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Tuesday Tally: 15 Self-Love Imperatives For February

Tuesday Tally: 15 Self-Love Imperatives For February

Hi!  This is the final few days of the Reflections Series for 2019 on the Single Dad’s Guide to Life.  It takes a lot of dedication, time and effort to put out all this work over the month.  But it feels good to really reach out to people in a lot of different ways.  As a blogger, it’s really easy to get into a rut, and for your work to get stale.  Sometimes you need to get outside of yourself…

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Gift guide | Give your dad the best Father’s Day ever this year on June 19th 2018

Gift guide | Give your dad the best Father’s Day ever this year on June 19th 2018

Hello, lovelies welcome back to my page, thanks to Wikipedia, I found out that Father’s Day was apparently first celebrated in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910, by a woman called Sonora Smart Dodd.

Sonora Smart Dodd’s father was a civil war veteran, his name was William Jackson Smart, he was a single parent and raised his six children alone.

Thanks to his loving daughter Sonora Smart Dodd we now…

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Game Preview | Tried and True Method Guides Brown's Teaching Approach

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At the heart of every good coach, there more often than not is a good teacher.

The professions may go by different words, but their core missions are similar.

Educate. Improve. Enrich. Mentor. Lead.

In Brett Brown and Gregg Popovich, the 76ers (20-11) and San Antonio Spurs (15-15) have two of the NBA’s preeminent teachers coaching their respective teams.

This statement that can be made about Brown given the strong track record for player development he’s built up in nearly 20 years in the league - first, as an assistant under Popovich, and now as the Sixers’ leading man.

As for Popovich, you probably don’t need a Sixers.com article to tell you why the fourth-winningest coach of all-time is probably the best to ever do it. We’ll simply leave you with this opinion - it would be oversight to attribute his heady accomplishments to Xs-and-Os alone.

Given the extent to which Brown and Popovich worked together - 12 years, 663 wins, four championships, and five NBA Finals appearances - it would almost be shocking if there weren’t some parallels between them.   

Sure enough, a prominent one lies in their shared belief in a teaching style commonly referred to as the Whole-Part-Whole method.  

“Pop taught us in San Antonio ‘Whole-Part-Whole,’” said Monty Williams, who was a coaching intern during San Antonio’s 2004-05  title run, when Brown was also on the staff.

Williams is currently in his first season on Brown’s bench, after spending the past two years as the Spurs’ Vice President of Basketball Operations.

“You show [players] everything, you break it down, then you put it back together.”

Across the board, Whole-Part-Whole influences how Brown runs the Sixers. One example, Williams said, is the way assistants are tasked with structuring their one-on-one development sessions with players.

Take the case of Landry Shamet.

Over the summer, when the promising rookie first started working with Williams, they would (as they continue to do) devote a tone to focusing on how Shamet’s role and position was supposed to function in the context of various situations.

How could a dribble hand-off, for instance, or coming off a pindown hold the key to unlocking an optimal 3-point shot? What should he do depending on the type of set the Sixers are in?

Whole-Part-Whole instruction has helped the 2018 no. 26 learn.

“I think anybody can go in the gym, dribble the ball, and hoist up a three or something,” Shamet said. “That’s just not realistic. I think workouts and skill development should be realistic and replicate what you’re going to see in a game.”

“When you get into the laws of teaching, [Whole-Part-Whole] is the overarching thing,” Brown said.

While Brown’s stint in San Antonio reinforced to him the value of Whole-Part-Whole, his appreciation for the teaching tactic goes back much farther in life, to within the walls of his childhood house.

Brown’s father, Bob, was a school teacher and an accomplished high school and college coach. Whether the subject matter was books or basketball, Whole-Part-Whole was ever-present.

These days, it’s also a central component of Brown’s film sessions with the Sixers. He’s a big believer that “vision trumps all senses.”

“If you see it, you have a chance to do it.”

So, Brown first introduces the big picture, then zooms in on the finer details. Finally, he pulls back out to 30,000 feet.

“When you drape that notion over a Whole-Part-Whole method, you kind of end up there.”

After so many years as a coach, evolution is important to Brown. But his successes seem to have taught him this: by making sure the parts are great, the whole can be even better.

“How you teach, how people learn, how you set things up where there’s a logic progression, as you get older and you coach longer and longer,” he said, “it might be the single thing that interests me the most.”

Opponent Outlook:

We’ll readily admit it.

The other night, on the eve of the Sixers’ match-up with Cleveland, we were monitoring what was happening in San Antonio’s game against the Chicago Bulls. When the Spurs got up big in the first half, leading by as many as 21, we stopped paying attention.

Well, the joke was on us.

Chicago, on the road no less, outscored San Antonio 55-31 in the second stanza to emerge with an impressive 98-93 victory. The Spurs hit just 5 of 21 shots (1-7 3fg) in the fourth quarter, and subsequently saw a season-high tying four-game winning streak end.

In his debut campaign with San Antonio, All-Star DeMar DeRozan is averaging 23.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game. No player in Spurs history has ever posted a 20.0 / 5.0 / 5.0 season.

Follow Along:

• Audio: 97.5 FM The Fanatic / Sixers Radio Network

• Video: NBC Sports Philadelphia / NBC Sports MyTeams app

Source: https://www.nba.com/sixers/news/game-preview-tried-and-true-teaching-method-guides-browns-approach

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Brilliant Chaos: The Crimes Of Grindelwald - A Review Of Fantastic Beasts 2

Brilliant Chaos: The Crimes Of Grindelwald – A Review Of Fantastic Beasts 2

I remember the first time I had heard of J.K. Rowling.  Someone pointed out to me she was an author of the popular Harry Potter Book series about a boy who was involved with witchcraft and wizardry.  Admittedly, many of those who told me about the series spoke of it with a good deal of disdain, for whatever reason their distaste came to be.  Probably on this word of mouth, I refrained from having…

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How I Accidentally Deleted Four Months Of Blog Posts And Found Inner Peace - Part I

How I Accidentally Deleted Four Months Of Blog Posts And Found Inner Peace – Part I

“A Loss of control is always the source of fear. It is also, however, always the source of change.”

We pretend we have control of everything.  Deep down we would love to control every portion of our lives.  But life sometimes gets in the way of our ability to control what’s going on around us.  It reminds us, any apparent control we have is merely an illusion.  My week was completely about the…

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Knott's Berry Farm Makes A Splash With Hangtime

Knott’s Berry Farm Makes A Splash With Hangtime

**For sake of disclosure, I have to say that I am a Knott’s Berry Blogger.  I have been provided passes to Knott’s Berry Farm and special entrance to a preview for Hangtime.  All of the opinions herein are my own.  With that being said, on with the show! **

When it comes to Knott’s Berry Farm for me and my family, I can say I like nothing better.  And as a Berry Blogger, I am always excited to…

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Food Holidays: National Onion Ring Day - June 22

Food Holidays: National Onion Ring Day – June 22

It’s time once again for Food Holidays: The Guide Style.  This means celebrating foods from around the world, or around your kitchen.  Or maybe some made up food they decided to stick in a holiday.  I am just never sure about that one.  We discuss the not so real history of the quasi holiday of the dish of the day.  (For those of you in Timbuktu, read “fake history”.)  And as this week was coming…

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It's Not Such A Wonderful Life Without Dad: A Christopher Robin Movie Review

It’s Not Such A Wonderful Life Without Dad: A Christopher Robin Movie Review

When it comes to stories that are an integral part of my life, very few do it like the tales of Winnie the Pooh.  I think it’s true for most people they connect to the tales written by A. A. Milne.  He brought these wonderful and rich characters into the lives of children.  They were there from our earliest moments as best friends and confidants.  They made us feel like our fears and concerns…

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Freddy Mercury, The Icarus Of Our Time: A Bohemian Rhapsody Review

Freddy Mercury, The Icarus Of Our Time: A Bohemian Rhapsody Review

w“I’m OK, I’m alright (he’s alright, he’s alright) I ain’t gonna face no defeat I just gotta get out of this prison cell One day (someday) I’m gonna be free, Lord!”    – Queen (Somebody To Love: A Day At The Races ©1976)

I remember the first time I heard Queen.  My parents took me to see the movie Flash Gordon.  While not a particularly good film, it did have a talented cast.  And my parents…

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Skydiving Without A Parachute - Ten Things To Avoid While Blogging

Skydiving Without A Parachute – Ten Things To Avoid While Blogging

  First off, before we walk down the road less traveled, I want to say that it’s been a crazy week.  Aside from all the usual hilarity, I was sent an email by Feedspot letting me know that I got listed in the top 100 dad blogsranked at number 13.  I have to say that I was high gratified.  And thank you to all of you for making this endeavor such a success.  And then Feedspot sent me another email…

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The Single Person's Guide to Dating - Five Free Dating Site/App Reviews

The Single Person’s Guide to Dating – Five Free Dating Site/App Reviews

The world has changed rapidly in the last 20 years.  Between the internet, social media, smart phones, new media and various streaming services, the landscape of communication in society today changes so fast life passes you by before you know it.  All of the “advancements” are meant to make your life better.  Whether true or not, I will leave to another blog post.  One of the biggest…

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A Celebration For Fathers - Review Of The Life Of Dad Book

A Celebration For Fathers – Review Of The Life Of Dad Book

*** I was given a free copy of Life of Dad for consideration of a review post.  While the item was provided for free, all the thoughts expressed herein are my own. ***

When we get to May and June, and the calendar speeds on to its midway point, we come together to celebrate the dads and moms in our life.  As it’s just past Mother’s Day, Father’s Day comes right around the corner.  For me, it’s…

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A Boysenberry Festival Themed Beverage: Boysenberry Coffee Shake

A Boysenberry Festival Themed Beverage: Boysenberry Coffee Shake

***While I am a Knott’s Berry Farm Brand Ambassador and have been provided tickets and items to use for this post, all the thoughts and opinions herein are my own.***

When it comes to the Boysenberry, no one name rises to the top than Walter Knott, boysenberry farmer extraordinaire.  In the mid-30s approximately 15 years after the beginning of Knott’s Berry Farm, a local man shared with Knott his…

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The Single Dad's Guide To The Iron Throne - Contestant #3: Cersei Lannister

The Single Dad’s Guide To The Iron Throne – Contestant #3: Cersei Lannister

Hi and welcome back to the third in our series about the Iron Throne and those Westerosi individuals out to claim it at any costs.  It’s the Single Dad’s Guide to the Iron Throne.  We have spent the last two articles covering two of the previous contestants for the Iron Throne.  The first contestant is the most famous imp in the world of Game of Thrones.  The second Westerosi we focused on was…

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The Single Dad's Guide To The Iron Throne - Contestant 2: Daenerys Targaryen

The Single Dad’s Guide To The Iron Throne – Contestant 2: Daenerys Targaryen

Welcome back to the second installment of the Single Dad’s Guide to the Iron Throne.  It’s our Single Dad’s Guide series on the Game of Thronesleading up to the final season coming out April 14th.  The goal of the series is to spark conversation as well as lots of arguments about what will transpire before the season begins.   In our first installment, we covered Tyrion Lannister, my favorite…

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The Single Dad's Guide To The Iron Throne - Contestant One: Tyrion Lannister

The Single Dad’s Guide To The Iron Throne – Contestant One: Tyrion Lannister

Hi!  And welcome to the latest series in the Single Dad’s Guide to Life.  I know we have written about the series Game of Thrones in the past.  Not only about the release of last season’s DVD and Blu-ray, but about how it relates to being a family as well.  As we are heading into the last seasons of Game of Thrones, I figured it would be fun to put together a profile of all the major characters…