I just finished up reading Training Camp, by Jon Gordon last night and recommend it for anyone looking for a good read. The story follows an undrafted rookie, Martin, through NFL training camp where he gets injured and develops a relationship with the athletic trainer and assistant coach, Ken. When injured Coach Ken takes Martin under his wing and shares with him his playbook. The playbook however does not focus on their offensive plays, rather it is a playbook for life, focusing on what the “best do better than everyone else”. The playbook features 11 characteristics that successful people implement throughout their lives.
Gordon does a great job of making this an easy read using third person point of view. I read it in 2 days, but could be broken up into several short chapters to assign your team to read during the season or possibly read to them before practice. As a player the biggest thing I overlooked was the mental aspects of the game and have really made an effort to get the players I workout to understand them. I highly recommend this book, as well as, The Energy Bus, by Gordon as well.
For more information on Jon Gordon please visit http://www.jongordon.com. Thanks for all you do!
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Congratulations to Paul Jesperson who was recently named Preseason DI First Team All-State by the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook. Paul is the lone junior named to the team.
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The founder of Mike Lee Basketball Services (formerly Playmakers Basketball), Mike is known throughout the country for individual player skill development. He has been a speaker at several events and has also recently authored several instructional workout DVDs, which will be released over the next year. Titles out right now include, 25 Killer Scoring Moves, Secrets of Unstoppable Guard Play and Secrets of Unstoppable Shooting. Since 2006 Mike Lee Basketball has trained over 3,600 boys and girls through their skill development programs. Dozens of players that Mike has worked with have gone on to play collegiate basketball, some at the NCAA DI level. In addition to his own basketball services, Mike is a Nike Girls Skills Trainer and a member of the Nike sponsored, Ganon Baker Basketball.
From 2001-2006, Mike participated as a player and assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During the fall of 2006 he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Coach K and Duke University Leadership Conference in Durham, NC. In December of 2006 he graduated from the University of Wiconsin-Stout with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a self-planned concentration in Basketball Entrepreneurship.
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