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Last One Holding The Chalk...Usually Wins!(March 2003)Assortment of plays, drills and ideas to help your program improve.
An Interview with probably the greatest coach of all time...John Wooden (Final part of a three part series) Who are the coaches you most admire or respect? Wooden: I like the team play in recent years of Roy Williams' teams at Kansas. I think Mike Montgomery at Stanford is doing an outstanding job and, of course, I highly respect Mike Krzyzewski at Duke. Now they're getting very bright youngsters and good players, and no one wins without outstanding talent, but not everyone wins with it, either. There are many, many others, of course. I've often said some of the greatest teaching jobs are being done by coaches that don't have very oustanding records, because they're not located in a situation where they have an opportunity to have an outstanding record, and yet they may be coming closer to getting the maximum potential out of what they have than somebody who is winning championships. Do you follow Phil Jackson's coaching? Wooden: As a matter of fact, some years ago, when he was with the Bulls, when I read the he was interested in Zen philosophy, I got some books on Zen philosophy, just because I read he had used that a lot. I think he does a great job with the non-stars on his teams. I think his greatest job with the Lakers, for example, was getting the supporting cast to accept the fact that they were not as important as Kobe and Shaquille - and yet still having them want to contribute. If you could give a dinner party and invite any three guests from throughout history, who would you invite? Wooden: Let's see, one would be Christ, one would be Mother Teresa and one would be Abraham Lincoln. Yes, I would like those three. Do you ever wish you were still coaching? Wooden: I miss teaching. I don't miss the games. I don't miss the tournament. I miss the daily practices. Do you ever dribble or shoot a ball any more? Wooden: No, no, no. And I don't miss it. I just wish my knees were better.
Chalk Talk - X's and O's Strategy (click plays below) Illinois Set (1); Set Play (2)
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