You want to advance in your career? You must pursue it! You must attack it! You must have an action plan! Everyone wants to advance in their career, so you must set yourself apart. How can you do that properly?

Securing an interview can be difficult. In the business of basketball today, in order to advance in your career the individual must learn to successfully navigate the game of networking, social media, and technology. You must learn how to professionally package yourself so that you can be multi-dimensional. You must be able to promote yourself without being a “Self-promoter”.

First and foremost an interview is a two-way street. The candidate is being interviewed by the employer at the same time the employer is being interviewed by the candidate. As the candidate you should have a series of questions (10-12) that you are prepared to ask of the employer.
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I was asked this question by one of my former players (Nate James)who is now an assistant coach at Duke University recently. I thought that the question was very interesting and intriguing. This question has many different layers to it and The best way to answer it is to be as honest as I possibly can.

First and foremost, we must understand that the goals of the team come before and supersede the goals of the individual. I am a believer that once that has been established then we can start to address the wants and needs of the individual.

All “players” want to play. In fact, they want to play a lot! However it is the job of the coaching staff to assemble the best team, and play the best group of individuals that play well as a team. It is the job of the coaching staff to define roles. What the coaches know through experience is that roles can and do change throughout the course of a season. Coaches look at the season as a marathon and while the players sometimes look at the season as a sprint.
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In basketball today there continues to be several aspects of the game that are overlooked but can play a big role in the course of a game.
The Charge is one of those aspects of the game that has become a lost art. The Charge is a selfless act that often is not recognized as being a significant play to the fans, but let me tell you, as a coach it is a huge play!
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Christmas/semester break is a very important time for a basketball team. How the break which starts on December 15th after the last exam ends and goes until January 15th when class resume is managed can and will often contribute to the success of the season.

Those four weeks where the student-athlete becomes just an “athlete” because they no longer have to balance their academic commitments with their basketball commitments. They can focus all of their time on basketball.

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