Hardwood Hustle Podcast: Using Profanity (Part 2: Players)
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) extend their debate from the previous episode and discuss whether or not it’s ever acceptable and/or appropriate for high school basketball players to use profanity. This episode gets respectfully heated because Adam and Alan once again have very different […]
Hardwood Hustle Podcast: Using Profanity (Part 1: Coaches)
In this of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) tackle a very controversial and highly debated topic – is it ever acceptable and/or appropriate for high school basketball coaches to use profanity? This episode gets intense because Adam and Alan have very differing viewpoints on this issue! Listen Now […]
Hardwood Hustle Podcast: Controlling the Controllable
In Episode #5 of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) discuss the only areas in life we all have 100% control over – attitude and The 3 E’s (Effort, Energy and Enthusiasm). They share insight on why worrying about things you have no control over will distract you […]
Hardwood Hustle Podcast: Success is a Choice
In this episode of the Hardwood Hustle Basketball Podcast, Alan Stein (Stronger Team) and Adam Bradley (Ball Hogs Radio) tackle the question, ‘who is responsible for your development?’ So often, basketball players and coaches make excuses for their lack of progress by blaming it on circumstance (not enough money, don’t have connections, etc.). But as they explain, ‘winners […]
Drilling the Da Vinci Way
One of the questions I hear most often as a Read & React Coach is, “How often do you work on defense?” My answer is that we are almost ALWAYS working on defense. Very rarely do we work on offensive fundamentals or habits without introducing a defender to simulate a game situation. It is said […]
Circle Movement Shooting
Many of our drills are designed to work the habit of Circle Movement even if we haven’t yet taught Circle Movement in Layer 4. We do it in Full Court Trips during Trip 3 (Reverse Dribble), and our ‘Circle Movement Shooting Drill‘ is another that does the same, which allows us to install it on Day 1. […]
Full Court Trips
Many in the Tribe have asked about the Full Court Trips Drill listed in the Master Practice Plan from my last post, ‘Do You Have a Master Plan?‘ Since this is the first drill we do just about every practice, it is appropriate for it to be the first drill detailed in this series. We work […]
Do You Have a Master Plan?
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought” -SUN TZU The questions that Read & React coaches collectively have on their minds as they begin their respective seasons seem to be centered around practice planning. For those who have the Planning the R&R Practice DVD Set, you […]
A Phoenix with the Sickness of a Heretic
Scott’s flattering introductory post, Welcome To a New Beginning, made me pause to reflect on how I got my start in coaching. A devastating knee injury put an end to my playing career in high school and, unbeknownst to me at the time, laid the groundwork for the most rewarding and fulfilling career I could […]
Bounce Off Drill Series, Part 3: 5 Man Drills
Here is the final installment of Rich Czeslawski’s Bounce Off Drill Series. Check out Part 1 and Part 2 – together these three create a progression. You know how much we at Better Basketball love progressions! Rich doesn’t just write for the Tribe either, he has his own blog, which is worth spending some time […]