An update on life in Iceland right nowโฆ[thread]
The town I coach and play for was evacuated yesterday after two weeks of earthquakes that have been increasing in frequency and size. There is going to be a volcano eruption either near, in or around the town. (Read link)
Can we all take a second to admire the individual defensive effort on this play? Playing like the game is on the line in the third quarter. Defensive possessions like this donโt get the credit they deserve. Bravo ๐คฉ
@AegirSteinars
I need more nba players doing little things like this. This doesnโt cost you anything. Nike gunna have a New Jersey and new shoes in your locker the next day anyways.
I retired from basketball in 2020. After 4 tough years in college and 4 tough years professionally I felt mentally and physically drained. I spent two years coaching all levels. (Youth, college, national team, professional). In 2022 another go at playing came. (A thread )
Weird I didnโt feel like a slave. I felt like an extremely grateful person who received a college education free of debt, life experiences, traveled the states and a few other countries, made life long friends, I mean the list can really go on. ๐ค
Grindavik menโs and womenโs double header this Saturday. Over the weekend someone said to me, โSome people meet over church, other people meet over basketball. Sports brings people together.โ Canโt wait to see the town reunited on Saturday.
I can think of only one positive reason in Jon not reffing in the subway deildan. The young girls in Iceland get the best referee in Iceland. This is great.
Itโs a little bit baffling to me that people argue WNBA is boring. Youโre telling me watching james harden dribble the ball across half court and jack up a contested 3 is entertaining?? You can go watch that at your local gym/park. Plenty of guys doing that.
โBasketball trainersโ be teaching their players how to do 10 moves in one spot. Work on the fundamentals, work on the simplicity of the game. Teach footwork, beating defenders off minimal moves and dribbles. You donโt get extra points for being fancy.
Take some time to reflect this Monday, start the week out right. What does it mean to be a good person, partner, parent, coach, student, coworker, etc. challenge yourself to be your best this week.
Met an older gentleman in Iceland today...grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same elementary, middle and high school as me. Talk about small world.
My first college coach told me to stop making the โgrenade launcherโ pass as the name was dubbed. I now get paid to make this pass. Is the hook pass not one of the most important passes in the game today?
Grindavik opened their arms to me last year and the people of the town have made me feel like family. It makes me sad to be uncertain of what will happen in the coming days and weeks. Below Iโve posted pictures of what the town currently looks like.
Wouldnโt it be interesting to see all the men in the comment sections with daughters, grand daughters or women in their family succeeding at their sport to only be taken as a joke. But Iโm sure no one wants to have kids with them anyways. Their genes are a joke.
I hate when non collegiate athletes try talking about the ncaa taking advantage of us. I put in the work, I reaped the rewards and I do not for one feel like I was taken advantage of or feel like a slave of the ncaa. Stupid talk.
Had to share this clip of
@KylieHorstmeyer
making that dive for the ball. Was further from it with less chance of getting it than the other player. Whatโs not to love about this type of hustle???
We drove our broken down car back into town quickly and left it there.
On our second attempt out through the main road a huge bump appeared and we had to exit the town through another route.
Nordic championships with the U16 National Team ended with a silver๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ช๐ผ. 4-1 with the loss to Finland. Extremely proud of this group and canโt wait for European Championships next month.
He may not have made it to the NBA, but Icelandic 7-footer Tryggvi Hlinason still has one of my favorite development stories I can remember. He went for 34 PTS (16 FGAs), 21 REBS + 5 BLK in a win over Italy during today's World Cup European Qualifiers game
Thanks
@AlexJSarama
I took the 1 v 1 portion of this and adapted a bit to try to teach the kids inside hand release, half spin/hesi, using peripheral to read the defense (luka is great at this see end of thread clips)
๐Kaunas, Lithuania (U11) ๐ฑ๐น
๐โFollow the Arc 1v1โ
๐งญEmphasis on changing speed &
going from east-west to north-south using the hip turn/ split.
โซ๏ธLive as soon as the lead player steps inside the arc, which could be early or late.
@HannoMottola
@AdriCarri8
Two things to know about love:
1. Nothing is more important than your person.
2. Love them the way they want to be loved, not the way you THINK they should be loved.
All those sacrifices and long hours in the gym paid off. All those times my dad told me it would be worth it, I believed. Iโm living my best life, extremely blessed and loving every single second of it.
#thankyoubasketball
Katie Lou and Karlie Samuelson are back together for the first time in 7 years ๐๐
The sisters are preparing to take flight with the Dallas Wings:
Everyday as my life goes on I realize more and more that my parents raised me to the best of their abilities and I appreciate them so much for giving me all they have.
But a huge shout out to
@coachtiff315
for getting everything all sorted. That director of operations job ainโt no joke! Staying in the office until 2 am last then gets to airport at 6 am, covering all bases on our travel and more. You the best in the business tiff!!!!
As a coach who has multi sport athletes, I think itโs so important to support them in their other sports. As much as Iโd love for them to choose basketball, I want the best for them and want them to know by showing up and supporting them.
Donโt worry about where youโre at now in life. Things can drastically change faster than you can imagine. But on that same note, be appreciative and grateful of where youโre at now in life, because things can drastically change faster than you can imagine.
In that moment I felt the most scared for my life I have ever been, the ground started shaking so much I had to grab a hold of the car and honest to god for a good 30 seconds I felt as though the ground was going to crack open and take us both.
There are a total of 3 ways out of the town so we took another road out. We are grateful that we are safe and that likely right now the only thing we may lose is our car. Our people in Grindavik will lose their homes in the worst case scenario.
5th place at European championships ๐ช๐ผ. What an experience as head coach of Icelandโs U16 national team. Finished the year 9-3. Impressive results for a country whose population is under 400,000 people. Iceland had all three of our teams finish in the Top 8 (U16, U18 & U20).
But really. Yโall so quick to disrespect womenโs ball players. Some of us really out here making a living doing what we love. What are you doing?...let me sip my tea since a lot of us out here getting paid to do what We love ๐
Dudes really out here talking. Canโt even beat me in horse but have something to say about my bank account. Iโm sleep on the hatred and disrespect of the greatest womenโs league in the world... yโall realize this is dreams that have come true for us right? Yโall realize this is
I was watching some boys today play 3 on 3 pickup. It was slow, checking the ball after every make and walking the ball out to three after misses. I encourage you all to encourage your ballers to play FIBA 3x3. Even 4x4 if numbers permit it, but 3x3 is more efficient.
The craziness started while we were in practice yesterday, with constant 4 & 5 magnitude earthquakes happening, our coach decided to cancel practice 45 minutes in.
Coaches, practice what you preach to your players. You preach body language, positivity, better responses to mistake. But you practice poor body language, flail your arms when a player does something wrong, complain to the refs, and use a negative tone of voice when addressing.