Mar
18
2017
"People can see the size of your body but no one can see the size of your heart."
March madness is the time for basketball. My real joy in watching over 100 games this season comes from analyzing the...
Mar
17
2017
Dr Jones, Deputy Director, Alaska Military Youth Academy
"A guide that directs your beliefs on what's wrong and what's right and determines your life choices.” - Ms. Jessie Craig, Civil Engineer, head Girls high school basketball coach.
To change the way...
Mar
15
2017
Philo means to love. Sophy means to study. Life means to live.
The study of loving life is never boring, sometimes scary to explore, very mysterious, truly fascinating, too often neglected, and seldom or poorly taught.
Breath by breath, hour by...
Mar
14
2017
"Days are long sometimes. Very long, but life is way too short, way to brief." -Fred Crowell
30 years ago, Fred Crowell was living in what he calls the Golden Era of Life. Dad traveled everywhere to basketball camps, son...
Mar
12
2017
The value of teamwork; the skill to delegate.
A motto among USA special forces elite team is, “One is none and two is done.”
This reminded me of Jesus sending his disciples out in two’s.
Which reminded me of a mentor...
Mar
10
2017
"Shooting a bad basketball is like chewing food with a broken tooth. In LIFEBALL fixing a problem with the wrong tool creates more problems."
How can I more effectively teach basketball's most important and most difficult skill has been a...
Mar
08
2017
"Do not be afraid; be strong and courageous." -Joshua
Joshua was challenged three times to:
Be strong and of good courage.
Only be strong and very courageous.
Be of good courage be not afraid neither be dismayed for the Lord thy...
Mar
07
2017
"The game I love can be so cruel" -F. Crowell
Basketball became the love of my life in fourth grade. Anacortes, Washington, a small town on Fidalgo Island was a hotbed for good basketball.
Brian Rockom had a record of...
Mar
05
2017
The name of the game is unity. It starts in the home.
Life was not meant to be a lived alone; even my favorite childhood hero, the Lone Ranger, had Tonto whom he affectionately called Kimosabe.
1967 brought with it...
Mar
02
2017
“The price tag to get noticed is; good behavior, bad behavior, illness, or getting injured." - F. Crowell
Other people’s attention is as strong a human need as oxygen, food, and water.
A teen girl had a fight with her father....
