basketball

isolation
January 18, 2021

Get to the Line More with Isolation Plays

Isolations can be very effective in not only exploiting an opposing team’s individual player who has accumulated a high number of fouls late in the game but can also be very effective in actually getting teams in foul trouble during the early stage...


rim-run
January 7, 2021

Integrating Ball Screen & Rim-Runs into Man Offenses

Ball screen-and-rolls have become increasingly more popular in the last several years. Defensive-minded coaches have tried to counter this fundamentally sound offensive way of attack with various methods, such as switching the ball screen, hedging, h...


hawaii
January 5, 2021

Hawaii Cancels March State Championships

The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) is forgoing its March 2021 state championships under their modified calendar, affecting air riflery, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, outrigger canoe paddling, soccer, swimming and ...


minnesota
December 29, 2020

Minnesota High Schools Adopt Mask Use for Sports

High school sports in Minnesota will resume on January 14, but all games, matches, and meets will be completed with student-athletes required to wear masks. The news comes from the Minnesota Department of Health's updated guidelines for mitigating...


south carolina
December 14, 2020

Basketball Brings COVID Challenges for South Carolina Schools

The high school basketball season is already underway in South Carolina, and teams have already been met with positive COVID-19 cases and game cancelations. In a recent report from TheState.com, it was noted that roughly 170 of 394 public school v...


coaching
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 ...


nchsaa
December 7, 2020

Masks & No Jump Balls Highlight NCHSAA Protocols

Winter sports like basketball will be played in North Carolina high school gyms, but the games will have a different look to them for the 2020-21 season. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) announced late last week that ba...


hall of fame
December 2, 2020

NFHS Breakdown of States Playing Winter Sports

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) recently released its data on modifications of winter sports made by state associations across the country in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The post from the NFHS, shared l...