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David Dickson – Squalicum High School

We’ve been honored to have Coach David Dickson recently contribute to Tourney.Life. He is a standout coach and man of integrity.

He is currently the Head Boy’s Basketball Coach at Squalicum High School. He was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame after 22 seasons of coaching. He is currently in his 24th season of coaching. Keith Stackhouse has said of him, “I didn’t know a person who didn’t want to work hard and play well for Coach Dickson. You want to win for Dickson, and you want to work hard for him.” You can read more about Coach David at the Bellingham Herald article.

His numbers as of 2016:

  • 22 seasons of coaching
  • 351 career coaching victories
  • .660 career winning percentage (351-181)
  • 11 State tournament appearances
  • 5 State trophies won by his team
  • 2 State championships in 2009 & 2010

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Separate your training from the average | PGC Basketball | Mental Toughness

Precision is having the discipline to do something as well as it can be done, every single time, even if it’s uncomfortable or inconvenient. —Dick DeVenzio

Separate your training from the average | PGC Basketball | Mental Toughness

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AAU Events Earn Champions of Economic Impact in Sports Tourism Honors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Nov. 27, 2017) – Sports Destination Management, the leading publication with the largest circulation of sports event planners and tournament directors in the sports tourism …

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The Race to Nowhere

The title of this movie – RacetoNowhere.com – caught my attention because in youth basketball sometimes we forget what we are “racing” towards. This movie focuses more on academics, but the parallels to athletics is important. So there so many redemptive reasons to participate in youth basketball.

3 Redemptive Reasons to do youth basketball: 

  1. Learn to make quick & correct decisions under pressure.
  2. Learn to work with teammates who often have different perspectives and attitudes.
  3. Develop physical skills.

Want to dig deeper?

The Race to Nowhere Trailer: 

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