coaching basketball
February 5, 2010
McKnight Is Winningest Hoops Coach In Calif. History
Despite being thousands of miles from home, Mater Dei (Calif.) head boys basketball coach Gary McKnight, won his 844th career game Monday night to make his the all-time winningest coach in California history. Mater Dei defeated Hyattsville DeMatha (M...
February 5, 2010
Iowa Coach Returns, Wins, Suspends Player Indefinitely
After not coaching Iowa for the last couple of weeks after a recovering from a surgical procedure on his carotid artery, Todd Lickliter returned to the Hawkeyes bench Saturday. Iowa beat Drake, 71-67. However, later Saturday evening, guard Anthony Tu...
February 5, 2010
Hoops Coach, Mother Of 4, Has Inoperable Brain Cancer
Heather Sugg, the Beamer High School (Wash.) girls basketball coach, 36, found out recently that she has inoperable brain cancer. Instead of wallowing in self-misery, she is fighting for every day of her life. Read her incredible story at the link be...
February 5, 2010
Hoops Coach OK After Car Hit By Train
Mike Hoganson, the head girls basketball coach at Detroit Lakes High (Minn.) was in his car when it was struck by a Canadian Pacific Soo Line train Saturday. Hoganson’s car was sliding down a hill into an intersection with the train tracks. His...
February 5, 2010
Frosh Coach Suits Up To Play, Entire Staff Fired
Last month, San Gabriel High (Calif.) freshman girls basketball coach, Jannie Han, allegedly suited up and played in a junior varsity game. All coaches on staff, including varsity head coach Manny Flores and JV coach Mark Ho, have been fired for cove...
February 3, 2010
Hoops Coach With Breast Cancer Goes For Win No. 500
Kathy Snyder, the head girls coach at Southern Regional (N.J.) is going for win No. 500 tonight. Snyder has been battling breast cancer a few years ago.http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/girlsbasketball/index.ssf/2010/01/new_jersey_girls_basketball_snyd...
January 6, 2010
‘Shamrock’ zone offense unlucky for defenses
The "Shamrock" zone offense is an effective series for when you want to move the ball around quickly, find holes in the zone, get the ball into the low post use the high post to drive open up passing lanes, or swing the ball to the weak-side cutter. ...
October 2, 2009
Basketball: Principles for attacking zone defenses
The zone defense remains the scourge of our basketball coaches. Many of them simply rely on superior talent to break all the zone defenses they face. Other coaches use (1) complicated offenses with "rocket-science" theories, (2) the zone def...
I believe there are five principles to strength train football athletes to physically prepare them for the demands and rigors of the game: PUSH-PULL-SQUAT-HINGE-SPRINT.
Strength training principles for football athletes
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To be successful as a team in football, you must train your athletes t...