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Jun 22 2024

Developing a Player-Led Team

The Hall of Fame basketball coach Tom Izzo likes to say, “A player-led team is always better than a coach-led team.” The best teams have athletes that step up and take a leadership role. The best teams have athletes that take ownership in the culture and are invested in the process. 

This doesn’t happen if the coach is a control freak, micro-manager, or the only voice in a program. The best teams have athletes who are leaders. The best teams have strong leadership. 

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Coach K, Coaching, Culture, Educate, Empower, Encourage, Enhance, Equip, Example, Exemplify, Leadership, Player led team, role model, standards, Tom Izzo

Jun 22 2024

4 Mistakes Coaches Make With Team Captains

As a head coach, you can’t be the entire program. You need assistants and you need captains that can help you lead the program towards success.

Great team captains make your job easier as a coach. Everyone knows this, but having strong team leadership is not as simple as a well-meaning wish and a snap of the fingers. Most coaches know what kind of captain and leadership they want, but oftentimes it doesn’t play out that way.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: captains, Coaching, Developing Leaders, Expectations, Leadership, standards, Student Leaders, Team Captains, Team Leadership

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

    Mar 22 2024

    Getting the Most Out of Your Coaching Mentors

    The leadership expert and author John C. Maxwell says, “We all need someone to help us in our pursuit of intentional growth and the right mentor helps you take massive leaps forward.”

    Even coaches need coaches. Maxwell talks about “intentional growth”. This is when you make the conscious decision to make yourself better.

    One of the best ways to do this is with a mentor.

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports · Tagged: Coachable, Coaching, development, Leadership, life coach, Mentor, Mentorship, personal development, Planning, professional development, self-aware

    Mar 13 2023

    Episode 149: Clark Kellogg, College Basketball Analyst

    Clark Kellogg is one of the most respected voices covering college basketball today. The CBS Sports analyst was once a top college basketball player at Ohio State University, where he earned All-Big Ten Conference honors and won the Big Ten Most Valuable Player award in 1982.

    After his junior year at Ohio State, he declared for the 1992 NBA draft and was selected eighth overall in the first round by the Indiana Pacers, and named to the NBA All-Rookie first team in 1983 after averaging 20.1 points and 10.6 rebounds. But his NBA career was cut short after just four seasons due to knee injuries, and he was forced to retire in 1986 at the age of 25.

    Clark began his broadcasting journey with ESPN in 1990, and in 1993 he moved to CBS Sports, where he has worked since. In March 2010, Kellogg played a game of H.O.R.S.E. against U.S. President Barack Obama. The game, called “P.O.T.U.S.” for the occasion, was won by Obama.

    In today’s episode, we discuss:
    • Playing basketball against President Obama
    • What makes up a great leader
    • Being the parent of athletes
    • Working with Charles Barkley during NCAA Tournament
    • How players can use their platform
    • … and so much more!!!

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Podcast Episodes, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Adrian Griffin, Bill Curry, CBS sports, Charles Barkley, Clark Kellogg, jason romano, Leaders are Readers, Leadership, Parenting, PGA, Race, Racial Tension, respect, sports parenting, Sports Psychology, Sports Spectrum, travis daugherty

    Mar 09 2023

    Anything to Help

    “Start by doing what’s necessary, then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” (Saint Francis of Assisi)

    This winter there was a snowstorm resulting in a 50-car pileup on the Ohio turnpike, which included some fatalities and dozens of motorists stranded in the freezing weather.

    Some administrators from a nearby school district didn’t just see the news and feel sorry for all of those people.

    No, they saw an opportunity to make a bad situation a little bit better.

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth, Sports, Teams & Organizations · Tagged: Athletic Director, Community, community service, Helping, high school athletics, Leadership, Ohio, School Bus, School District, servant leadership, Snow storm, Superintendent, Transportation

    Nov 16 2022

    Bechler Shares Tale of Last-Minute Delivery

    This story originally appeared on www.GoRedHawks.com on November 19, 2012

    Usually, five days is more than enough to prepare until a big game is played, a paper is due, or a special anniversary or holiday.

    But how about having only five days’ notice that you will be a first-time dad?

    That was exactly the scenario Martin Methodist women’s basketball coach Jamy Bechler encountered three years ago as he and his wife, Tabitha, received the call from Bethany Christian Services, an adoption agency based in Nashville, Tenn., that they would have the opportunity to become parents. [Read more…]

    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: News, Sports · Tagged: Adoption, Bethany Christian Services, Bryan College, Coaching, Cori Jones, Jamy Bechler, Leadership, Martin Methodist College, Silverdale Baptist Church, Superman was Adopted, The Blind Side

    Nov 14 2022

    Episode 155: TOPGUN with Andy “Grand” Mariner

    Captain Andy “Grand” Mariner is the Deputy Commander of the historic Carrier Air Wing 11. Previously, he was the Commanding Officer at  TOPGUN. The United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor program is the preeminent training school for naval aviators.

    Click here for Captain Mariner’s complete bio.

    In today’s episode, we discuss:
    • Leadership principles
    • Mentality of fighter pilots
    • A day in the life of a TOPGUN student and instructor
    • What the movie (Top Gun) got right or wrong
    • … and so much more!!!

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: Aircraft Carrier, Andy Mariner, Approachable, Blue Angels, Credible, Fighter Jet, Flying, Humble, Humility, Leadership, Maverick, Naval Academy, Naval Aviation, Navy, Navy SEALs, Officers, Pilot, The Captain, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, TOPGUN, Training, Vietnam War

    Nov 12 2022

    People Notice Integrity

     

    “Integrity is doing the right thing even when no one is watching you.” (C.S. Lewis)

    🔊 Click here to listen to the 2-minute audio version of this article

    Have you (or someone that you’ve known) ever said something to the effect of ‘It doesn’t matter if I do what’s right.  Nobody notices anyway.’ or ‘Nice guys finish last’. 

    Well, I have a little story that I always think of when it comes to integrity and character.

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Anderson University, C.S. Lewis, Character, character development, Donald Trump, elections, Integrity, Lani Czarniecki, Leadership, mayor, Mike Pence, Oprah Winfrey, political campaign, politics, vice president

    Nov 02 2022

    Episode 166: Former CIA Officer Marc Polymeropoulos

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    Marc Polymeropoulos served 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) before retiring in June 2019.  His positions included field and headquarters operational assignments covering the Middle East, Europe, Eurasia, and CounterTerrorism.  He is the recipient of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Commendation Medal, and the Intelligence Medal of Merit. Marc is also the author of Clarity in Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the CIA.

    In today’s episode, we discuss:
    • What makes an effective CIA officer
    • How we can learn from mistakes
    • The Hollywood or movie version of the CIA
    • Why teamwork is so important to the CIA
    • … and so much more!!!

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    Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Podcast Episodes · Tagged: 9/11, Andy Mariner, Brian Levenson, Central Intelligence Agency, Chris Voss, CIA, Jack Ryan, Leadership, Marc Polymeropoulos, Melissa Agnes, Navy SEALs, Patriotic, Patriotism, Peter Elliott, politics, Rachel Cruze, Special Ops, Terrorism

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