Monthly Recaps
March 2005

"What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us."  — Jean-Paul Sartre

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next." - Michael Gerber in his book "The E-myth Revisited"

“The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man sees everything as either a blessing or a curse.” – Don Juan in Carlos Castaneda’s A Separate Peace

“Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.” - Henri F. Amiel, Swiss writer

Member Leads Team to First State Basketball Title in School History!

Congratulations to Win the Tip! Member and Head Boy’s Basketball Coach Dave Weber.  Coach Weber, recently led Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, IL to it’s first ever State AA Basketball Championship.  The following is courtesy of the Northbrook Pioneer Press…..Their star long ago proved he could grab hold of big basketball games right from the start and throttle them into submission.  At the Peoria Civic Center Friday and Saturday, all of the Glenbrook North players seized command of three ever-more impressive playoff games and never let up on their way to a glorious Class AA state title. It was the first such title in school history and the first won by a Central Suburban League team since Maine South prevailed in 1979.  The victory qualified as one of the more unlikely boys basketball championships in the history of IHSA state competition. As Weber put it Monday morning, "No one thought a team from our area could win a state basketball title."  The main thing, as Weber recounted shortly thereafter, was "these guys, all of them, their attitudes were incredible. I kept waiting for one bad attitude to develop at some point and it never did.  This was an historic thing in the state of Illinois; these guys will always be remembered for that."…..Dave Weber is the brother of University of Illinois’s head coach Bruce Weber.

Leadership Tip!

Win the Tip! Member Bruce Brown at the Win the Tip! Kansas City Coaches Summit, March 17^th shared numerous key coaching points.  Here are a few of them: 1) Decide what’s important to me and make it important to them.  2) If the problem goes away I have confronted the athlete correctly.  3) Decide what I will compromise and what will I never compromise.  At what level do you confront disrespect and at what level do you confront effort?  4) “If they are not doing it, then you have not taught them to do it.”  5) For motivational purposes name your drills after the best kid who’s ever done the drill.  Bruce Brown is the Director of Proactive Coaching and a Special Presenter for the NAIA.  For more information or to obtain his coaching materials please visit www.proactivecoaching.info

Member Featured at Seattle Clinic in May!

Win the Tip! Member Bob Kloppenburg is a featured presenter at the Best You Can Be Basketball Coaching Clinic May 13-15th in Seattle, WA.  The following is courtesy of All Sports School.....Coach Kloppenburg has spent the better portion of five decades developing and teaching his SOS Pressure Defense.  From his humble beginnings when he was a high School coach at Los Angeles Paramount High School, through 22 years at California Western (now US International University), to the NBA's Seattle Supersonics where Kloppenburg was an assistant in the 1990's, the SOS Pressure Defense system has endured, drawing rave reviews from coaches at all levels of competition....for a brochure, please visit www.allsportsschool.com

Need a Summer Camp Web Site?

The summer camp season is approaching fast.  The official host of the Win the Tip! web site, www.virtualSID.com a division of www.carterleedesign.com can create a web site to help you manage and market your summer camp.  For more information please contact Hung Tsai at htsai@carterleedesign.com 

Member looking for Camp Coaches in Hawaii!

Win the Tip! member Alan Walls is looking for coaches to work his camp in Maui this coming summer.  The camp is set for June 19-24 on the island of Maui and will include 25 of the top high school players from around the state of Hawaii.  All accommodations and transportation as well as pay will be provided while on Maui.  For more information visit www.mauisportsacademy.com and click on "Hawaii 25" or email Alan at info@mauisportsacademy.com

Congrats to Member!

Andy Hill- The Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Montana.  The Grizzlies won the Big Sky Conference Tournament and a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Members with Winning Seasons!

The following members have teams that won 20+ games (college) or 15+ games (high school) this season: Herb Welling- Omaha Central High School, Don Showalter- Mid-Prairie High School (IA), Jerry Slykhuis- Cedar Falls (IA).  If we missed your team, please contact pete@winthetip.org

Member to work for CBS during NCAA Tournament!

Starting next week Win the Tip! member and head boy’s basketball coach at Lawrence High School (KS), Chris Davis will be behind the scenes working for CBS during the NCAA Tournament.  Coach Davis well-respected for developing and using state of the art video techniques created the Coach's Edge play animation software for coaches.  Coach’s Edge was a very successful operation, with play animations being developed for CBS Sports, NCAA Basketball, Four Final Four telecasts and play strategy included in the NABC Coach's Magazine and articles published in numerous newspapers across the nation.  The Pete Newell video series was produced by Coach Davis. This was filmed at Coach Newell's Big Man camp and includes a breakdown of fundamentals for all players. The Coach's Edge experience led to the current version of game strategy and play analysis for CBS Sports and the NCAA Final Four. Advances in technology have allowed Coach Davis to continue with CBS, developing Action1 Media for game strategy production at the most recent Final Four. Look for game analysis at this year's Road to the Final Four on CBS Sports.

Even More Wins!

The following member’s team that won 20+ games (college) or 15+ games (high school) this season: Nelson Terroba- Dripping Springs High School (TX).  If we missed your team, please contact pete@winthetip.org