Happy New Year 2015

Happy New Year from all of us at the Coach Scott Fields show

Yes, it is that time of Year once again to reflect on the past year. We must be grateful for all the many blessings of 2014. We must also learn and grow from our mistakes. We must be appreciative for the challenges that made us stronger. We have all be on our own journeys in LIFE. We all have a story.
I hope that this New Year brings you the Motivation and Inspiration to obtain all your aspirations.
Not just on this day , but on everyday? We here at the Coach Scott Fields show hope we are able to be entertaining and insightful and Empower you with the skill set to be a better and healthier you.
Thanks for your support and continued support of our program. Thanks for allowing us into your home. We hope that we have inspired each of you to be healthy, happy and you have grown stronger in your faith.     Lets make 2015 the Best !!!!!

What are your Goals?
What is your strategy to obtain your Goals?
Have you put together a game plan to obtain your aspirations?

Share with us your aspirations for 2015 !

Don't just wish, Go make it happen !!

Season Two "Jump Ball" January 6, 2015 at 7:30pm mtn time.

Mark it, Remember it
Get it, Got it, Good !

The Coach Scott Fields Show
Kicks off Season Two
On January 6, 2015 at 7:30p mtn

Alema Harrington, Host of the Jazz Live Pre and Post Game show, interviews the Coach. "Scott Fields" get to know the man on and off the court, learn about the his journey, hear the trials, tribulations, Get to know the Family man, the cultures experienced , the in depth experiences of a man from Indiana who traveled the globe developing Players and Winning Championships while obtaining Success in multiple regions of the World.
What has he overcome? What drives him? What are his Goals moving forward and what can you as a viewer look forward to in Season Two of the Show?

Coach David Blatt on Hot Seat ?

Cav's coach David Blatt

I am curious to hear your thoughts and opinions on this topic.
Is it fair for the criticism Coach David Blatt is receiving for the play of the Cleveland Cavaliers ?
Should he be Fired?
Do you think the Team is buying into his system?

Please share your comments ?

Put Players in a Position to be Successful

Put Players in a position to be Successful

I wanted to make this post to hopefully get this to Trend and start dialog between coaches in our fraternity. I am blessed that I have had the opportunity to go into many gyms across the country and across the globe. I have observed many coaches who make the critical mistake of running plays, sets, or offensive systems that do not fit the players. I have made a career and have a niche of changing the culture of many professional clubs around the globe. I don't do anything magical and I don't have a magic stick in my pocket. I keep the game simple, I allow players to do what the do best.
(See my bio on this website) I have been blessed to worked with great High level players. I have been blessed to have coached some competitive Teams. I ask when I sign a contract to have complete autonomy of daily basketball operations . I want autonomy of the player personnel decisions.  I first have individual meetings with the players, I then ask the right questions.
1) What are your strengths? 2)What are your weaknesses? 3)What are your personal goals on the Season? 4) What are your Team goals for the season?
I spend hours watching game film to watch the players and see what they do well. I want to know what was working.
I change the culture. I change the way they will work and I change the way they will prepare.
I then run a series of competing practices. It put the players on the court where they are most comfortable.
I then hold a Team meeting. I identify Roles. I establish in front of the entire Team what I need from players? I then discuss these roles in front of everyone, and I want everyone to know and understand these roles. I want each player to tell me what their teammates do well. I want their team mates to tell me where their team mates want and need the ball to be successful. I get everyone on the same page. It is open communication. the Team will have an identity.
The Team will be mentally and physically Tough. We will be defensive minded. We will be competitive.
I PUT PLAYERS IN A POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL !!
If a Big likes his back to the basket on the right block, I create plays! sets or systems where he can catch it on the right block.
If I have a slasher who likes to go left from the top of the key! I again create plays for my slasher to catch it at the top of the key so he can attack left.
If I have a shooter who has a high percentage of shots made from the left corner, guess what. I design a set so he can catch it in the left corner.
It is these details that win games, it is these details that builds confidence. it is these details that builds confidence and trust. it is these details that WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Don't be that coach that steals a play or a set from watching a game on TV, or be that coach who attends a coaching clinic and steals a play from the whiteboard, or buys a book, or DVD and says I am putting in this play? the mistake is you might not have the players to execute that play, you might not have the players with the skill sets to execute that system.
Don't be that coach who runs a offensive system who has a Big man catch the ball 28' from the basket and constantly makes a turnover because he can't execute a post entree pass.
This is what plays out, We have all observed this happen during games.
The Big catches the ball and again turns it over, as he can't get the ball into the post on a High/Low set. he doesn't have good hands, he panics, and again he turns it over, the Coach yells and screams at the player,  the players is loosing confidence! his head goes down! his shoulder slump! the players is embarrassed because everyone can hear the coach yelling at him! his team mates loose confidence in him! the player is being yelled at in front of the peers! he family sits in the stands and his girlfriend is a cheerleader. the kid is now down on himself and one mistake has turned into another mistake and he misses his Defensive assignment. the coach then takes him out of the game. the kid sets on the bench and he is now in the Tank. he is the Teams best rebounder and the team gets out rebounded and looses the game. Why? The Coach didn't allow the player to do what he does best.
Think of the domino effect here. These players are fragile, the confidence is fragile, the self esteem is low. the productivity is lowered, the negativity is a cancer.
All because the Coach wasn't progressive thinking enough to PUT THE PLAYER IN A POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL and DO WHAT HE DOES BEST.
This is the same as a Boss or a Manager. Put your employees in a position to be productive.We train employees to do a job, we don't ask an dishwasher to go out and now do the books as an accountant do we? It is a simple concept.
I challenge coaches to take care of the details. Do your due diligence,

Coming up.... the Coaches, interview

Merry Christmas to all "The True Reason for the Season"

Let us not loose sight of the True Reason for the Season.

God Bless and Merry Christmas from all of us here at the Coach Scott Fields show

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!

Twas the night Before Christmas

Ah oh. The coach just made the naughty list!

Silent night my eye... We can get the coach to stop singing

Barbershop Talk

Time to play GM again today.

If you are a GM, who is your PG, who do you build your franchise around ?
I am eager to see your comments, comment below.....

The Team Keeps Growing!

We are excited to announce the addition of two new members of our sales teams. Introducing Travis Yoakum and Rueben Barela.

Travis Yoakum will be working with our national sales team. Travis is a former collegiate football player and wrestler who also graduated with a Bachelors degree in Sports Management from Manchester University. He has extensive experience in planning and implementing events, promotions, and fan interaction programs for many local sports teams in Indiana and the YMCA. He and his wife, Kensi, have one child. He also enjoys coaching baseball and football for his local middle and high schools. He loves cheering for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Indiana Pacers.

From the Coach: “We are thrilled to have Travis on our Sales Associate Team, he is a sports junkie and his background and education will serve him well. What attracted me most to Travis is his passion for sports and knowledge on all sports industry's. Travis has a bright future, he is outgoing, a great communicator and his finger is always on the pulse, he is a walking talking sports encyclopedia. We are lucky to have him, when he speaks, the passion comes from his soul.”

Rueben Barela will be working with Ryan Stipanovich on our local sales team. Rueben was born and raised in Utah. When he’s not coaching his son in basketball or baseball, he’s spending his time reading and researching on his passion, sports. He is a co-founder of The Utah Niner Empire (official booster club of the NFL) and The UteFanFaithful group. In his free time he enjoys the outdoors with great family and friends, traveling to watch his favorite sports teams, and spending time with his son, Jayceton; educating him on life and passing on his passion and knowledge of sports. Rueben comes from a tremendous software sales/business development background. He has a passion for building rapport and helping clients understand the benefits of working with him.

From Ryan: "Rueben is one of the most genuine and trustworthy people that I know. Rueben and I have known each other for over 15 years and there is not anybody that I would rather take into battle. He is a team player and will always go above and beyond for the team; both in sports and work. Rueben is always looking for a way to improve his own skills and educate himself on the industry. I look forward to beginning this opportunity and look for amazing things to come from Rueben."

From the Coach: "It is great to have Rueben join our Team of Sales Associates, he came highly recommended by Ryan. I trust Rueben will be a huge asset to the a Team, his knowledge and experience in the sales area and with our local market is a strength. Rueben and his outgoing personality and networking background will be great to have. I am eager and excited to have him apart of the Coach Scott Fields show Family. I feel our Team is strong and we will be visible in the community."

Who do you pick?

A-B-C or D



I saw this on another timeline the other day and Iw anted to share the same question.
Which Team and why ?

Dec 21, 1891 Basketball was invented

The Game was invented on this day Dec 21, 1891

 

I am dedicating this blog to the invention of the Game of  Basketball. Yes, on December 21, 1891. Dr James Naismith took a peach basket and put stitches on a ball and called it basketball. I am grateful for the vision of DR James Naismith.
I grew up in the state of Indiana, I graduated HS in 1986. I played when there was no classification, when Hoosier basketball was what the movie "Hoosiers" was made about. The small country schools vs the big city schools. It instilled many life lessons that I still draw from in my life. I am now 47 years old. I have been in the game my entire life. I, like many in the state of Indiana, I had a hoop in my backyard. Yes, there was a cornfield or bean field as my backdrop.  I spent hours shooting hoops, I would go to a park down the street and play against many older players who taught me the be stronger, find away to get a shot off. I would also be with older friends at their homes and shot on their hoops. When the evenings would come, we would go to a barn for intense competitions or go to a park where I would test my skills vs much older college athletes, play against the athletic African Americans who would help take my game to the next level. I was the Dick Vitale speech " A Boy, A Ball,  A DREAM" I would get up and watch the Coach Bob Knight show on Saturdays, I would watch all IU and Purdue games, we would all choose sides for the rival games. IU vs Purdue. The Midwest version of the Holy War.
Every Friday and Saturday night Indiana HS gyms would be filled to capacity. Pep bands, cheer blocks, and communities would shut down to support the local Teams.  newspaper reports and every once in awhile a local TV station would be in attendance. If the was talent a college coach would be in the bleachers taking notes. What a great atmosphere.
Yes, the day after the games, the barbershops would talk shop, the farmers would line up and lean in the fences to discuss the game the night before.
This lead my journey, I was a 4 sports athlete in HS. Football,Basketball, Baseball and Track.
But my heart always lead me back to basketball.   I would accept a scholarship to play basketball in the state of North Carolina. A state know for great college basketball. UNC, DUKE, Wake Forest, NC State. It was a dream come true.
I had a set back physically when I took an oral polio vaccine to accept my scholarship? My immune system went array and I was bed fast for 9 months. My playing career ended, but I did manage to set a college school recording the cavalier invitational with 21 assist. I was drawing interest for major 4 year schools, but the playing days were over. My college coach new I was struggling, he asked me to come back to school, and get my undergraduate degree with him at his new school and be a FT assistant coach. I jumped at the opportunity. I was a FT student, I was a FT coach, I was 19 years old coaching players my age and older. it set me on a path that would transform my adult life.
I did an interview my Jr year of HS before. A sectional game and during the interview, I said, " I want to be a coach someday" I would set up late at night until 2 or 3 am with coasters on the coffee table showing my mom what I would do against a 2-2-1 or a 1-3-1 press.
I knew if I could explain and make my mom understand the game? I could teach the game.
My career was taking off. (See Bio) on this site.
My entire adult life I have coached the game of basketball at either the College or Professional game.
It is my Life, it is my Passion, It has been my Livelihood.
I have been blessed to coach some great talent worldwide. I have learned from some great coaches and I have been able to put to practice my own philosophies as a Head Coach around the Globe. I have experienced multiple counties, multiple languages, multiple cultures, multiple currencies, multiple religions, multiple governments.

Thanks to DR James Naismith and his peach basket on this day 1891.
The game has changed, the rules have changed, the players have developed, but it is still the greatest game ever.

Pop goes the ...........

The Coach is all Decked out

Ho Ho Ho

Mavericks making moves

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban

There will be a lot of commentary and opinions flying around the sports world in the coming days about the Rajon Rondo trade to the Dallas Mav's. The social media feeds have already been blowing up. The Sports talk radio  people will all way in. So, I thought I would share my opinions as well. These opinions are mine and mine alone.
I watched the Dallas Mavericks early in the season and I thought to myself, "That Team is dangerous."
I liked the product on the floor. You have Dirk Nowitzki a former NBA MVP, who can still provide big numbers with a deadly step back jumper, from anywhere on the floor, off of either foot. Dirk can even hit this shot from 3 pt land with a hand in his face. Wow, what a weapon, but what I like the most is his unselfish attitude to take less money to allow the owner and franchise to sign other quality free agents? It doesn't happen often in this business, but a man gives up base salary for the TEAM. It is obviously a non American thought process, look at the Spurs, Tim, Manu ,Tony all sacrifice salary to compete for a championship, none of those names are American born, Hmmmmm, another interesting blog is coming from this, is greed killing the game? I will get to that later.
Dirk the German born athlete takes a pay cut to allow salary cap space for the likes of a Tyson Chandler, a long basket defending athlete, then you have Chandler Parsons from the Houston Rockets, who has shown around the right players he is a threat from three, he can score off of the dribble, coming off of screens, catch and shot guy, with the explosive scorer in Monta Ellis who put up huge numbers with the smaller market Golden State Warriors,before many knew what he could do, he was already a NBA All Star caliber  player, before the rise of the splash brothers. Now Shark Tank man himself. Mark Cuban pulls the trigger once again for Rajon Rondo a PG who has already won a Championship with the "C's"
When healthy, he can get to the basket, the floor will already be spaced with shooters
Coach Rick Carlisle has a great problem to solve, he has talent! talent that can win Championships, Is it the New Big Three ? It seems Big Three's win Championships,
Recently, San Antonio -Tim D, Manu G, Tony P
Heat - Lebron , D Wade , Chris B
Celtics- Rajon, Paul P, Kevin G
Never forget the Bulls with MJ, Scotty P and Dennis R.
Go back to the 80's
Celtics- Larry B, Kevin M, Robert P
Lakers- Magic, Kareem , James W
let me get back to this, now Coach Carlisle needs to not only be able to design X and O's , manage a game, but now put on his chemistry hat, and make it work. There is talent, we, who know and understand the game, understand it is a process, it takes time. Can the Mav's peak at the right time in a already tough and strong Western Conference ?

Do we see a pattern here?
The Mavs now arguably have Dirk, Chandler P, and Rajon R. As a BIG Three surrounded by nice complementary role players who have veteran leadership on the bench and locker room. I applaud owner Mark Cuban. Mark is not setting back, he is making moves, making moves with passion, he knows his Dirk has a window of time. Sir Charles Barkley says it best, "Father time is undefeated "

Now it is time for us all to set back, observe the NBA landscape, lets see who blinks, which franchise will now make a moves to continue to compete for a Championship?

I am just a humble professional basketball coach who is between jobs, But I am eager to get back on the floor, develop talent, work with a Team. I am new to this blog world. I know there will be typo's, poor grammar. I am just here to Empower. Educate. Grow.
With the Coach Scott Fields show and blog site to bring content to a over saturated world of  sports talk. This show and blog is different, because it comes from a professional coaches perspective.

I hope this blog stirs up comments, thoughts and opinions.
Please share your comments below.

QOTD

Enough Said

QOTD

Coaches , share your thoughts, Players share your thoughts.

Thoughts

Who was the best of these Three BIG men .

Please share your comments here, I will share my thoughts. On this blog you will see where you can leave a comment, please share your comment here, so that opinions expressed can be read on a future show.