There’s a lot of talk about the brilliance of Brad Stevens and the plays that he runs coming out of timeouts. It seems as if the Celtics are constantly scoring out of timeouts. While Stevens certainly deserves the accolades he gets for his ATOs, that’s about 1% of the brilliance Read more…
For some reason, there’s a negative stigma around older players being drilled on the fundamentals of the game, and I’m here to put an end to that. Quite simply, if you’re coaching basketball, you should never stop teaching and drilling basketball fundamentals, because your players can NEVER be too good Read more…
Archie Miller’s Indiana team fought tooth and nail against #16 Ohio State, but were a last-second three-pointer away from securing the victory. Within the game, Indiana gave Ohio State multiple different looks at half court sets that tried to isolate Ohio State’s weaknesses. These sets are highlighted in the video Read more…
The Indiana Pacers have been found a lot of success in the 2017-18 season with their offensive execution. They’ve far surpassed most experts’ expectations of how they were going to perform this season, and a lot of that is because their offense has been completely revamped. Below are some of Read more…
Whether you’re coaching basketball as a youth coach or at the college level, backdoor plays work. When defenses are pressuring you, one of the easiest ways to get a bucket is by running a set for a backdoor. This typically involves clearing out a side and sending a player backdoor Read more…
Basketball practice is the best place for you to develop your team and improve individual skills. But what if there was a way to actually speed up skill retention and have your players prepared for game action? How many times have you drilled skills over and over in basketball practice, Read more…
When you’re coaching basketball, it may be hard to comprehend just how important earning your player’s trust is to your team. Not only is it important, but it can also be difficult to accomplish.
Instead of going through an entire season without building rapport and trust with your team, make a conscious effort to do so. It goes a long way.
In this post, we highlight nine ways to earn your player’s trust. (more…)
When we’re coaching basketball, it’s easy for us to constantly get wrapped up in the X’s and O’s of the game. We spend countless hours trying to figure out how we can gain a competitive advantage on our opponents. We get frustrated when players don’t execute properly, or don’t go Read more…
Stop forcing your players to run the mile as a part of their basketball conditioning. While I think there is a place for the mile in your workouts, I think that’s more about competition and mental toughness than it is basketball conditioning. Think about what your players need to be Read more…
When you’re coaching basketball, there’s no telling what types of parents you’ll run into.. Somewhere in the last decade or two, youth sports have developed several problems, and often times parents are at the forefront of the issues. Don’t get me wrong – coaches with improper motives can be just Read more…