March 26: Court Vision: The Trained Eyes of a Head Coach (Part 1)
Several years ago Yahoo Sports wrote an article about Jason Kidd’s move to the bench, I thought a point raised would be the perfect topic to write about: How different a coaches vision is from a players’. As a potential future Hall of Fame point guard who spent 18 years in the NBA and winning an […]
March 22: Transition Offense & Attacking from the Arc
Several years ago University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan spoke on how the Gators Utilize the 3-Point Shot vs Man and Zone Defenses. Below is a small portion of his lecture: We try to gain an advantage at the three-point line by creating situations offensively by using it and by taking it away defensively. […]
March 18: What Makes a Great Point Guard
University of Florida head coach Billy Donovan shares 3 Things Great Point Guards Must Consider Every Possession down the floor. 1. Who’s Hot? – A great point guard will realize when their teammates are in rhythm and need to continue to feed them the ball. They realize it is not their time to take over the […]
March 4: Florida Gators’ Press Defense
The following article is taken from current Florida Gators Assistant Coach Matt McCall‘s lecture at PGC’s 2014 Clinic in Atlanta. To press, you must be committed to it and work on it every day! Always put your most athletic player on the ball (That won’t wear down/get tired) 2 Objectives to Accomplish Make fatigue a factor (Don’t […]
Staying Inside the Rope
Too often when teams at all levels start achieving success, the players (and some coaches) start to think they are invincible and let their guard down and are no longer “on edge”. Along with this cockiness, comes the groupies and cancers to your team. They come in all shapes and forms: friends, girlfriends/boyfriends, family, media, […]
