Skills without Drills – Part 1
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 have 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 […]
Five Areas of Focus for the Pre-Season
One of the most important components to having a successful season is creating a plan for your program in the pre-season. There are endless areas of focus to plan for but the five main things that I typically like to focus on are: Coaching roles and responsibilities Offensive philosophy Defensive philosophy Rebounding philosophy Drills for […]
Rebound Like a Champion
The one component of basketball which I see slowly deteriorating in basketball is rebounding. Not only is the “scoring” mindset attributing to this, but a lot of players think that once a shot goes up the possession is over (both offensively and defensively). In terms of offensive rebounding, my philosophy is very simple. Unless you […]
Spacing & Rebounding
Whenever I find myself in a conversation about my favorite subject: the Read & React (are you surprised?), I will invariably talk about the 3 possible formations: 5 OUT, 4 OUT 1 IN, and 3 OUT 2 IN. Many of my coaching friends will respond with comments like: “5 OUT does not have an inside […]