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Apr 22 2024

Getting Athletes to Buy Into Backup Roles

    There are no small parts — only small actors!

    This phrase has been uttered countless times when it comes to acting, but it also applies beautifully to your team. You could easily say there are no small roles, only small athletes.

    A car is made up of many parts, from the chassis to the motor to the tires to the lug nuts. Even though some may appear more important than others, each component of a car plays a vital part to its’ operation. An expensive luxury car doesn’t get very far if the $5 spark plug isn’t working properly. 

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: backups, bad coaches, Coaching, Communication, connection, Denny Lehnus, good coaches, Great Teammates, Leadership, Phil Jackson, role players, Sports Parents, substitutes

    Feb 01 2018

    Episode 063: Travis Daugherty, Sports Parenting Author and Basketball Coach

    Travis Daugherty is the author of “The Lens: Raising a Champion Athlete and Man in Today’s Myopic World”. He is also the head boys basketball coach at Mt. Vernon High School in Fortville, Indiana.  Entering the 2017-18 season, he has a career record of 172-122 in 13 seasons as a head coach. Daugherty’s head coaching career started at Tipton High School from 2004-2009, where his teams won back-to-back sectional and conference championships. In 2008, he received the Indiana Basketball Coach’s Association Bob King Coach of the Year award.  From 2009-2013, Travis served as the Head Coach at Bishop Chatard High School in Indianapolis, and he started at Mt. Vernon in 2013-14.  He won a state championship for Alexandria-Monroe H.S. and then went on to have a stellar collegiate career at Anderson University. In addition to coaching responsibilities, Travis also serves as a high school English teacher at Mt. Vernon.  His most important job in life is his role as a husband and father.  He and his wife, Jessica, were married in 2003 and have three children:  Aden, Owen, and Leah.  

    In today’s episode, we discuss:

    • Why he wrote a book on parenting
    • What good and bad parenting looks like
    • How writing this book has changed him as a coach and parent

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Basketball, basketball coach, Bobby Cox, Coaching, Denny Lehnus, hoosier hysteria, Indiana, Jamy Bechler, Joe Ehrmann, Lavar Ball, Parenting, sports parenting, stan daugherty, the lens, Todd Gongwer, travis daugherty

    Jul 25 2017

    Episode 014: Grace College Athletic Director Chad Briscoe

    Chad Briscoe is the athletic director at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana.  He earned the 2017 Crossroads League Athletic Director of the Year award.  He also won the award in 2010.  At the NAIA level, he has helped initiate several “Champions of Character” initiatives, starting various sportsmanship summits for the league and local high school conferences. He currently is the league’s representative on the NAIA National Administrative Council and is the vice chair of the Championship Committee on the NAIA-NAC.  Briscoe’s energetic vision of the future has guided Grace Athletics to unparalled success across the school’s varsity programs. His desire to pursue Christ-like excellence through the realm of athletics has led many of Grace’s teams to some of their best seasons ever. In addition to being a collegiate athletic director, Briscoe has also been a professional basketball player in Sweden, a minor league baseball general manager, and a college basketball coach.

    In today’s episode, we discuss:

    • Mistakes leaders make
    • Traits that successful leaders have
    • How he develops his coaches and student-athletes
    • The importance of having a positive culture

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Chad Briscoe, Coaching, crossroads league, Denny Lehnus, Itunes, Jamy Bechler, larry desimpelare, Leadership, NAIA, podcast episode, sportsmanship, sportsmanship summit, TELL Summit, The Leadership Playbook, Tim Buckley

    Jun 06 2013

    Success Is A Choice

    “Success is a Choice” … I first heard this phrase when Rick Pitino wrote a book that had this as the title.  It is one of the best quotes I have heard.   In fact, I have borrowed it as the primary motto for my basketball program over the years.  It goes on all of our letterhead, locker room posters and motivational pieces.  In general, every person has the choice of how they act and behave.

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership · Tagged: Attitude, Charles Swindoll, Choices, Denny Lehnus, Gary Waters, Leadership, Rick Pitino, Success, Success is a Choice

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