The road to success in women’s basketball

It’s the start of the 2008 college football season and East Carolina (ECU) has been named the season favorite. I know you’re wondering why I’m talking about soccer in a women’s basketball article. Just stay with me.

In their first 2 games of the season, East Carolina defeated No. 15 Virginia Tech and No. 8 West Virginia. The victories have moved ECU into 20th place in this week’s USA Today coaches’ poll, its first time in the Top 25 since 1999.

The Head Soccer Coach has turned this program on its head every year. The two years before he arrived, the team’s record was 3-20. In Coach Skip Holtz’s first year, the team went 5-6. The second year, the team went 7-6 and made its first bowl appearance. Last year the team went 8-5 and won against No. 22 Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl.

What created this success on the show?

Here are quotes from Coach Holtz from a USA TODAY story, Perfect Fit: Holtz Leads East Carolina Revival.

“I came away from our first meeting feeling like this was a very selfish, self-centered team,” says Holtz. “There weren’t a lot of people talking about goals and the big picture. We needed to change the culture and attitude and change it fast.”

“We take on a project every year,” says Holtz. “We started with practice facilities, huddle rooms and weight rooms because that’s where players will become strong enough to compete, smart enough to compete and fundamental enough to compete.”

If you want to be successful in women’s basketball, follow this path.

Focus on the team. Focus on goals. Focus on the fundamentals.

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