Program Pillars

Gazelle’s Basketball Vision

A team that competes undeniably hard with energy, effort, and enthusiasm; and a fan base that fills the Summit Center for the pure joy of watching the team compete to the absolute best of their abilities. 

Gazelle’s Basketball Mission

Create and foster a team culture of high energy, positive people who understand the importance of energy, effort, and enthusiasm in school, sports, and life. 

Gazelle’s Basketball Values

Energy – Positive energy and positive people create positive results. Bring positive energy to the team and your teammates. Negativity and complaining have no place in our program. 

Effort – Giving the best of what your ability allows at any given moment. Give your all to the task at hand.

Enthusiasm – Genuine excitement and joy for the sport of basketball, our team, our teammates, and the task at hand. Contribute to an environment that generates positivity and team spirit. 

Gazelle’s Basketball Definition of Success

“Success is a peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden

We can’t ask for anything more than your best effort, but your best effort will be the expectation. 

Gazelle’s Basketball Standards

Positive Body Language

Make sure your non-verbals scream excellence, confidence, joy, and positivity.

Receptive to Coaching

“Have a desire to get better. Listen when a coach is speaking. Crave feedback. “Most people would rather be ruined by praise than built by criticism.” – Don Meyer

Team Spirit

We’re better together. “People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Meticulous Preparation

“How you run the race, your planning, preparation, practice, and performance counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.” – John Wooden

Absolute Concentration

“Make each day your masterpiece. You have control over that.” – John Wooden

Serve Others

“The greatest joy one can have is doing something for someone else, without any thought of getting something in return.” – John Wooden

Authentic Enthusiasm

“Enthusiasm brings on excitement, excitement then produces energy, energy generates extra effort, extra effort develops excellence.” – Frosty Westering

Pick Up Trash

“Leaders pick up trash. It keeps the leader humble and the locker room clean.” – Don Meyer