The PGC Blog

This week’s 3-Point Play challenges you to stop blaming others and take full responsibility for what you can control, highlights why past success can become future failure without adaptation, and reminds us that imagination is our greatest tool for creating what doesn’t yet exist.

A short while back on a PGC mentorship Zoom call, a player asked Yale Women’s Assistant Coach, Amber Raisner, “what’s the #1 thing you look for when deciding who NOT to recruit for your team?” Click to get the answer

Focus on creating team morale through encouragement, leading by highlighting what’s good, and recognizing how bad habits can hold you back.

When it comes to basketball, size isn’t everything. For undersized point guards, mastering specific skills and habits can not only level the playing field but also make them truly unstoppable.

As a basketball player, just like so many other walks of life, players do not operate at max capacity because they are extremely hard on themselves and are losing the ‘inner game.’

In the game of basketball, self-discipline is a word that all coaches want players to embody on a daily basis. The word ‘Discipline’ is used for some teams as their standard of excellence, for others it is a pillar that their culture is built upon.

Muhammad Ali famously said “The fight is won or lost far away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road; long before I dance under these lights.”

Her research found the trait which consistently linked to success in sports, workforce, academia and business was “grit.”