basketball

February 8, 2018

Making time for skill development in practice

At the beginning of the season, you have many different things you must implement into your basketball practices, and unless you are fortunate enough to have a core group of returners to your program, you may have to reteach everything. You have to b...


January 30, 2018

Scouting the opposition

Tips for gathering and dissecting information that matters Scouting is agonizing for some coaches and simple for others, but the process of identifying tendencies of upcoming opponents is a lot easier for everyone if they have a system. Honey Brown,...


January 1, 2018

Winning Hoops’ most popular Xs/Os features of 2017

Winning Hoops has helped educate basketball coaches throughout the world for more than 32 years. With another year in the books, we thought we'd take a look back at some of our most popular Xs/Os features over the past 12 months. Here are the 12 art...


November 6, 2017

Poll: Should high school athletics have no-cut policies?

In October, Winning Hoops asked readers whether high school athletic programs should have no-cut policies. Some schools enforce no-cut policies as a way to increase involvement and assure every student the opportunity to reap the benefits of educatio...


October 30, 2017

Teaching your players to get tough

The most important virtue for any basketball player is talent. But what’s talent without the competitive spirit, or toughness, that consistently motivates your team and drives it to victory? Teaching your team to play tough and battle during every...


September 27, 2017

Reports: Rick Pitino, AD out at Louisville

UPDATE: Louisville interim president Greg Postel said during a press conference on Wednesday that coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich were placed on "administrative leave" and their employment "would be reviewed at a different date." P...


September 12, 2017

Tubby Smith offers three keys to program building

Memphis men's basketball coach Tubby Smith last weekend offered his keys to program building at a USA Basketball Coach Academy. Smith has coached high school and college basketball during his 45-year career, and during the 1997-98 season he led the ...


September 11, 2017

Poll: Are ‘misconduct warnings’ necessary for high school basketball?

High school basketball adopted a new rule that permits referees to stop the clock to give "misconduct warnings" to coaches and other bench personnel — an attempt to "change behavior and create a better atmosphere." What are your thoughts about the ...