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I recently read Chop Wood Carry Water by Joshua Medcalf. This quote put the ‘one day at a time’ slogan in more eloquent terms: “Think about your warrior dial from one to ten. One is ultra…
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Coaching priorities at the beginning of the season have always been a challenge for me. There is so much to do and so little time to do it all. Skill development, offensive sets, baseline out of…
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Coach John McVeigh said that he prefers the phrase “cultivate leaders” rather than “create leaders.” Coaches are not making something out of nothing, and the process is not going to happen by chance. Players are all different…
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I sat down with Brooks High School Men’s Basketball Coach John McVeigh. Earlier this year I sat down with his father Mike McVeigh, who coaches with him now after a long and successful career at North…
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Coach McVeigh has been through what you might call a coaching sandwich. He started out as an assistant coach (at the college level), became a head coach, and is now an assistant coach for his son.…
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