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Choice not chance : rules for building a fierce competitor /
"Foreword by Mike Krzyzewski, Duke's Men Basketball CoachA celebrated coach reveals the secrets to building a fierce competitorAt age 26, Joanne P. McCallie, a.k.a. Coach P, began her career at Maine, where in the span of eight years, she elevated the women's basketball program to a v...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Choice Not Chance: Rules for Building A Fierce Competitor; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Be Ready for Change and Adventure; Opportunity Knocks; My First Meeting with Coach K; Chapter 2: Creating "Choice Not Chance"; We Are All Products of the Choices We Make; Chapter 3: The Underdog, Fighter Mentality; A Navy Brat Grows Up; Wherever They Live, Kids Need to Be Motivated; Role Models Help Me Develop My Skills; Nurturing Interest and a Desire to Improve; Graduation Approaches; Chapter 4: Nobody Likes Whiners; Arriving at Northwestern and Fighting for Playing Time.
- A Coaching ChangeMy First (Bittersweet) Taste of the NCAA Tournament; Chapter 5: Money Alone Won't Make You Happy; What Am I Going to Do with My Life?; Following a Passion: My Return to Basketball; Chapter 6: Never Be Afraid to Try Something and Make a Mistake; Making a Commitment and Sticking with It; Things Begin to Make Sense; A Nearly Fatal Mistake; Chapter 7: Seek Out Mentors: There Is No Substitute for Experience; Why the Scoreboard Is Irrelevant: Play the Game to Attack and Compete; Learning from Failure; Seek Out the Wisdom of Others.
- Chapter 8: Not All of Your Players (or Employees) Will Get Along with Each OtherThe Other Side of Success; Learning Balance, Restoring Energy; Expectations for the Future; Chapter 9: Life Is More than the Game; Away from the Court, My Priorities Change; Team in Transition; New Developments on the Court and in My Life; Chapter 10: Set High Team Goals While Motivating on an Individual Level: No Two Players (Just Like No Two Employees) Are Exactly Alike; Arriving at Michigan State; Lessons from Tom Izzo and Lonny Rosen; Motivating a New Team; Managing Conflict.
- Chapter 11: Everybody Has to Be Challenged to See How Good They Can BecomeChallenges and Progress at Michigan State; Always Measure Your Accomplishments; Chapter 12: Step Back and Reassess Your Priorities; How Can We Improve? What Can We Do Better?; Refusing to Give Up, No Matter the Opponent; Chapter 13: A Message from Coach Smith and Coach Wooden; Winning Isn't Always about Who Has the Best or Most Talented Players; Coming Close Creates Added Motivation; Chapter 14: Coach K Teaches, "Do What You Came Here to Do"; Moving On; Meeting Another Challenge; Getting to Work at Duke.
- Coach K Gives Me the Message I Need When I Need ItMy First Big Win at Duke; Transition at Work and at Home; Chapter 15: You Have to Seek Out the Changes--and See How You Need to React to Them--to Make the Team (and Your World) Better; Chapter 16: Recruiting Is a True Test of Will, Discipline, Character, and Evaluation Ability; Getting the Right Group of Players; Chapter 17: Competitive Cauldron; Acknowledgments; University of Maine and Michigan State University; Duke University; Index.