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Teamwork
John Wooden the legendary coach at UCLA has established the benchmark in college basketball, by winning 10 national championships. His teams like no other consistently achieved greatness by using teamwork. In Coach Wooden’s recent book, Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success, he defines team spirit as “A genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interests of glory for the welfare of all.” In order to have teamwork on the playing field, players must not only embrace the component of cooperation, but they need to do it with enthusiasm.
Teamwork can not only be developed by working to set up dinner but also during dinner. Just as it is on the basketball court, good communication is essential to having teamwork at home. At dinner, take the time to discuss each person’s day and allow each individual to have time to share a story or something humorous or a difficult situation that happened. Dinner time is a great time to cultivate the spirit of teamwork and build up the members of the most important team you will ever be on, your family. Travis Hill has taught History and Coached in Pinellas County for over 15 years. He is the Varsity Basketball coach for Dixie Hollins High School. He and his wife, Bonnie, have three children — Natalie, Nicole, and Bradley Gulf Coast Family Publications - Encouraging families along the Gulf Coast in Pinellas County |
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“March Madness” is the nickname for the NCAA basketball tournament that is held every year in March. It truly is madness during this time, as 64 of the best college teams in the nation all vie to attain the title of national champion. As the list of teams is slowly whittled down to the “sweet sixteen”, then the “great eight”, and the “final four” it becomes evident that the successful teams have one common characteristic; that is teamwork.
Whether you are working on the basketball court or at home, teamwork is the ultimate expression of interdependence. In our home we try promote teamwork with “our team” by working together to accomplish some constantly overlooked tasks. For example, dinner time is an excellent time to develop family teamwork and accomplish the mission of getting everyone fed. The task of setting the table can be broken down into simpler tasks for the children. For example one child could set the silverware, and another could place the condiments, salt, pepper, and butter etc. on the table. One of the family members could get the drinks and make the chocolate milks, while another could clean up all of the spills.
