Mike Krzyzewski's College Basketball Team

Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K) is a hall of fame college basketball coach who has been leading teams to success during his whole career. There are certain words in which he believes play a great importance in the success he been able to achieve throughout his career. Every single chapter of this book is dedicated to one of those words and he uses that chapter to explain why this word is important to succeed not only in basketball, but also in life. He talked about how all the words are equally as important to a successful team besides his five key words that he emphasized above all others with every team he coaches; communication, trust, collective responsibility, care, and pride. He believes that these five characteristics working together will

When you trust that your teammates will always have your back and work hard it is easier to understand that the outcome of the team is the collective responsibility of all of you. These to characteristic allow the whole team to understand that “ in no way does a single individual win or lose a game” (pg 26). As a team, you should understand that it is never good to put blame on one another because that is a destructive forces, but at the same time you can never just give one person the entire glory. While yes, one person is going to be the leading scorer; everyone on the team does something to help contribute to every single point the scored. By trusting that your teammates will do what their role is and understand that everyone is important, it makes it clear to everyone that the team success is more important than any one person individual

Taking pride in your team will result in your team doing everything the do to the best of their abilities. The more pride you have in the team the more you will even care about everything that you are doing. You should not just look at basketball or any sport as a game of Xs and Os but as more than that. Your players should be more than just players to you and by demonstrating that to them they will come to take pride and care for everyone on the team more. Your levels of care in you team it can even “determine how you perceive your mistakes” (pg 19). The more they care, the more of a positive spin they can put on their mistakes. Overall having these entire characteristics can help your team have the proper mindset to beat any opponent you