Jamy Bechler

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May 03 2020

Basic Training

My friend Alan Stein, Jr. is considered one of the top performance coaches in the nation. For years he has worked with some of the best basketball players in the world. In fact, when I was a basketball coach, I used many of his conditioning drills for my teams.

He once told me about his first encounter with Kobe Bryant back in 2007 when he was in his prime and considered the best player in the world. Nike flew Alan out to the Kobe Bryant Skills Camp.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: basics, bored, chuck noll, fundamentals, Hard Work, Jon Beck, Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers, Lakers, Leadership, Lebron James, Los Angeles, mamba, mentality, NBA, Nike, Practice, pure sweat, pure sweat basketball

Mar 15 2020

BORED Yet?

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” (Albert Einstein)

You’ve stocked up on more toilet paper than one person should own at one time.

You’re starting to wonder if your hands will ever smell like something other than hand sanitizer.

You’re binge-watching shows you would never be caught dead admitting to viewing.

You’re watching all of ESPN’s 30 for 30’s again.

Sound familiar?

BORED yet?

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Books, bored, Coaching, Communicating, Communication, connecting, Coronavirus, Culture, Dan Tudor, Evaluation, Growth, Leadership, recruiting, Skinny mirror, Student-Athletes, Students

Dec 01 2018

Two Types of Leaders

I was in high school band but I didn’t enjoy being in the class because I was an athlete and thought band was not cool. My attitude was bad and my actions reflected that.

My friend and I decided to make up a game to alleviate some of our boredom.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Backwards, Bad Attitude, Band, band class. Mr. Jose, bored, Cool, Disruption, Distraction, Forward, Influence, Jamy Bechler, Jonesville, Lead by Example, Leadership, role model, Too Cool, Trumpet, Types of Leaders

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