ROUND TABLE 52 – WHAT DOES CONSISTENCY LOOK LIKE IN YOUR PROGRAM & HOW DOES IT LEAD TO WINNING? – EPISODE 780

Hello and welcome to the 52nd edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question.  A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15^th of each month.

April’s Round Table question is:  What does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning? 

Our Coaching Lineup this month:

• Dr. Rob Bell – Mental Toughness Coach
• Jerry Buckley – Bishop Kenny (FL) High School
• Erik Buehler – Chatfield (CO) High School\
• Andy Farrell – University of Dayton
• Joe Harris – Lake Chelan (WA) High School
• Bob Krizancic – Mentor (OH) High School
• Dave McGreal – Penn State Altoona
• Dan Miller – San Marcos (TX) High School
• Matthew Raidbard – Author of Lead Like a Pro
• Don Showalter – USA Basketball
• John Shulman – University of Alabama Huntsville

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TRANSCRIPT FOR ROUND TABLE 52 – WHAT DOES CONSISTENCY LOOK LIKE IN YOUR PROGRAM & HOW DOES IT LEAD TO WINNING? – EPISODE 780

[00:00:00] Narrator: The Hoop Heads Podcast is brought to you by Head Start Basketball.

[00:00:21] Mike Klinzing: Hello and welcome to the 52nd edition of the Coach’s Corner Round Table on the Hoop Heads Podcast. Each episode of the Coach’s Corner Round Table will feature our All-Star lineup of guests answering a single basketball question.  A new Coach’s Corner Round Table will drop around the 15^th of each month.

April’s Round Table question is, “What does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning?”

Our coaching lineup this month includes:

• Dr. Rob Bell – Mental Toughness Coach
• Jerry Buckley – Bishop Kenny (FL) High School
• Erik Buehler – Chatfield (CO) High School\
• Andy Farrell – University of Dayton
• Joe Harris – Lake Chelan (WA) High School
• Bob Krizancic – Mentor (OH) High School
• Dave McGreal – Penn State Altoona
• Dan Miller – San Marcos (TX) High School
• Matthew Raidbard – Author of Lead Like a Pro

• Don Showalter – USA Basketball
• John Shulman – University of Alabama Huntsville

Please enjoy this Round Table episode of the Hoop Heads Podcast and once you’re finished listening please give the show a five star rating and review after you subscribe on your favorite podcast app.

If you are a basketball coach at any level please check out our Hoop Heads Coaching Mentorship Program.  You’ll get matched with one of our experienced Head Coaches and develop a relationship that will help take your coaching, your team, your program, and your mindset to another level.

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Let’s hear from our panel about what consistency looks like in their program and how it leads to winning.

Dr. Rob Bell, mental performance coach.

[00:03:45] Dr. Rob Bell: Great question with consistency. So I look at consistency as like a goal to be obtained and then also the process in order to get there. So when you think about like being consistent, it’s probably the greatest compliment that you can be given. You know, if you’re consistently good, that is, but be consistent.

So it’s a goal, but it’s also the process. Cause in order to get to that, You have to be consistent. And so I think with our preparation, you don’t have to be crazy about your preparation, but you have to be consistent. And I think consistency with two components, one showing up every day, and then the other part is bringing that energy.

Energy and focus. That’s neat. So it gets too easy to go through the motions and then that’s not being consistent, and then one of those drops off. The other is don’t. That’s consistency. Have to show up all the time and bring the energy all the time. Those are the two hardest skills.

[00:04:53] Mike Klinzing: Jerry Buckley, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, Florida.

[00:04:59] Jerry Buckley: Hi, this is Jerry Buckley from Bishop Kenny answering the question about consistency and winning in your program. For us, I would say it kind of centers around two things. Number one is always showing respect, and that means for all players and managers in our program, regardless of their role, their ability, or playing time.

Also respect as far as given to and from the coaching staff. Always having respect for opponents and referee. And then overall respect for the game from how we practice and prepare each day to playing and acting the right way on the floor and playing with character. Number two would be establishing a trust that we are doing everything we can to make decisions on always what’s best for the team.

Sometimes that year, some years that could be starting five seniors. Other times it may mean starting a freshman with older players around him. We’re always going to try to do what’s best for the team. We want to have one agenda as a group, and that’s doing everything we possibly can to maximize our abilities as a team.

And if everyone feels and understands that in our program, we find that gives us the best chance to be successful.

[00:06:11] Mike Klinzing: Eric Buehler, Chatfield Senior High School, Littleton, Colorado.

[00:06:16] Erik Buehler: Hey, what’s going on Hoop Heads. This is Eric Buehler from Chatfield Senior High, and this month we were asked, what does consistency look like?

In our program that leads to success and I think we need consistency a lot in a lot of areas of the game. But I would say for us, for our players, the ones that. Show up the most and put in actual work game reps on a regular basis, put in full effort reps in the weight room. Those are the ones that make the big strides.

They’re four years at Chatfield. And the same thing goes for our team when we put in practices where we’re consistently getting better in a practice, and then that’s leading to actual production on the court. That’s what success. Our consistency looks like in our success. Thanks for having me on again, guys, and we’ll talk to you soon.

[00:07:10] Narrator: Andy Farrell from the University of Dayton.

[00:07:15] Andy Farrell: What does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning? Well, I think the, the saying of that we really, really adhere to here is how you do anything, is how you do everything. What attention to detail do we have in every area and aspect of, of our lives.

That can lead to wins. I think that leads to consistency. I remember being in junior college coaching at that level, and we had our guys sit in the first two rows of class. They had to be on time for everything, no hats or headphones on in buildings. So I think all those things that, although it may seem small, It was consistent behavior that led to consistent results in the classroom that led to consistent results in the weight room, led to consistent results in practice.

Like how you literally do anything is how you do everything. And I think that adds to wins and losses at, at really any level. You know, it’s the, it’s the Vince Lombardi saying that. You know, winning is not a sometimes thing. It’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while. You don’t do the right things every once in a while.

You do them all the time. Like winning is a habit, unfortunately. So is losing, like that’s, that’s Vince Lombardi one of the greatest sports coaches of all times. And I think that’s exactly the mentality where, where if you are consistent in every action and behavior that you do, then you’ll be consistent in your scout reports, your consistency in your shop preparation, your consistency in executing the play.

20 minutes to go in the half or with 20 seconds to go in the game. I think all that adds to consistency because it’s a way of life and it truly is how you encompass and embody that mentality as a player.

[00:08:52] Mike Klinzing: Joe Harris Lake Chelan High School, Lake Chelan, Washington.

[00:08:59] Joe Harris: Hello Hoop Heads. This is Joe Harris at Lake Chelan High School with today’s round table question.

What does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning consistency starts with the leader of any program, with the standards you and your teams have set as coaches. Do you stand behind what you say? What you and your program stand for should really be noticeable in practice games, on and off the court every single day.

It is not easy to do, but we were consistent in our program with the expectations we had for coaches, players, parents, and any of our team personnel. As a team, we felt like we could control two things daily, our attitude and our effort. Our teams were consistent with that effort and a selfless devotion to the team.

Do we take good shots, play great defense? Are we doing things the right way? Were we deliberate in our habits and consistent in our practice? These are things that I believe that if you continue to do it can help your team achieve at a high level. Thanks for the chance to share and hope you’re all doing well.

[00:10:09] Mike Klinzing: Bob Krizancic, Mentor High School Mentor, Ohio,

[00:10:16] Bob Krizancic: Bob Krizancic, Mentor High School. Consistency in our program from the players is without a doubt the great effort day in and day out practices, especially in games if we do get that phenomenal effort. I believe our offense, our defense, our presses and our mentality will be at a high. Consistency from our staff is we are never satisfied every single day coming in trying to tweak what we can do better and always looking for that edge.

Have a great day.

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David McGreal from Penn State Altoona.

[00:11:48] Dave McGreal: Hello there Hoop Heads Nation Coach McGreal, Penn State Altoona back at you. Trying to answer this weeks, this month’s round table question. What does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning? Consistency obviously can mean multiple things. The thing I really look at it meaning is being consistent in our messaging.

To our players, you know you have to be consistent in what your expectations are as a coach for each player, individually and, and as your team and a whole you cannot continue to try and change things. Every practice whether it be on the offensive end or defensive, and you gotta be consistent with your messaging.

You have to be consistent with your. You have to be consistent with the way that you’re trying to teach those things. Again, to each player and the team as a whole. The more inconsistent you are with your messaging and, and, and your teaching the more confusing it is for the players. So consistency to me means being steadfast with what you want from your players, from your coaches, from game to game, from practice to practice, that consistency has got to be there in order to be a winning program. The teams that win as you can see, they’re consistent. They’re consistently good because they consistently spread the same message over and over again from again, game to game, practice to practice, and then year to year.

So I believe that’s what the biggest definition of consistency is when it comes to. And that’s just trying to be consistent with your messaging to your players, to your team and in your entire program. Thank you. Have a great Easter holiday. Talk to you guys soon.

[00:13:40] Mike Klinzing: Dan Miller, San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Texas.

[00:13:47] Dan Miller: Consistency is extremely important in successful programs. We want to be consistently great in each and everything we do, but it starts with the head coach coming every single day with energy, with effort, with focus, with organization, being consistent in that. Leading by example, having your players, your best players, be consistent with those same qualities each and every day will lead to success.

We’ll lead to winning, but we want to also be in the off season consistent with our workouts, with getting shots up. Yes, we’re going to change what we do in in practice plans from time to time for. But we want to be consistent in our fundamentals, in our skills. Sometimes, like Kobe said, you have to embrace the boring, and that’s part of consistency.

And then you will consistently start to win if you’re doing those things and doing them the right way. I think doing the right thing over and over and just becoming great at it is a consistent quality in a winning basketball program.

[00:14:54] Narrator: Matthew Raidbard, Author of Lead Like A Pro.

[00:15:00] Matthew Raidbard: Hey, Hoop Heads Nation. This is Coach Matt Raidbard back with you this month for another Hoop Heads Nation round table. This time discussing what does consistently look like in your program and how does it lead to. You know, throughout my coaching career, I’ve done a lot of different things, tried out a lot of different ideas, but ultimately picking a few things, forming an identity, forming a culture around them, that consistency is what leads to winning.

Consistency in winning go hand in hand to me. So what does consistency specifically look like? First off, it looks like you emphasizing as a. The same things over and over every day that enable you to set a high standard for your student athletes, your, your coaches, and yourself. And also leads to you being able to hold your student athletes, coaches, and yourself accountable to that standard.

And that’s through consistency that you’re able to do that. It’s with your policies and procedures, it’s how you format your practices. It’s what you do at your game days. It’s not necessarily always having the exact same routine or the exact same practices every day, but it’s always emphasizing those things that are foundational to your program.

Right? Hard work, determination, resiliency, those are consistencies that could run through all of the d. Parts of practice, all the different ups and downs of the season, that’s staying consistent. How that leads to winning is the accountability piece, the setting high standard. When you’re consistent, when you emphasize things, when your, when your players, your coaches, understand your belief system, what’s important to you, what you emphasize and believe in, then you could form a culture around that strong foundation.

And it’s that really great culture that helps you lead to winning. And that’s why consistency and winning go hand in hand.

[00:16:54] Mike Klinzing: Don Showalter USA basketball.

[00:17:01] Don Showalter: Hi, Don Showalter here from USA Basketball. What does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning? Well, I think first of all, the consistency comes from your standards that you set with the team and your non-negotiables. You know, what are your non-negotiables that, that makes your team more consistent from a total program standpoint and leads to winning.

So I think standards and non-negotiables are really an important factor in taking a look at your program and maybe you want to change your, your standards for next year or your non-negotiables for next year. I think that’s, that’s something that you have to take a look at. And, and in order to develop some consistency in your program, I think consistency has developed over time with, with the relationships. I think when you develop relationships with your team, that develops a certain consistency with your players so they know where you’re coming from. As a coach, I think that’s really important. Thank you.

[00:18:07] Mike Klinzing: John Shulman, University of Alabama, Huntsville, and the 720 Sports Group.

[00:18:14] John Shulman: This, this John Shulman, head coach at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, UAH. And this month’s question is, what does consistency look like in your program and how does it lead to winning? Lemme I’ll just start with on the court we’re pretty boring and basic about how we start practice every day.

We do similar shooting stuff. But what I want to say is we work on jumping to the ball, three on three, jump to the ball, and a two on two week side box out drill every single day. Every single day that we’re out on the court. From August all the way through this year, the day before we played the sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament, we jumped to the ball and we boxed out, and we were very, very consistent.

In what we do, we are to the point that we are boring on what we do. We do, like I said, similar shooting drills. And that’s how we start practice. And all I’ve gotta do, they stretch and really we talk and all they’ve got to do, I blow the whistle, they hear the horn and they know what to do.

Sincerely, for the first15 minutes of shooting a coach may tell them a little bit this and a little of that, but for the next you know, four to six minutes, they know exactly what we’re doing. And that consistency, I think helps with having an idea on jumping to the ball and having an idea about boxing out and doing what we’re supposed to do.

And so also different things. When we start practice, their shirt tails are tucked in. A lot of coaches don’t give a rip. I do. Since I do, and that that means that it’s important to our program I will allow them to roll their shorts. One roll, and that’s it. That’s they understand consistency on how we do our business and what time that we get on the court and what time.

When we start stretching, five minutes to go in pre-practice, we start stretching and that’s what we. I just think consistency gives people comfort, discipline gives people comfort. And when you’re comfortable, you’re able to perform in a better way. And so if it’s chaotic and not consistent how are you supposed to survive in that atmosphere.

And so I just think everything that we do when we go out and shoot before a game, when we’re back. We’re going to talk at this time, we’re back out at 25 on the clock and we’ll do our warmups. We’re back in with 11 on the clock. We’re back out with five on the clock. That’s just consistency on game night.

And this is what time we’re going to stretch and this is how we’re going to stretch and this is how we’re going to travel on the road and this is how we’re going to practice and this is how we’re going to watch film. This is how, just the whole entire program, I just personally think you have to be consistent in what you do.

And if you are, I think you got a chance to be successful. In a chaotic world, if we’re consistency on practice times on Tuesday and Thursday, we practice early on Monday, Wednesday and Friday we practice late. In the preseason, we’ll practice on Sunday evenings, and that’s what we. I think that consistency helps with learning and with being comfortable and then with comfort, you get better.

And when you get better, you got a chance to have some success. Hope this helps. Good luck in your post-season and your workouts and trying to get better for next year. Thanks.

[00:21:57] Mike Klinzing: Thanks for checking out this month’s Hoop Heads  Podcast Round Table. We’ll be back next month with another question for our all-star lineup of coaches.

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