Don't Fall Off Your Chair, Tim

Not only is speed and conditioning Coach Tim
Kauppinen a friend, but he is a dedicated dad who
reads this e-letter regularly. And he has a 6th
grade daughter who plays basketball.

Here's some good news Tim wrote about the other
day:

Dear Dean,

Holy crud.

My 11 year old daughter actually listened to me.
Can you believe it? I know, I know, it may be the
first and last time it ever happens - but you've got
to hear the details.

Last week, on the way home from Madison, my
daughter starting telling me about her basketball
goals for the season (she's a point guard). These
were her top two:

1. Beat Deerfield (the team her team loses to
every year)

2. Score 39 points over the season (I'm not exactly
sure where that number came from)

I thought those were pretty good goals. They were
specific and had a definite time frame - she HAD
heard what I have told her about goal setting.

My daughter continued (and this really made me
swell with pride).

"I have them written down in 3 different places",
she said, "places where I can't help but see them
every day."

Written goals. She was on a roll.

And you know what? By the end of Saturday, she
was already seeing the power of her goal setting.

She played two games in a round robin tournament
on Saturday afternoon. She scored 10 points (she
may need to adjust that 39 for the season goal),
made a number of steals, assists and even blocked a
shot (she's under 5 feet, but is finally listening to me
when I tell her jumping in games is a good idea).

"Boy, was that girl ever mad when I blocked her
shot", she laughed.

Better than all of that - her team beat Deerfield.

Amazing how few people actually have written
goals when they are so simple and powerful a 6th
grader "gets it."

[the other] Coach K

P.S. Here's the secret to getting kids (or anyone
else) to listen to you. First, be sure what you're
telling them is something that works (like hill
sprinting for endurance, flab loss, and strength.
See the proof today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Second, model the behavior that you want them
to learn. My daughter has seen my written goals
posted around for a couple of years now (fitness,
sprinting, & business goals) - she's seen it work.

What can I add to that.


Shoot for The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Do I Have To?

Do you have to shoot 1000 shots a day to be a
superstar?

No, you don't HAVE to. As an ex-coach used to
tell me, you GET to.

I thought he was just being sarcastic at the time.
Now I realize how right he was.

It is a privilege to want to be a great shooter (or a
great anything) because within that desire are the
very seeds of your success. All you need to do is
value those desires and nourish them, by doing
what you can to further your dreams along.

So don't look at the price you're going to pay.
Instead look at the dream you have. Look at the
result you want, and see yourself living that
dream with all the emotion you can muster.

The Bible even says that for the joy set before Him,
Jesus himself endured the agony of the cross.
When you set your joy in front of you and focus on
that, you will have all the juice you need to pay the
price.

Coach Tom Nordland will help build or rebuild your
dream of becoming a superstar shooter with his new
Swish 2 DVD. Get that and you'll see yourself wanting
to practice shooting every chance you get. Start today
at:

http://www.deandelker.com/swish2.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Coach Tim Kauppinen and I believe it's counter-
productive to use sprinting, running stairs, and other
sprint conditioning drills as punishment. They are too
valuable a part of your overall health and fitness to be
left as an afterthought, and a negative one at that.

The benefits of sprinting have been one of the best
kept secrets in athletics, but thanks to Coach Tim
Kauppinen. the cat is now out of the bag. See how less
work can get you to your dreams faster now at:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

Why Coach Locked His Locker Room

Coach Kenny Sacht from Boise, Idaho recently sent
the following question:

"What is an alternative to running to "get their
attention" (as I state it). If my kids aren't paying
attention or they don't run to the next drill, I let
them know this is not punishment but a simple
way to help them learn it is important to do what
I say when I say it. It gets their attention! What
is a good alternative?"

How DO you maintain discipline if you can't hold a
big negative stick over their heads? And how do
you take what's usually the hardest part of
practice and turn it into a positive experience the
kids will aspire to.

Coach Bruce Brown teaches proactive coaching and
team building through positive conditioning. He
uses drills that condition but are positive, fun, and
emphasize team building. He also presents
conditioning as a source of pride. If you want to be
in the "inner circle", or the "champions club" here
is what you'll need to do.

According to newspaper reports Florida's new
football coach Urban Meyer thinks much the
same. He has presented conditioning from the
beginning as a prerequisite for entering into full
status as a Florida Gator. If you don't have the
right attitude about staying in shape, you aren't
even part of the team.

I remember his first summer here when players
were doing voluntary workouts he kept the locker
room locked. Players had to work out in their own
clothes, get their own showers, etc. They had to
earn the right to even wear the school's colors in
a practice uniform by showing they took pride in
their conditioning.

It's a year later now though, and this group of
Gators has bonded together as a truly well
conditioned team. Maybe that's why they are
undefeated and rising in the polls as I write.

I've ordered some materials from Coach Brown,
and I'll have a more complete answer for Kenny
down the road, but I did think of one factor that
will help a lot.

The way Coach Kauppinen teaches sprinting and
especially uphill sprinting you can get great results
without killing yourself in conditioning.

You don't have to run, and run, and run to build up
endurance. I know that goes against conventional
wisdom, and it's hard to believe but you owe it to
yourself to get up to speed on the latest research
on the benefits of sprinting. One of them is saving
time, and wear and tear on your body.

Coach Tim will get you up to speed in short order
if you sprint right over to:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Danish scientists at the University of
Copenhagen saw runners who performed high
intensity sprints increase their V02 max by 7%,
even though they ran half the mileage of a
control group.

Find out how to maximize your training today
by speeding over to:

http://www.deandelker.com/hill_sprints.html