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June 29, 2020
5 Basketball Drills For Youth Players
As sports, and basketball, prepare to resume athletic activities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, players have taken their team workouts and altered them to be done individually in a park or driveway. As restrictions begin to soften as it pertains to spo...
June 17, 2020
4 Tips for Balancing Basketball with Life & Studies
It can be stressful for student-athletes balancing success on the hardwood with success in the classrooms and everyday life. But the importance of being well-rounded cannot be denied — it's great preparation for whatever their future holds. And wh...
June 11, 2020
WABA’s Scottsdale Sirens Set Tryout Dates
The Scottsdale Sirens will be hosting pre-season tryouts for its newly founded professional women's basketball team. The organization is scouting women basketball players ages 18 and up. The team is the latest addition to the Women’s American Bask...
June 3, 2020
At-Home Basketball Drills for Young Players
The beauty of basketball is the simplicity of the game itself. All it takes to play is a person, a hoop, and a ball. That's it. So while many Americans are continuing to follow stay-at-home recommendations during the COVID-19 pandemic, that doesn't ...
May 21, 2020
Lessons learned from the MJ doc, ‘The Last Dance’
The spring of 2020 was a challenging one for basketball fans, players, and coaches. Both the men and women's NCAA tournaments were canceled. The NBA season was halted and it is unclear whether it will resume. The WNBA draft was held virtually, but th...
May 7, 2020
Using statistics in planning ahead
At the end of each season, coaches find themselves in a reflective mode. They look back at the season and can recall various events. While they have these memories fresh in their minds and videotape to refer to, statistics can be valuable as an asses...
May 6, 2020
Transformational over transactional coaching
Recently I heard the phrase “be a transformational coach” as opposed to being a “transactional coach.” What is the difference between the two? Transformational coaches try to impact the lives of the individual student-athlete in all areas...
February 25, 2020
9 effective teaching methods for coaches
Productive coaches spend 75% of their time teaching the sport to their players and the other 25% of the time coaching. With younger athletes, this gap increases with teaching becoming more important. [caption id="attachment_12463" align="alignright...
February 17, 2020
8 winning concepts programs must adopt
Field goal percentage, rebound margin, points off turnovers — these are all critical areas basketball teams must address to improve their chances of winning. Media outlets are notorious for sensationalizing game-winning shots, but I want to shed so...
November 18, 2019
Better blueprints for running a successful basketball program
One facet of coaching that must be addressed more often is the process of establishing a successful program. The product of all your hard work, of course, is the team and how it performs in any given season. The process of coaching encompasses more ...
Creating a checklist of tasks is the best way to keep track of maintenance work. Additionally, since crews may change from season to season, it’s good to have a detailed list of instructions to follow.![]()
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Creating a winning maintenance routine for your basketball courts
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Creating a checklist of tasks (and how often they need to be performed...