Shooter!

His left hand is a little high on the ball, but he's got that backwards "L" we stress for our shooters. Jon Scheyer Ranks 17th at Duke with 187 career three-point field goals ... shooting .379 from three-point range (187-of-493) for his career.

Getting Focused For 2010-2011

The 4 posts that follow this one are what our program is about, read them, be them. Parents, teachers, admin, and especially players should take note and know that we need to make sure we're all doing what we're supposed to be doing. It's not just about hoops, it's about life.

Our championship attitude needs to start now, in basketball and in everything we do. If we want to be champions we need to be a champion all day every day.

Coach Cuevas

The Definite Dozen of Lancers Basketball

TO STAY HERE:

1. BE COMMITTED TO YOUR ACADEMICS – Know you’re A-G requirements…make a plan…get a diploma. Go to class every day. Be on time. Sit up front. Take good notes. Do all extra work possible. Plan ahead and talk to your teachers when we travel or you are having a problem. Get tutors when you need them.

2. BE COMMITTED TO HAVING CLASS – Treat teachers, trainers, support staff, cafeteria workers, and all you meet with respect. Treat other people the way you want to be treated. Moody people are rude. Everyone takes notes, everyone picks up trash and everyone is courteous. Say please, thank you, yes sir, and yes ma’am. Give people the benefit of the doubt and always remember to smile.

3. BE COMMITTED TO DOING THE RIGHT THING – We have plenty of school rules…know them. Realize if you just try to do the right thing you will be OK. Try to do the next right thing right and you are as close to perfect as any person can be.

4. BE COMMITTED TO THE PROGRAM – We realize that athletes are in a fish bowl at B.G.H.S. Every word and action will be watched. Our program’s reputation provides many opportunities yet brings many responsibilities. We must be committed to build on to the tradition of our program and respect those that have gone before us and paid the price to build the program.

TO PLAY HERE:

5. BE COMMITTED TO HARD WORK – Our program is built on the concept that hard work pays off. We believe that we work harder than anyone else…and because of that we always deserve to win. There is a reason we are the best we can be…we work at it. Our best player must be our hardest worker. Be our hardest worker.

6. BE COMMITTED TO BECOMING A SMART PLAYER – We all must be ready to learn. We believe we work smarter than anyone else…We must develop players who understand the game. We all must be good listeners and learn by watching. We must make good decisions, we must play with poise. We prepare mentally for practice and games.

7. BE COMMITTED TO OUR TEAM ATTITUDE CONCEPT – We must all believe in our team concept. Our program is built on the concept that the team/program is bigger than any one player or coach. We need unselfish players and coaches.

8. COMMIT YOURSELF TO A WINNING ATTITUDE – Our players must be committed to winning but understand we don’t measure our success by winning alone. Each time we play we evaluate ourselves on reaching our potential. The test for our team is to play against the game not just our opponent. We never quit. We always are looking for ways to win.

TO WIN HERE:

9. BELIEVE IN OUR SYSTEM OF PLAY – Commit yourself to our philosophy, to our system of play. Be a sponge and soak up the concepts of how we play. Learn your role…then accept your role and do it the best you can.

10. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF – Play with confidence…think positive. Don’t get down when you play poorly… …be a leader... remember that your heart controls what your tongue says. Lead by example.

11. BELIEVE IN YOUR TEAMMATES – Communicate with each other…help each other. Remember the strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack. Encourage each other and support each other. Don’t ever forget the importance of the shell around the team. Be a friend. We are all different – be tolerant of teammates and others.

12. BELIEVE IN YOUR COACHES – Understand that your coaches are trying to help make you better people and players. Ask questions…don’t whine, complain or make excuses. Learn to take tough coaching. You must believe that the coaches are doing what they think is right for the team and you.

Five Characteristics of Successful Players

Very important for our Student-Athletes to remember this stuff:

FIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYERS

1. Commitment

• Don’t be Luke-warm, put your whole self in – Be PASSIONATE about what you do
• “A leader with great passion & few skills will always outperform a leader with great skills and little passion.” – John Maxwell
• Be committed to becoming the best you can be – Skill Development (develop the unconscious)
• Confidence comes from demonstrated ability

There are four types of players:
1. Unconscious & incompetent: You stink, but you don’t know it. You don’t improve.
2. Conscious & incompetent: You stink, and you know it, so you work at it (not so bad).
3. Conscious & competent: You’re good and you know it, so you don’t get better.
4. Unconscious & competent: You’re good but you don’t think about it because you’re always working.

2) Toughness (physical & mental)

• Mental more so than physical (attention to detail because good is in the details)
• BE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING UNCOMFORTABLE (pressure is good & stress is bad)
• You have to have tenacity, which is the ability to stick with it and be persistent in your attitude and effort
• If you want to be the best player you have to be the hardest worker and those who work the hardest are the last to surrender

3) Communication (on & off the floor)

• Listen vs. hearing ( listen with your eyes, ears, mind & heart)
• Great players crave hard instruction
• Have huddles on the floor to communicate with teammates
• Sometimes you have to figure it out without your coach (communicate to “Fix It”)
• Adapt, Improvise, & Overcome

4) Leadership

• Leadership starts from the top
• You have to learn to serve before you can lead (servant leader)
• Lead from the front not from the rear (lead by example because your example isn’t the main thing, it is the only thing)
• Not everybody can lead, but everybody has a role
• “An army of lions led by an ass will be defeated by an army of asses led by a lion.”

Roles:
1. Define
2. Understand
3. Accept
4. Fulfill

5. Goal Oriented

• Have long term & short term goals
• Set specific goals that are observable & measurable (Have a narrow focus to help concentration)
• Set goals that are realistically attainable & within your control
• Determine what you want – find out how much it is going to cost you – decide whether you are willing to pay the price
• You must have the persistence to follow through with your set goals (BE A FINISHER)

How to Be a Great Student Athlete

1. Prioritize. You should go to practice when it is scheduled. But when you go home, school work should be the most important thing.
2. Realize that you are still an athlete, and to do well, you must also practice on your own.
3. Eat healthy. Eat a good breakfast that contains foods from all the food groups so you have a good balance of vitamins. For snacks, you should avoid junk food, and instead snack on fruits and vegetables.
4. Do your homework. This goes back to your student half of the job. If you don't do your homework, your grades will suffer, you may get detention and miss practice, and if you miss practice because of detention, you will be punished.
5. Get 7-10 hours of sleep. Do not party every night. A couple Friday nights are OK, but don't over do it.
6. Don't drink, smoke, or do drugs. This should go without saying.
7. Work harder than anyone on the practice field, and both on the field/court and in class, ask questions if you don't understand something.
8. Be ready to work.
9. Practice is not supposed to be fun. Games are supposed to be fun when you are kicking the crap out of your rival, especially when it is in high school, playing under the lights.
10. Don't play just because the hot girl in your grade is a cheerleader. Play because you want to win.

What is Class?

Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident in the knowledge that you can meet life head-on and handle whatever comes along.

Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from past mistakes.

Class is considerate of others. It knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of petty sacrifices.

Class bespeaks an aristocracy that has nothing to do with ancestors or money. The most affluent blueblood can be totally without class while the descendant of a humble background may ooze class from every pore.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

Class can “walk with kings and keep its virtue, and walk with crowds and keep in common touch.” Everyone is comfortable with the person who has class – because he is comfortable with himself.

If you have class, you don’t need much of anything else. If you don’t have it, no matter what else you have – it doesn’t make much difference.

VERY IMPRESSIVE PERSON

He greets everyone with a smile

And a hearty handshake;

And makes you feel he means it

When he says he’s glad to meet you.

And he makes you glad to meet him.

He walks with a sprightly step

And speaks with a laugh in his voice.

He listens with interest

And speaks with conviction,

And makes you feel you’ve known him all your life.

He doesn’t seem to try to impress,

Yet he’s most impressive.

He never tries pressing to persuade,

Yet you always come away convinced.

He’s the kind of guy we enjoy being around

Because he is what we all secretly would like to be;

Someone who enjoys being himself.

“I have decided to let my life be my argument.”

-Albert Schweitzer

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