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July 14, 2022
Jump Stops, Pivots, and V-Cuts
Having coached basketball at every level since 1970, including 21 years in the NBA, I always started with stops, starts, pivots, and v-cuts with every team I worked with. In presenting at coaches and player clinics since retiring from the NBA, I...
May 25, 2021
Integrating Small-On-Big Screens into your Offensive Schemes
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="671"] Photo: Wesley Sykes / Great American Media Services[/caption] This article discusses various types of off-the ball-screens that are set in various locations of the floor with a smaller offensive player...
May 24, 2021
Detroit Mercy WBB Head Coach Cleared after Internal Investigation
Last week, the University of Detroit Mercy athletic director Robert Vowels shared details into the school's internal investigation against women's basketball head coach AnnMarie Gilbert for allegations that her program disregarded COVID-19 protocol a...
March 30, 2021
Four-Minute Coaching Sessions
As the season ends, coaches take stock and rebuild for what is next to come with the new season. This four-minute coaching gameplan and tips just might help players understand and grasp your program's concepts better. During practice or summer camps...
March 9, 2021
Winning At Halftime Through Effective Adjustments
Legendary coach Mike Krzyzewski once stated “I have a plan of action, but the game is a game of adjustments. I believe all coaches go into a game with a well -thought out plan of attack. However, in order to win, they must adapt their strategy. Wh...
February 8, 2021
Study: Breakfast Can Lead to Improved Shooting in Basketball
It's long been stated that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Now, after reading a recent study from Kansas University, basketball coaches may be reminding their players of that old adage more and more. The study by KU researchers show...
February 1, 2021
The Best BLOB is no BLOB: An Alarming Discovery
After years of watching videos, reading articles, talking to coaching peers, analyzing game film, something strange happened. In my 24th year as a high school head boys’ basketball coach, I stumbled onto something that changed my whole view of o...
January 26, 2021
Developing Decision Making in Your Basketball Program
Just one off-the-court or on the court decision by a coach or player can affect a key game or an entire season. Think of all of the hours that you and your players spend before and during each season, so that you have the best team that you can have....
December 11, 2020
Coaching Aids in Basketball
Coaching for the last 50 years I have seen many different coaching aids — weighted balls, oversized balls, machines that measure arc, smaller rims, rebound rims, dribbling gloves, dribbling glasses, hand placement balls, shooting straps, to name a ...
December 9, 2020
Integrating Ball Screen-&-Rolls into Man Offenses
Ball screen-and-rolls have been a staple of offensive basketball for many years. When motion offenses became the craze in the 1970s, this fundamentally sound form of attack faded away for years. But it has come back and has become very popular agai...
If you can convince a candidate who was cut to serve, you will be getting someone who loves the game. After all, they did try out and they wanted to be a member of the team. Therefore, they have some knowledge of the game and some rudimentary skills which would be helpful in a manager.
Transitioning athletes into team managers
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At the conclusion of tryouts, coaches often have a major decision — ...