This week's Spotlight features Tim Grant. Coach Grant is the Varsity Girl's Basketball coach at Fort Meade Middle/Senior High School (Fort Meade, FL). I am currently coaching varsity girls basketball in Florida. When we started in November with a preseason classic, our offense was very stagnate....
I recently watched a lecture by Ed Tseng at a coaching clinic from last year. If you have never heard of him, he is a motivational psychologist (or Mental Trainer) that specializes in athletics. Below are a few highlights from his lecture that I absolutely loved: Some...
It's May and your season is over, now what? As coaches, we constantly tell our players that the Summer is where they improve their game and become better all-around players. However, sometimes we forget that we are the most important part of this equation. If we...
With Summer in the United States upon us, I wanted to provide some motivation to help you get over the hump and stay on task. If you want to be successful this winter, you have to put in the work this summer. At the start of...
Tom Kelsey is the Director of Basketball Operations for LSU Men's Basketball. At a recent PGC/Glazier Coaching Clinic he elaborated on 7 things every coach needs to consider to help them get the job they want. Tom is a part of the Better Basketball family...
Today's Tribe Spotlight features Tiffany Gonigam. Tiffany is the head coach of the Bureau Valley Storm girls basketball team. Just 2 years after back-to-back 1 win seasons, the Bureau Valley girls basketball team won a regional championship. Read and React made this possible. As an assistant...
Recently at a PGC/Glazier coaching clinic, PGC's Tyler Coston spoke on Capitalizing in Transition and used the acronym, RACECAR. RACECAR R ace the ball A rch to arch C ontrol (Race does not mean Rush) - Dynamic quick stop - “Time enough to say no” - “What would have been a better play?” C leverness =...
The following article comes to us courtesy of Spencer Wood and ICEBOX Performance. Don't Miss Part 1 Almost every coach and athlete has at one time or another instructed and/or played with a selfish teammate. Even for individual sports (such as throwing events in track, non-relay running events,...
This week's Tribe Spotlight features Donnie Mayes, Head Basketball coach of the La Monte Lady Vikings. Check out his website http://donniemayes.com. I started coaching basketball at the youth level in 1998. I pretty much coached the way that I was coached in High School. Most of the plays were...
Every few years we take our varsity team to the Embry-Riddle Team Camp. If you ever have a chance to bring your team to Florida for a team camp in the Summer, I highly recommend you take advantage of it. It is by far, one of the BEST...