1. Something that John Wooden believed that stood out to me was definitely that he allowed all the chance to achieve greatness. In some sports in my school, if you are on JV then you are assumed not to move up that season since you were put on JV in the first place. A lot of times, even if that person's skills increase significantly, they wont play because the coach is only focused on varsity. They don't pay attention to the younger players or the ones who didn't stand out in the first couple of weeks. John Wooden made it clear that anyone could start. He made sure that even his best players knew that their spots were not set in stone.
2. I honestly cant think of a coach I've had that has coached like Wooden. Some coaches are similar in some ways but don't stand out to me. One coach who sort of made the point of everyone being able to achieve greatness but didn't necessarily follow through, was my basketball coach last year. He had told all of us that anyone could start. Eventually a couple of girls got in at the end of the season and I support that because during the season they worked hard and their skills did increase significantly.
3. I think it is very important to study leadership. If our leaders didn't take examples from great leaders then no one would be successful. If you are a leader, you need to study the things that great leaders did and what morals they had if you want to be a successful leader also.
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