WYC 110 – Championship Culture Part 6 – TJ Rosene talks Chasing the Lion & Leadership Development

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TJ Rosene is a 3x National  Coach of the year. He has already compiled over 300 wins as a college coach and has most recently put together 8 straight 20-win seasons. TJ also serves as the Director of Coach Development for PGC Basketball, and co-hosts the Hardwood Hustle podcast.

Twitter: @CoachTJRosene

Websites: pgcbasketball.com; hardwoodhustle.com

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'If your dreams don't scare you- you're not dreaming big enough' - Chasing the Lion

1st steps in building culture

The first step is believing

Then define key cornerstones

Buy-in & Building great teammates

Have your players brainstorm about what the characteristics are of the best teammates. Then ask the players whether you have their permission to hold them accountable to those standards.

Empowering players

The best time to have players figuring things out on their own is when there is less on the line. That's true of lower levels of youth sports. That's true of early in the season even at higher levels of athletics.

Communication needs 3 things:

Truth

Love

Transparency

Start each practice talking for 5 to 8 minutes

This helps everyone to get to know each other and

My commitment Monday

Tough Tuesday

Thankful Thursday

Communication - Life skills

They have their athletes do the following when ordering at a fast-food restaurant:

Eye contact

Call the person by name

Ask them how their day is going

Express gratitude

Caz McCaslin's 2 minute Coaching tips

Tough love - Set standards that build not just great athletes but great leaders

Remember the off the court impact you have is more important than what happens on the court

Captains

TJ's teams have never elected captains. He just lets the natural leaders emerge.

When leaders arise who he wouldn't have chosen - he is honest with them and works to develop them and train them how to be a better leader. He is also honest about what the 2 or 3 behaviors are that will affect their teammates adversely if they don't work on improving them or eliminating them.

Leadership development

The first step is asking the players who wants to lead

They create levels of leadership around 4 traits: Character, Courage, Consistency, Communication

They define levels 0 to 3 with tangible steps

Connecting with kids

Sometimes you have to draw lines. It's scary because we don't want to alienate a player, but it is important.

The One that got away

Losing a national championship game - TJ had not prepared himself for what could go wrong.

You have to learn from the adversity and not live in the adversity

Best Stolen Idea

Don Meyer - Sent TJ a note and book within 48 hours of his passing. TJ learned that you're never too big for any situation or person.

Be a lifelong learner!

PGC Basketball Clinics

10,000 kids go through their camps every summer - check them out at: pgcbasketball.com

Parting Advice

Keep perspective. Define your legacy.

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