Screening Angles for Success
As coaches, we are always looking for new plays to put our players in scoring situations and ultimately win more games. These plays usually come from 1 of 3 sources, DVD, clinics (notes), or live television. Every coach is able to teach their players plays, but not every coach teaches the play to be most effective. I […]
Leadership within USA Basketball
Last year several prominent college basketball coaches joined together to form the USA Basketball Leadership Council. The following Q/A illustrates how many of the best minds in the game view leadership. WHAT IS TOP LEADERSHIP LESSON YOU’VE LEARNED? GINO AURIEMMA: I can’t control what I can’t control. I can prepare my players and spend a […]
Coach K: Importance of Leadership and Teamwork
Duke and USA National Team Basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski spoke to a group of Army officers and soldiers several years ago at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. While the video is over an hour and a half long, it is full of off the chart material and I am going to share one very cool concept he […]
Train with Purpose
Purpose [pur-puhs] Noun: the reason for which something exists or is done, made, used, etc. an intended or desired result; end; aim; goal. determination; resoluteness. Verb (used with object) to set as an aim, intention, or goal for oneself. to intend; design. The above is an abbreviated definition of the word purpose from Dictonary.com. “The reason for which […]
5 Defensive Tactics
Earlier this month we attended the PGC/Glazier clinic in Chicago and Sam Allen elaborated on this topic. 1. Team Symmetry Defense starts when the ball is shot (our team shoots) Transition Defense= First 3 (First 3 steps must be explosive)= “The Transfer” I Formation= Protect the highway inside-out Offensive Board Coverage= 3, 4, 5 crash…1 […]
Communicating the Read & React
Here’s the situation. A coaching friend of yours likes what he or she sees in the Read & React. They ask you about it and as you begin to explain, their eyes glass over and you can tell that you’re not connecting. Or, you make an explanation and as soon as they begin to comment […]
Tribe Spotlight: Fort Meade High School
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. We lost our first game to a large school […]
Motivating Your Players to Higher Levels
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 days your players may only be able to […]
Do You Have a Post-Season Plan?
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 as coaches are not trying to improve ourselves, then we […]
Basketball Motivation for Players
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 next school year, will you be able to say […]