emailFacebookTwitterLinkedin On January 10th, 1976, Slick Watts was named Seattle’s ‘Man Of The Year’. Today, 43 years later, the award has expanded to the annual ‘Sports Star Of The Year Award’ which fittingly will be celebrating the…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedin For a decade the loss of the Supersonics has left a void in Seattle. The franchise that helped define the culture of the Puget Sound by inspiring generations of athletes, artists, musicians, educators and business people alike has been…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedin“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinFor 22 years, Coach Watts has struggled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Although it has been talked about many times before between family and friends, he made an appearance on King 5 New Day Northwest to open up for the first…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinAs coaches and adults working with children, one of our most important roles is to create lifelong learners and framing how to deal with success and failures is critical. Even more critical than that is establishing a scoreboard for learning…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinI think you’ll agree that youth sports is becoming more and more competitive with a heavy focus on winning and losing. The problem is that we lose track of our true objective: ensuring that kids have a positive experience in order…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinAnyone who has done any type of training, whether it be for work, for fitness or for sports, know that training isn’t a “one and done” action. There is a lot of thought and effort that goes into training. The…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinWith high school basketball starting TOMORROW, there are a lot of things that you are probably working out to excel in tryouts. Working on you skills, your footwork and everything else it takes to be successful on the court, building…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinHave you ever dealt with a coach that didn’t mesh well with your athletes? Ever dealt with a coach who didn’t mesh well with you as a parent? Well, did you do your research? We had the pleasure of sitting…
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinNike Commercial Casting with Watts October 30, 2017 – Back in August many of you answered the call and tried out for the part of Dante in a national Nike commercial, with Watts Basketball. We saw a number of great…
Slick Watts; Man Of The Year 1976: Throwback Thursday
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedin On January 10th, 1976, Slick Watts was named Seattle’s ‘Man Of The Year’. Today, 43 years later, the award has expanded to the annual ‘Sports Star Of The Year Award’ which fittingly will be celebrating the…
Supersonics: A Celebration Of Seattle Basketball For 1 Night Only
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedin For a decade the loss of the Supersonics has left a void in Seattle. The franchise that helped define the culture of the Puget Sound by inspiring generations of athletes, artists, musicians, educators and business people alike has been…
5 Tips To Turn Setbacks Into Successes
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedin“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And…
Coach Watts Opens Up About Past Struggles On King 5 New Day
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinFor 22 years, Coach Watts has struggled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Although it has been talked about many times before between family and friends, he made an appearance on King 5 New Day Northwest to open up for the first…
Win or Lose, We Always Learn
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinAs coaches and adults working with children, one of our most important roles is to create lifelong learners and framing how to deal with success and failures is critical. Even more critical than that is establishing a scoreboard for learning…
4 Steps to Creating Lifelong Learners
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinI think you’ll agree that youth sports is becoming more and more competitive with a heavy focus on winning and losing. The problem is that we lose track of our true objective: ensuring that kids have a positive experience in order…
The Most Effective Training Process
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinAnyone who has done any type of training, whether it be for work, for fitness or for sports, know that training isn’t a “one and done” action. There is a lot of thought and effort that goes into training. The…
Are You Ready for High School Basketball Season?
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinWith high school basketball starting TOMORROW, there are a lot of things that you are probably working out to excel in tryouts. Working on you skills, your footwork and everything else it takes to be successful on the court, building…
5 Ways to Pick a High Quality Coach
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinHave you ever dealt with a coach that didn’t mesh well with your athletes? Ever dealt with a coach who didn’t mesh well with you as a parent? Well, did you do your research? We had the pleasure of sitting…
Want it all – Watts Basketball Casting for Nike
emailFacebookTwitterLinkedinNike Commercial Casting with Watts October 30, 2017 – Back in August many of you answered the call and tried out for the part of Dante in a national Nike commercial, with Watts Basketball. We saw a number of great…