Pat Summitt - Reach for the Summitt

In her coaching, she has coached 20 Southeastern Conference tournament and regular season championship teams, 6 National Championship teams, been an Olympic coach, has developed 16 players who have become Kodak All-Americans, 53 All-SEC players, and 11 Olympic Athletes. As if this wasn’t enough, Summit has also earned both Basketball Hall of Fame honors in 2000 and Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame honors in 1999. Summit was also named Naismith Coach of the Century, at the same time, her player Chamique Holdsclaw was named Naismith Player of the Century. These are only a few of accomplishments; her achievements are simply unparalleled in collegiate coaching.

Pat has written two best selling books, the first is Reach For The Summitt, which is the book I will be discussing, and Raise The Roof, her second best

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The University of Tennessee Women’s Basketball team is constantly reaching to achieve more and more, to them there is no such thing as settling for anything less than being the best team in the country. Confidence results in having a winning attitude, once you have been successful you will be confident in many other aspects of your life. This showed Pat’s loyalty to recruiting and getting the best players in the country to play for her (53). Competitive instincts are needed for survival in the world. She says that being responsible sometimes means making tough and unpopular decisions, and also holding ourselves accountable for the mistakes we make. The parents of her players send their daughters to Pat knowing that she will take good care of them and help produce them into successful young women.

In the third chapter which discusses loyalty Pat tells a story of when she was recruiting a great player, and was also pregnant and ready to deliver. The fourth chapter discusses how important communication can be. Pat is responsible for making judgment calls concerning a player’s health, academic progress, and emotional well-being.

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