Are You Leading Well?
Earlier today I had the rare chance to have lunch with Coach Michalski (Coach Mo) from Athletes in Action. Some of you probably know him and if you don’t, you should. He told a story with a profound ending. I’m not going to go into details about the actual story – that’s his to tell, […]
Enjoy the Break? (Or, When Things Don’t Go As Planned)
A few months ago, we decided to make some adjustments to our websites (the main BB site as well as the Tribe). It was time to make them faster, more flexible, and easier for you to use. It was time to make them easy to read on mobile devices, specifically the iPhone and iPad. So, […]
Cow Killers: Simple Layer 1 Read & React Warm Up
A few months ago, I wrote a post on killing Sacred Zombie Cows – getting rid of those drills that may be dear to your heart, but have long since lost their usefulness. I’m looking at you three-man weave! Anything that can be used to replace those Zombie Cows, I call Cow Killers. A few […]
The “We Don’t Play Backwards” Drill
Inspired by TJ’s emphasis on not playing backwards, Blue Devil came up with a creative drill and posted it in the forums. Thanks to both of you (and to MJL23 for adding to it). And, of course, I’ve added some additions as well (I couldn’t resist). Yesterday we came up with some solutions against a […]
How to Get Players to Buy into the Read & React
There’s a lot of great stuff going on in the forums… too much really to leave it alone, just sitting there. So, I’ve decided to post a forum inspired post every day for the next 5 days (there’s plenty more good stuff than that, but I thought I’d start there). Today is day 1, inspired […]
Tribe Spotlight: South Windsor Girls Travel Basketball
There are two types of Read & React coaches. Those that run it like a traditional offense and those that get it. So, this is a bit of an introduction to a coach and a program that you’ll see more of right here in the future. Well, actually, you’ve seen Coach Garcia (Uie) and his […]
North by East/West: A Statistical Question
Tonight, I have an assignment for all those geeky enough to take it. While everyone else is eating wings and nachos, take out your pen and a piece a paper and chart one thing from the championship game tonight. Ok, not just one thing, chart this specific thing. There are really only two directions that […]
Post Season Autopsy
Perhaps one the most important times for a coach is the weeks immediately following the season. During this time you get the chance to look at what worked and what didn’t, locate successes and failures, analyze all of it and make a rough plan for how to do better next season. This process isn’t always […]
Finding Gold in Your Season
Andrew Carnegie once said, “You may have to move tons of dirt to find a gold nugget, but when you start mining for gold, you overlook the dirt.” And that’s true – I’ve seen the gold mining documentaries (how’s that for research). Most of your seasons have finished and it’s time to unpack what was […]
2011 Read & React Clinic Launch
In just over a week, we’ll be packing up our bags and heading to the first Read & React clinic of 2011. It’s in Naples, FL so if you’re in the area or if you just want to escape the cold, please meet us there. We’re doing these clinics just a bit differently than we […]