3 Questions Specifically For Youth and Travel Basketball Coaches
Here are three questions that any youth basketball coach should ask themselves well before the season begins:
read moreFour factors to having a great basketball season
You don’t have to go very far to read a silly blog post about how to get ready for the basketball season. Articles like the 75 things… the 47 things,... the 99 things…. to make sure that you are...
read moreTeaching players to protect the paint
You can’t let teams get into the paint, get offensive rebounds and second shots. These are basic principles of the game. But knowing this and reinforcing it with your players so that they ultimately...
read morereinforcing the value of effort when coaching basketball
TOO OFTEN, PLAYERS ARE MOTIVATED BY 1 STATISTIC: POINTS!
But,.... IS THERE A WAY TO REINFORCE THE VALUE OF EFFORT OVER THE VALUE OF POINTS THAT A PLAYER SCORES?
Yes, there is!
As many basketball...
How to conduct basketball tryouts
You want to give everyone a fair shake?
read moreTalent Development vs Talent Identification
Talent may be easy to spot, but how do you develop talent?
read moreHOW SKILL DEVELOPMENT COACH HELPS YOU
You are already a Skill Development Coach.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT COACH (the service) can’t replace you. Nothing ever will. A player will always need to meet with their Skill Development Coach (you!).
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THE SYSTEM
THE SYSTEM
So along the way, through about 100,000 hours, what I have learned as a coach is that no matter what I do, or what I know about basketball, or player development, technical skills,...
THE REAL PLAN
THE REAL PLAN
As a basketball trainer, you spend all that time improving YOUR PLAN. Your performance. Your teaching. Your instruction.
Details. Details. Details.
The right technical programming is...