basketball
Starting A Program From Scratch
As a team-building exercise, many coaches across sports today have their players get together, watch a movie, then discuss it afterward. Players tend to focus on how the characters struggled, survived, worked together and thrived. Typically, the movi...
Simple, man-to-man offense drives defenses crazy
This is a man-to-man offense we use when we aren't getting much out of our regular motion offense. It's a 5-man structured motion that utilizes the flex cut. It's effective because it uses different screens and creates plenty of opportunities to hur...
Don Meyer’s Mission
Early in Don Meyer’s 37-year coaching career, he attended Bobby Knight’s Coaching Academy…and came home with 145 pages of notes. There are a lot of words to describe Meyer, college basketball’s all-time leader in victories, and current head m...
Basketball: Making the 3-pointer a priority in your offense
Revered basketball coach Don Meyer coached squads that led the country in scoring average on five separate occasions. His teams typically featured a balance of low-post players who score close to the hoop, and outside sharp-shooters who pick up extra...
Wis. Hoops Team To Forfeit Game For Suspended Coach
The boys basketball team at Oconto High (Wis.) is planning to forfeit its nonconference game at Gillett tonight to show support for its coach, Mike Ruechel. Ruechel has been suspended indefinitely by the school after receiving a technical foul in Fri...
UConn’s Calhoun Taking Medical Leave
Tom Calhoun, the head men’s basketball coach at the University of Connecticut, is taking a medical leave of absence from the team. His physician said he has recommended Calhoun take this leave to "address some temporary medical issues, none of ...
Team Sets Texas Hoops Scoring Record By Netting 170 Points
Yates High (Texas) scored 170 points in a boys basketball game last night in a 170-35 victory over Lee High. Yates, which led 100-12, continued to press into the second half, causing the Lee coach Jacques Armant to say he felt "disrespected" and that...
Profile Of A Female Coach Of A Boys Varsity Hoops Team
It’s rare to see a woman as the head coach of a boys varsity team, especially basketball, but Kelly Anderson is challenging stereotypes at Ulen-Hitterdal High (Minn.) Only 63 women coached the 2,865 boys varsity teams in the state last year wit...