The book titled Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty is about a coach by the name of Phil Jackson who coached the Chicago Bulls and was able to guide them to win six championships. He uses Zen principles and ideals of the Lakota Sioux warrior‚ to educate his players how to communicate better with one another and most importantly work as a team to accomplish their goals. Jackson coaching is formed around Zen principles. Zen principles make your aware of your thoughts. He practices meditation
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JD Garcia 01-14-14 The Zen Master Phil Jackson may go down in history as one of the most successful coaches who ever coached in the National Basketball Association. Having won 11 NBA championship rings in two different decades as a coach‚ his legacy in the NBA may most likely be unsurpassed by anyone‚ ever. I have always been a fan of Phil Jackson as a coach. I have always admired his style and cool‚ calm‚ collected nature as a coach. He seems to know exactly when to sit‚ stand‚ call a
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Becoming Human by Jean Vanier and Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson‚ inclusion and exclusion takes place with the authors themselves and characters they interact with. In Jean Vanier’s book‚ Becoming Human‚ the main idea present is that every human‚ despite any differences they may have physically or mentally‚ should feel included and should feel like an important member in today’s society. Similar to Jean Vanier’s book‚ the main idea present in Phil Jackson’s Sacred Hoops is that every member
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Sacred Hoops written by Phil Jackson‚ can typically be described as life relating to basketball spiritually and mentally. At this point Jackson was already ready to retire. He was ready to retire because he realized the game of basketball was slowly changing. The game was changing simply because the players were getting to focused on their ego; players were driven only by money‚ and they weren’t about working with the team only because they want all the glory for themselves. Jackson claims that joy comes
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Bulls and present Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson. In this essay I will discuss how Jackson has incorporated some of the practices of Zen Buddhism into his and the players of his teams lives and how it has been effective for the game and the lives of those involved. I will also touch on his use of combined Zen and Christianity along with his extended interest in the Lakota Sioux. "The Chicago Bulls’ Buddha-like guru Phil Jackson inks the richest coaching deal in N.B.A. history ($6 million for
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Christopher Skinner English 112 Professor Gearing 6/12/13 Phil Jackson Phillip Douglas Jackson was born on September 17‚ 1945 in Deer Lodge‚ Montana. Jackson was known as the best NBA head coach of all time‚ leading the Chicago Bulls to six titles and the Los Angeles Lakers to three. Before Phil became known as a victorious head coach‚ he was an ordinary athlete. Phil Jackson played basketball‚ football‚ and baseball in high school and was recruited to North Dakota University to play basketball
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Lakers head coach Phil Jackson and his worldview of Buddhism. Jackson’s worldview effects his life as much as anyone’s does‚ particularly in the areas of family‚ money/career and the nature of God. When comparing his world view to mine of a Christian world view you can see the many differences more clearly than the very few similarities‚ however do those differences play a big enough factor to determine his quality of a role model‚ or lack thereof. “Starting from a young age Jackson was read lines
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Yevgenia Dashtoyan PHIL-201 08.10.2013 Unit 3 Individual Project Pseudo-questions: Asking a question based on a false premise. "Why does the Obama administration want to punish poor people?" A political pundit might ask this question about the proposed health care plan in which Americans will be required to buy insurance. Equivocation: Relying on two meanings of a word to make your point; changing the meaning partway through the argument. "I’m not prejudiced.
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A m e r i c a n M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n COACHING A Global Study of Successful Practices Current Trends and Future Possibilities 2008-2018 Canada USA • Latin America • Asia-Pacific Europe • Middle East • Africa A m e r i c a n M a n a g e m e n t A s s o c i a t i o n COACHING HOW TO BUILD A Global Study of Successful A HIGH-PERFORMANCE Practices ORGANIZATION Current Trends and Future Possibilities 2008-2018 Copyright 2008‚ American Management
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‘Careful reflection on one’s practice is critical to becoming an effective coach’ (Cote & Gilbert 2009; Nater and Gallimore‚ 2010) What is the role of a coach? Coaches help people perform tasks. Perhaps this is a very simplistic view towards coaching when in modern times we have so much academic material teaching people how to be good coaches. But how do we define a good coach from a bad one. The role of a coach takes many different forms depending on the environment in which they teach. The
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