Don Showalter @dshow23 Twitter profile

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Don Showalter

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3 years

Great video on how Coaches body language can affect your player’s performance! Every person needs to watch this video! Great stuff!

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The 6 most important words: “I admit I made a mistake.” The 5 most important words: “You did a good job.” The 4 most important words: “What is your opinion?” The 3 most important words: “Let's work together.” The 2 most important words: “Thank you!” The 1 most important word: “WE

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4 years

Love this from Mike Malone! Every coach should hear this!

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6 years

I don’t understand why Jeff Goodman and ESPN keep giving LaVar Ball air time - so he can keep bashing Laker coaches and teammates! Unbelievable! Get off the Ball bandwagon! @espn

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5 years

Watching a 4th grade team made up of players from 5 different schools play a 1-3-1 half court trap - are you kidding me!! Coaches with an ego at this level - despicable! Get ur youth tourney medal for your man cave!! #teamiowa @USABYouth

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@dshow23

5 years

No way should 5th grade teams be allowed to play zone defense!! Coaches all about winning and not teaching young players how to play! Winning is NOT the goal for youth teams but only an objective while developing the skills! @USABYouth

Buddy Boulton

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5 years

Yet another zone today but this time in a 5th grade game. Congrats to the Iowa Hoops AAU program for not teaching your kids the game correctly.

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9 years

Four things that kill an offense http://t.co/dmztwUwg9J

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4 years

Coaches must have forgotten to practice this!! Gotta Love It!

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3 years

This March Madness tournament is a great example of what we tell young players all the time - at some point your athleticism will be negated by skill!! Saw this time and again by Loyola, Abilene, North Texas, Ohio, Drake, Oral Roberts! @usabjnt @USABYouth

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 months

This is exactly what we at USA Basketball have been saying - youth coaches should be more concerned about developing players than filling their man caves with trophies because their team played zone defense!! @jj_redick @USABYouth @usabasketball

FauxCoachWoodard

@FauxCoachWoodar

4 months

BREAKING NEWS: All youth basketball coaches should take 1:01 out of their day to list to my man @jj_redick speak 💯 truth!

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5 years

From Jay Bilas on Tre Jones - “He plays so low and low man wins” if young players would just understand this concept, they would be a better player immediately!

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4 months

Pretty much says it all!!

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5 years

Powerful video!

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2 years

This is a great quote for coaches and parents! @USABYouth

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

Humbled and Honored to be mentioned with so many other great basketball people!

Silver Waves Media

@SilverWaveMedia

4 years

Congrats to USA Basketball Director Don Showalter on being named top 100 most influential people in men’s college basketball in 2020 - @dshow23 📸 USA Basketball

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@dshow23

4 years

This pic says it all!!

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4 years

Good reasons for me!

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@dshow23

3 years

Every player and coach should hear this!! Great thoughts on positive living each day and playing your role! @usabjnt @usabasketball @USABYouth

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@dshow23

2 years

U8 basketball game in Brownsburg IN-only man defense, no steals off dribble outside 3 pt line, small ball, lower baskets, passing and cutting, positive coaches, referees talking to players, no parents yelling at players, or officials!! ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩ ⁦ @CoachJayDemings ⁩

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@dshow23

3 years

Thought I would have some lobster along with my steak to celebrate my birthday! Great choice! #steaklover

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4 years

You shouldn't have to beg a player for energy, effort, or unselfishness. If they're serious about winning, they'll just do these things. – Jeff Van Gundy

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@dshow23

3 years

If you want to know if you're a good coach… ask your worst player." - Eric Musselman

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6 years

All parents should be aware of what a top D1 coach Mike Brey has to say about recruiting! Good stuff!!

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Don Showalter

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4 years

Great Mind Candy for today by Coach Raveling

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

2 years

These are awesome stats for young players in all sports!! ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩ ⁦ @usabasketball ⁩

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2 years

Love this message - importance of daily small steps!!

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2 years

This video was posted previously and probably can’t be posted enough! Positive body language takes no talent! @usabasketball @USABYouth

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5 years

Some great thoughts on youth basketball all coaches should consider! Love this!!

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

Parents and fans - wear a mask at your son/daughter events so they can continue to play! Too many unmasked people will stop youth sports as the virus is completely out of control! @maskup @USABYouth

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

Great video by Pat Summit - may have to just play!

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@dshow23

5 years

Mind Candy!! USA Basketball doesn’t invite players to training camp with poor body language!! @usabasketball

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@dshow23

6 years

Jeff Van Gundy on Cavs chemistry “more eye rolls at each other than a bad marriage” Body Language is a form of Communication! One of USA Basketball 4 C’s

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

5 years

Nothing like spending a Sunday watching several 4th grade games played the right way -no press, man for man def, no set plays, cutting and passing!! And the best part was the coaching! Not a word to the officials by coaches or parents! ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩ ⁦ @CoachJayDemings ⁩

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

2 years

Another year older another year blessed!

USA Basketball Youth

@USABYouth

2 years

Join us in wishing a happy birthday to the one & only coach @dshow23 !

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@dshow23

6 years

I can honestly say that out of the ten years I have coached U16-17 USA Basketball teams tonight was the absolutely best practice! Players brought energy and the the level was elite!! @usabasketball

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

This is absolutely crazy to play zone at this age!! Coaches ego to win is greater than their desire to build skills!

Rebecca Lobo

@RebeccaLobo

4 years

I coach five youth teams, boys and girls, spanning grades 4-8. We’ve played a dozen games. We’ve not faced a single possession of man-to-man defense. Is zone the best way to prepare our kids for high school basketball, or just the easy way out?

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Don Showalter

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5 years

Box Drills were first introduced at Snow Valley Iowa Basketball School by Tates Locke who is an instructor at all sessions! Players sign up

6 Basketball Footwork Drills (Tates Locke Box Drills)

One of the smartest basketball minds to ever live put together a series of basketball footwork drills that should be completed by players every single workout / practice.

www.basketballforcoaches.com

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

5 years

Good stuff coming from Coach Cal - parents need to hear this!

Sharman White

@coachswhite

5 years

Parents: Condition your athletes to accept 'Coaching' by teaching them 'Why' being 'Coached' is NECESSARY... #MakesADifference

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4 years

What a great video by one of the best ever to coach - Don Meyer! A long time Snow Valley coach. The Snow Valley Coaching lineage is truly unbelievable

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@dshow23

2 years

Love Coach Martin and so happy he will be the next UMass HC!

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5 years

You can’t cheat the game!! Love thoughts by Bob Huggins!

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@dshow23

4 years

Parents - your son or daughter cannot listen to two people - trust their coach and let them teach the game!!

Matt Reinhold

@coachreinhold

4 years

To the youth sports dad who sits court-side and coaches his own daughter, play by play, dribble by dribble, from the stands... please go away. You are making it worse for everyone, including your daughter. Need to have a say? Sign up to coach... the WHOLE team. Thanks.

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

2 years

Something for players and parents to think about in this past tweet!!

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

3 years

Happy Anniversary to my lovely wife!! 49 years with my high school sweetheart and best friend! Yes we got married at 10 yrs old!! Be fun to see what is ahead for us! Celebrating with steak - surprise!! @ShowalterVicky

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

Mind Candy from Last Dance and Michael Jordan

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@dshow23

4 years

PARENTS - the talent of your son or daughter is not indicative of how good a parent you are! @USABYouth

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@dshow23

5 years

Great shooting drill at 6:15 AM at Snow Valley Basketball School- pass and go opposite wing for shot - quick drill with many reps! Not only do players improve but coaches get better too!!

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

3 years

Control What You Can Control-It's simple. You can't control what people are saying and thinking about you. You can't control the competition that is coming after your business. You can't control most things in life but you can control your attitude, your effort and your actions!

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5 years

Never forget the impact you have on young people as a coach! We all remember our coaches - leave a positive legacy!! @USABYouth

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7 days

Great warm up shooting competitive drill by Sue Phillips from Archbishop Mitty at the USA Basketball Coaches Academy in Oakland! Great crowd of coaches getting better! ⁦ @usabasketball ⁩ ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩

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5 years

At Final Four with two excited boys attending F4 for first time / electric atmosphere!!

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5 years

Great advice for coaches who want to coach at high levels! Love to coach where you are at!! Humble beginnings for Nick who loved every job he had!!

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

6 years

Ridiculous for HS to not have a shot clock - have not heard a good reason to play without a shot clock! Love FIBA rules - develops players and coaches! @USABYouth

Paul Biancardi

@PaulBiancardi

6 years

NOOOOOO.... @ny2lasports what’s going on up there??? Every-state needs a #ShotClock 🏀 @TDNike @dshow23 @coachmaj @BadgerMBB

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Don Showalter

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6 years

Snow Valley working on the basics - footwork and passing! A player NEVER graduates from a skill @USABYouth

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

2 years

All parents need to read this!!

The Coaches' Journal

@TheCoachJournal

2 years

My parents never tried to fight a battle for me with a coach. That's what I see today, parents yelling and "coaching" and just putting more pressure on their kids and it's really a shame. They should just be letting them play and develop and have fun. — Steve Kerr

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Don Showalter

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5 years

2 years ago today a tragic car accident took the lives of Jerry and Jane Slykhuis. Slyk was one of my best friends and Snow Valley partner. He left a great legacy! Thanks Slyk! RIP @SnowValleyCamps

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

The NCAA has released the 2021 recruiting calendar for men’s basketball. 2021 Live Period dates: April 9-11 (travel teams) April 23-25 (travel teams) June 18-20 (HS team camps) June 25-27 (HS team camps) July 8-11 (travel teams) July 20-25 (academies)

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Don Showalter

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5 years

Scores from Iowa State Boys Tourney Class 4A - largest class - 48-35; 39-36; 56-38; 57-55 OT; 35-27 and final game 44-41. Convince me we don’t need a shot clock!! Play with rules like the rest of the world! @USABYouth @usabasketball

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5 years

Interesting but not surprising!! Players up late hours on social media are not max performers!

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Don Showalter

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4 months

Some great thoughts by Coach Cal on body language! USA Basketball is all about great body language!

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4 years

James Naismith born on this day in 1861 - celebrating a great game invented by Naismith that has provided an unbelievable world wide sport! @USABYouth @usabasketball

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3 years

This is what I call “Doing things that require no talent” A piece of our evaluation for USA Basketball teams! @usabasketball @USABYouth

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@dshow23

4 years

Since I can’t go to a restaurant and order a steak, I have to grill my own. Found out I grilled a pretty mean steak - or two!! #steaklover

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@dshow23

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USA Basketball Coaches receive a nice quarter zip top and notebook when attending a USA Basketball Coaches Academy! Sign up at ⁦ @usabasketball ⁩ ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩

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@dshow23

5 years

Why Parents Must Stop Coaching From The Sidelines

Most parents sincerely believe they're helping their child when they're shouting out instructions from the sidelines. But they're not. Here are 4 reasons why parents sideline coaching is hurting...

www.basketballforcoaches.com

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

9 years

Interesting stat - international players practice 6 days for every one game and USA young players play 6 games with only one practice -

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9 years

In CHAMPIONSHIP level practices: 🏀Players talk more than coaches 🏀Players are energetic & positive 🏀Players compete as hard as a game

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@dshow23

5 years

Watching KD at the pregame shoot around - Snow Valley Box Drills!! Awesome!! Take note SV campers! Sign up today for SV Iowa!! ⁦ @SnowValleyCamps ⁩

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

5 years

These are FIBA rules which USA Basketball recommends to use for high school teams!

Corby Laube

@claube21

5 years

Shot clock & have team fouls reset after each quarter (not half). Shoot FT’s at 5 fouls, but reset at end of each quarter. Less pressure on officials & better flow to the game (not so many stoppages for FT’s during 2nd & 4th quarters. And agreed on who cares if they roll shorts.

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3 years

4 years ago today my good friend Jerry Slykhuis and his wife Jane were killed in a car accident! Jerry leaves a big legacy for us who knew him. The good Lord made a man who had a huge heart for everyone! Miss our steak dinners together! @SnowValleyCamps #legend

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@dshow23

5 years

Snow Valley staple - Box Drills - being done at USA Basketball regional camp in Thousand Oaks! #snowvalleyiowa

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@dshow23

10 months

Never thought I would’ve had a book on the same shelf as LeBron and Steven A! Thanks Pete Van Mullem for making this possible! ⁦ @VanMullem_Pete ⁩

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

6 years

What a great response to ESPN’s coverage of LaVar Ball by Steve Kerr

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@dshow23

6 years

A close friend of mine - Tates Locke- always has some great thoughts! Here is one of the best!

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4 years

Mind Candy!!

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@dshow23

3 years

We constantly talk about footwork - jump stops and pivots - as the basis for developing skills to a high level. Villanova is a great example of doing the basics with footwork! “You never graduate from a skill” @SethOnHoops @JayBilas

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

2 years

It’s easy to be a critic or a cheerleader. It’s harder to be a coach. •A critic sees your weaknesses and attacks your worst self. •A cheerleader sees your strengths and celebrates your best self. •A coach sees your potential and helps you become a better version of you

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

6 months

Mind Candy -

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@dshow23

2 months

Humbled by this honor! Proud to be the Snow Valley Basketball School Director and work with outstanding coaches and over 1500 campers! Sign up to reserve a spot- great camp for evaluation by top notch coaches along with myself. Register at

Silver Waves Media

@SilverWaveMedia

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@AdamDeMong @RiseCircuit @AdamFinkelstein @247Sports @AdamZagoria @Stanford_AD @GoStanford @Stanford @StanfordMBB @CoachBillSelf @KUHoops @KUAthletics @UnivOfKansas @Brod314 @adidas @BooWilliamsAAU @JUCOadvocate @VerbalCommits @BretJust @wmebasketball @WME_Sports @WME @NashbP @IMGABasketball @IMGAcademy @coachbrucepearl @AuburnMBB @StopBackDoor @NikeEYB @Nike @cavwalsh @chadbabel @nikebasketball @ChadChatlos @TurnkeyZRG @CharlieBakerMA @NCAA @LMUPintens @lmulionsMBB @lmulions @LoyolaMarymount @CraigMalRob @NABC1927 @DHR_Global @BIGEASTMBB @BIGEAST @DanMargulis @espn @OregonMBB Congratulations to Don Showalter of USA Basketball on being named to the 2024 100 Most Impactful People in Men’s College Basketball list. @dshow23

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

Completely agree with this statement - youth teams playing zone defense are not teaching the players the skills of the game! @USABYouth

Coach Mac 🏀

@BballCoachMac

4 years

Zone Defense is Terrible for Youth Basketball

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Don Showalter

@dshow23

4 years

Rules for Success - John Wooden 1Be quick, but don’t hurry. 2Fear no opponent. Respect every opponent. 3Be more interested in character than reputation. 4Know that self-analysis is crucial for improvement. 5Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

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Don Showalter

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11 months

Snow Valley Iowa Basketball School off to a great start with the line drills as part of the warm up! Sold out session of 375 campers! ⁦ @SnowValleyCamps ⁩

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Don Showalter

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7 years

Very sad news - my partner in Snow Valley Jerry Slykhuis and wife Jane were killed in a car accident - was like a brother #RIP

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@dshow23

3 years

Unbelievable icons of the game that I had the honor to know and learn from - Morgan Wootten , Howard Garfinkel, Dean Smith, John Wooden, Bill Guthridge - may they all RIP! ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩ ⁦ @usabasketball ⁩

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7 years

Reminders for ages 14 and under youth coaches @USABYouth @usabasketball @SnowValleyCamps

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7 years

Funeral for my best friend Jerry Slykhuis today - amazing turnout packed church for a much loved coach and his wife. #RIP Jerry

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5 years

All you dad’s out there - some great Mind Candy for the day!

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3 years

Culture is a competitive advantage. A team with a great culture seems to have an extra layer of strength, tradition, resilience, belief and power that is hard to defeat. @USABYouth @usabjnt

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9 years

Coaches will bench players at the end of the game that -Cant be trusted on D -Cant take care of the ball -Cant make FTs -Dont know the plays

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Don Showalter

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3 years

Happy Birthday to a very special person - my lovely wife Vicky! My best friend and a great mom, nana and team mom! USA Basketball Players addressed her as Mrs Show! ⁦ @ShowalterVicky ⁩ #happybirthday

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3 years

Worked Coach Wooden’s Camps for over 20 years and heard this definition every year!! “Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” — JohnWooden @USABYouth @usabasketball

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Don Showalter

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7 months

Zone shooting drill “One More” by Strake Jesuit College Prep Coach Dom Amorosa at Houston USA Basketball Coaches Academy. Coaches getting better today in Houston! ⁦ @usabasketball ⁩ ⁦ @USABYouth ⁩

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5 years

Snow Valley Iowa Basketball School at 6:15 AM - players getting better! One of few basketball camps to emphasize skill work all day!! Register for boys and girls camps in July at

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@dshow23

4 years

I am thinking my grilled steaks are as good as Peter Lugars!! #steaklover

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6 years

The Final Four was made up of teams who basically recruit very few one and dones!! No Duke, Kentucky, Arizona with all their one and dones in San Antonio!! GOTTA LOVE IT!

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4 years

These are Gold Standards!!

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5 years

NYC Mamba League for ages 8-10 - no zone defense or full court press!! All players must play equal time. Must have 3 passes before a shot is taken! Love these rules for this age group!! @USABYouth @nikebasketball

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3 years

I’ve failed many times in my life and career and due to this I’ve learned a lot. Instead of feeling defeated many times, I’ve used it as fuel to drive me to work harder. So today, join me in accepting our failures. Let’s use them to motivate us to work even harder.Phil Mickelson

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