I created this Read Line drill for practice this weeks, basing it off of the newly defined scoring opportunities Rick created in the NEW Read & React. I needed to modify the drill from only three players to our entire team to allow for more repetitions in our smaller...
This week on the Tribe Spotlight we are featuring Keith Mondillo, Head Women's Basketball coach and Athletic Director at Gwynedd Mercy University. Gwynedd Mercy University is a small private University located 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia. We are an NCAA Division III school which has 19 Intercollegiate...
Here are five things to consider when defending the pick & roll. Where The location of the screen is extremely important as it can alter your coverages and rotations. Who Who is setting and receiving the pick is the 2nd factor that ultimately determines who the action will be...
As both a coach and a father, I want to offer my 16 Rules for Basketball Parents: Parents… you must embrace the fact that this is your child’s journey - not yours. Do not live vicariously through them. Put your focus on being a supportive and...
In today's ever competitive sports world, programs and more so coaches, are being measured only by their level of success on the court. Yet wins and losses should only be a very small part of how a program's success is viewed. Recently I listened to Embry-Riddle's head...
You build a complete basketball player the way you build a pyramid. It doesn’t matter how athletic a player is, if they aren’t skilled, they won’t be very good. It doesn’t matter how athletic or skilled a player is, if they have a low I.Q., they won’t...
Courtesy of Jon Gordon. Over the years I've heard many stories from people who read The Energy Bus about how they dealt with Energy Vampires. Some successfully transformed them. Others let them go so they could no longer sabotage the team. And some unfortunately abused their power by...
The following article comes from Texas A&M men's basketball Special Assistant, Mitch Cole. *Most of you already have a plan and have begun the pre-practice season, but below are some areas in which coaches can prepare players both physically and mentally for the start of practice: PRE-TEST MEASUREMENTS/ POST...
Courtesy of Inc.com. In football, when a new leader gets hired, it's usually because his predecessor wasn't successful. Here's what Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells has learned about entering a losing situation, and turning it around. How can one new leader enter a losing culture and...
Last season prior to Super Bowl XLIX, Inc. magazine sat down and talked with Russell Wilson's trainer Jonathan Brooks. Brooks shared three traits that help make Wilson a poised, resilient performer under duress. 1. He practices the art of getting out of his comfort zone. "I was...