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Planning for late-game situations
Factors like timeouts, defensive matchups and personnel must be considered How many basketball games have you watched or been involved in where the outcome of a close game is determined by just a couple of plays? Both teams may be equal in talent ...
Teaching proper shooting fundamentals
Footwork, finishing develop a player’s scoring abilities In order to teach young players the proper fundamentals of shooting the basketball, we must create a foundation that we can build upon. It will be on this foundation that we begin to creat...
Developing a winning practice strategy
Practice is the setting in which coaches have the most control over the success of their teams. While the public may notice a game-winning inbound play or a switch to a zone defense, the true value of a coach lies in their ability to develop fundamen...
Keeping locker rooms free of diseases, infections
The majority of coaches and athletes understand why they need to be cautious about locker room diseases and infections, but not all schools have policies to help keep them safe. MRSA and other diseases can derail a team’s season, forcing several...
5 ways to combat the preseason grind
From August to November, our basketball team is in the preseason grind. If we’re all honest with ourselves, by the time October rolls around we’re ready for games. One of the coaching challenges I face daily is keeping our team energetic and foc...
How Ryan Odom and UMBC upset No. 1 Virginia
No. 1 seeds carry a 135-1 record in the opening round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Their single loss came earlier this year, when the University of Maryland Baltimore County shocked the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers, a team that most pu...
Teaching players to attack opponents with both hands
Unless an aspiring young basketball player is lucky enough to be born ambidextrous, a tough learning experience lies ahead. As every coach knows, to be truly successful, a player must be able to cut, pass and dribble equally well to both the right an...
Use technology to take you forward as a basketball coach
The offseason is a time for evaluation and correction. Whether you run a program that just won a championship or one that struggled to win a single game, it’s the one thing all teams have in common before next fall. Where you differ is how you go ...
