JJ Redick: “I spent a lot of time after the season with my performance coach and did a lot of self reflection. I think the biggest thing for me is just having the ability to properly turn it on and off. And recognizing not everybody is wired like Kobe. You got to kind of meet guys where they are.”

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  6. This is one of the things that new managers in general have to learn, people are more effective if you work with them rather than force them to mold to whatever arbitrary style you think is best.

  7. I imagine he put together a Chat GPT prompt : How do I make Dalton wired more like Kobe, to end up with this

  9. This is a great piece for anyone in management for their career. You should try to meet people on their level to help them succeed, but that is only for a particular timeframe because that person needs to show improvement and working toward meeting on your level.

    It’s his job to coach up, but if that player isn’t making headway then you can’t just keep doing it the same way.

  11. I love his honestly here. The transition from athlete brain to functioning as a normal human is so difficult. Demanding greatness from yourself and others and being blinded from any real understanding of a PROCESS can be really detrimental. Speaking from experience here. Why I’m a better trainer than coach lol.

  12. Performance coach is a therapist for toxic masculines and I’m all for it. You go jj, journal away!

  13. I think he should take some pointers from LeBron. I mean, many people may not admire Lebron as much as Kobe because he doesn’t outwardly appear to express an almost maniacal, relentless intensity, even be crass at times to express it, but LeBron clearly could bring guys together as a team and work with them where they are. That’s pretty much what he did in Cleveland before and after Miami. It’s a different generation of athletes, different generation of society where kids grew up being taught to express theirs emotions and respond in a way that many from prior generations would have considered weakness.

  15. i’m so tired of people using Kobe as some barometer. Dude was a psychopath..He cheated on his wife and allegedly raped a woman in colorado. No one wanted to be his teammate, he was an asshole.

    So damn tired of this kobe shit

  19. This why in general, all time greats don’t make good coaches. It actually makes Larry Birds success in Indiana more impressive

  21. Kind of not related to basketball but Robert Lewandowski said the same thing about the youth. He’s older and a legend of the game but he said the younger players are less likely to follow that authority style coaching

  22. And if you try to coach like they all are like Kobe you WILL lose the locker room and get fired.

    Although I suspect that some coaches actually want that.

    Happens all the time in English football. Hard-ass managers lose the dressing room and are fired within months of being in decent form

  23. These guys blowing everything out of proportion. What he does every single director in legitimate companies do and should do. Humble bragging to the max.

  24. I love this. Shows some growth mentally. Let’s see if he can actually do it physically

  25. Not coaching everybody the same way is kinda coaching 101 but I like the reflection

  27. Yeah when I became a first time professor. For sure no one is like Kobe. I may have a couple in a class of 50.

  29. Unless youre Antonio conte. It’s why he selects certain players and gets players from repeat stints that he’s worked. He’s legit wired diff and players know that,

  32. I’m not gonna lie. I miss JJ’s voice on the podcast. He’s such a great communicator, he really did put out some amazing content.

  33. Nobody with less coaching cred than Luke Walton, though he was able to follow Kerr’s game plans and wasn’t an authoritative ass

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