Skills without Drills – Part 11
Players: You want to bring something to the game – bring something to your team that can immediately affect the outcome of the game, but you don’t time to acquire a new skill like shooting, or point-guard-dribbling-abilities, or ten more pounds of muscle. These things take time – usually off-season time. What can you bring […]
Skills without Drills – Part 8
Players: You want to bring something to the game – bring something to your team that can immediately affect the outcome of the game, but you don’t time to acquire a new skill like shooting, or point-guard-dribbling-abilities, or ten more pounds of muscle. These things take time – usually off-season time. What can you bring […]
Skills without Drills – Part 3
Players: Here’s the situation: Season has begun and you find yourself wanting to bring something to your team that can immediately affect the outcome of the game. But you don’t time to acquire a new skill like shooting, or point-guard-dribbling-abilities, or ten more pounds of muscle. (Those kind of things take time – usually off-season […]
Skills without Drills – Part 2
Players- Here’s the situation: Season has begun and you find yourself wanting to bring something to your team that can immediately affect the outcome of the game. But you don’t time to acquire a new skill like shooting, or point-guard-dribbling-abilities, or ten more pounds of muscle. (Those kind of things take time – usually off-season […]
March 8: How to Play Defense without Fouling
E.S.P. stands for External Signs of Passivity. In this Full Timeout, Rick touches on the important of playing defense with your palms UP, instead of down. Take few minutes to learn how to increase your deflections and decrease your fouls!
March 5: How to Become a Great Defender
In one of Rick’s latest Full Timeouts, Rick breaks down concrete goals necessary to become a great defensive basketball player. Don’t get caught up using “coach speak”. Challenge your players with goals to become great defenders. Level 1 Defender Goals: 1. Keep the ball from being dribbled into the Highway (middle of the floor). 2. Keep […]
16 Defensive To-Do’s
Players: What can YOU do on defense, as an individual, each possession, regardless of your team’s defensive system? Here are 16 pro-active things you can do on almost every defensive possession. Be the initiator and not the reactor: 1. Bother the shot pocket. 2. If the ball is over their head, get body-to-body. 3. Force […]