANYWAY

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.

SUCCEED ANYWAY

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.

BE HONEST AND FRANK ANYWAY

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.

DO GOOD ANYWAY

The biggest people with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest people with the smallest minds.

THINK BIG ANYWAY

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.

FIGHT FOR SOME UNDERDOGS ANYWAY

What you spent years building may be destroyed overnight.

BUILD ANYWAY

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.

GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST YOU'VE GOT ANYWAY

.... Robert Schuller

Footlights:

"The worth of a man is revealed in his attitude to ordinary things when he is not before the footlights." .... Oswald Chambers

Strictly Humor:

- Never slap a man who 's chewing tobacco on his back.

- Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. (You might need to be a farmer to

appreciate this one.)

- There are two theories to arguing with a woman (/man) .... neither works.

- Never miss a good chance to shut up.

- Always drink upstream from the herd. (Another farmer goody!)

- If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

- The quickest way to double your money is to fold it and put it back in your

pocket.

- Good judgement comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad

judgement.

- If you're riding' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to

make sure it's still there.

- Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n putting' it back in.

- After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring.

He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When

you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut. .... Will Rogers

Coaching Tip:

When calling blob, we would add the word "again" if we were disguising a play. For example, if we had a play called "green" and we had previously

run the play. The next blob situation I might call out run "green again." We

would align the exact same way as we did in green but by adding "again" to the call the action would be different.