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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Basketball - Medical and Other Analogies Apply

An analogy is a comparison between two different things that highlights meaningful similarities between them, often to explain or clarify a complex concept by relating it to something more familiar. (Claude.ai)

Medical expressions find their way into common language. 

Under the microscope. Everyone gets scrutiny - administrators, coaches, players, officials. Performance is measurable with both analytics and 'the eyeball test'. There's the view from afar, the 'bird's-eye view' and up close and personal. 

Ripping the Band-Aid off. Coaches face hard decisions on minutes and roles. The hard conversations generate the pain. 

Can't put the toothpaste back into the tube. Sometimes decisions are irretrievable. Cutting or trading players can't be walked back. 

Rock in the shoe. Some relationships are constant sources of irritation. They may force "ripping the band-aid off.  

Cancer in the locker room. Few players have issues of being such a negative influence that they have to be 'surgically removed'. Some argue that a recent Heat-Golden State Warriors trade was an example. 

DNA of the organization. Teams need talent, positive culture, and a clear identity to succeed. Organizational DNA could be defense first, exceptional unselfishness, or something unique. Erik Spoelstra preaches, "Be the toughest, nastiest, best-conditioned, most professional, least-liked team."

Death by 1000 cuts. The best teams pay attention to details. Failure to do so exposes the "historic" torture of slow, painful death by injuries that individually are not fatal. The accumulation of bad decisions, ill-advised shots, missed assignments, failed blockouts, missed free throws, and more add up. 

Hemorrhage. Small mistakes may result in an avalanche of blood loss. Teams have to stop the bleeding both physically and mentally.  

Heart of the team. Many expressions exist for key components - the engine, straw that stirs the drink, catalyst, a monolith, or the heart, the center of the circulatory system. 

Brain trust. The 'critical mass' of decision-making usually resides in a small group of administrators. For the championship Spurs, one might argue that was Duncan, Ginobili, and Parker.

Allergic to hard work. When a player or team resists the discipline and commitment needed to succeed, some describe them as 'allergic'. 

Lagniappe. Everyone loves a good BLOB.   

Lagniappe 2. Can terminology change mentality?  

Lagniappe 3. Durant teaches elite offense.  

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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Basketball- Need to Know

Heading into the playoffs, ask yourself "what does my team need to know now?" Only you and your players can know. Most times, players knowledge of the game is a lot less than we think.

Some common sense suggestions to share with them:

"Excellent teams play harder for longer" than lesser teams. Whether it's youth or professional basketball, focus and effort vary. Regret never comes from too much focus or playing too hard. 

"Give and get feedback" to know everyone is on the same page. The most painful losses occur with mental mistakes. Players miss shots and opponents make them. But the events leading up to those moments matter. Missed assignments and avoidable errors stay with us. 

"Do the math." Calculus tells us the game is the sum of a series of individual actions. Bad shots, turnovers, and fouls all kill dreams. 

"Avoid the deadly S's." Selfishness, softness, and sloth (laziness) are among the deadliest sins in basketball. Think back to the Bilas "Toughness" virtues:

  • "It's not your shot, it's our shot."
  • "Get on the floor." There are no 50-50 balls. 
  • "Play so hard that your coach has to take you out." 
Chances are that if our team has too many "S" players, there is no postseason or at best a short one. 

"Not everyone can be a great player. Everyone can choose to be a great teammate." Alan Williams was a walk-on at Wake...a player who had scored 51 points in a high school game. When he made the team, the equipment manager didn't grace him with a travel bag. Later he found one in his locker, that the star player had given him. 

"Tell a great story." Our athletic careers pass quickly. Create memories that last a lifetime. Roy Williams went to scout a recruit. The player fouled out and sprinted to the bench. He went to the water cooler to get water for teammates during the timeout. He got the scholarship. 

During the postseason in high school we played a 22-0 team in Boston Garden. Their top player, Dave Winey, became a Celtics draft choice. As we led by four, he took a jump shot from just beyond the short corner on the right. As he went up, I, positioned on the right wing, saw flashbulbs sparkling from the crowd. And our center, John Pacillo, met the ball at its peak and denied the shot as we won 47-41. I had an iconic, best view ever of that play. 

Sport teaches us to pay the price and earn memories unavailable to others. 

Lagniappe. ""If you look, I think you’ll find that wherever information is exchanged—wherever there are products, companies, careers, politics, knowledge, education, and culture—the best story wins." - Morgan Housel in "Same as Ever." 

Lagniappe 2. Nash shares. 

Lagniappe 3. Kelbick post-up tips. 

 Lagniappe 4. Our why has to overcome our why not. 

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Monday, February 17, 2025

Basketball and Mark Twain

Basketball lessons surround us. Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens) is one of our greatest authors and humorists. His wit and wisdom offer instruction for everyone.

  1. "Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else." Reading takes us anywhere, everywhere, and into the minds of great players, great coaches, and great characters living or dead. Books give us insight into Newell, Wooden, Smith, Knight, Carril and others worth study.

  2. "Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often." Success intersects character and competence. Brad Stevens seeks what he calls "competitive character" in players. How we impact teammates and winning becomes our legacy.

  3. "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Speaking 'greatness' to players doesn't guarantee they will fulfill their dreams. Become a person who lifts others up. People say "lift yourself up by your bootstraps." Sometimes we have to give people boots. In Adam Grant's book Give and Take, he explains that the people who do best are ambitious givers. 

  4. "Do something every day that you don’t want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain." David Mamet taught his children, "do something every day for your craft and something for your business." Commit to personal growth and that's likely to cause ripples that help others do the same. 

  5. "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." The person who "knows everything" deprives themselves of learning. The great philosophers often express their understanding of their limitations. Curiosity is the gift worth giving to our players and our peers. Players should never fear asking "why" we're doing something. 

  6. "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please." Knowing our limitations in knowledge and experience isn't hard. Walk into a library. Adopt and adapt from other coaches. Bill Parcells had a saying, "you are what your record says you are." 

  7. "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear." Turn anxiety into excitement. At the end of a close important game, Dean Smith told his players, "Isn’t it great to be playing in such a great game?" In Toughness, Jay Bilas explained how Duke lost a possession because he didn't go to the floor for the ball. Players have to learn to master fear of injury, fear of pain. Coach Saban explained to his players, "it takes what it takes." 

  8. "Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful of your life." John Wooden said this another way, "Make every day your masterpiece." Adopt "The Four Agreements," the fourth being "always do your best." Ideas surround us, a firehose of information. Learn to filter and drink from that. 

  9. "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection." I love practice. It's not only about the destination but the journey. Our best efforts applied daily allow us to approach the 'asymptote of excellence'.

  10. "Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you would rather have talked." Know the expression, "better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt." Stop underestimating life skills. Listening is a skill. Hard work is a skill. Kindness is a skill. Toughness is a skill. Being happy for another's success (mudita) is a skill.

Lagniappe. Practicing "live" with stakes is necessary for growth.   Lagniappe 2. I remember hearing a coach say that he saw a high school player working out thirty minutes before basketball camp practice getting up shot after shot.  The player's name? Stephen Curry. 

Lagniappe 3. Coaching is not a popularity contest. Parents will have reasons, sometimes good ones to be unhappy with our coaching. I think Coach Saban said something that if you want to make people happy, sell ice cream. 


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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Basketball - Extra Possessions

Create value in different ways as a possession ender (especially scores), possession saver, or both. 

Possession enders are the stars and possession savers can be the glue. 

Extra CARE - concentration, anticipation, reaction, execution - goes into extra possessions. The ability to read a play and react to the ball or getting into a passing lane can change everything. Seeing a ball handler turn his back and respond with pressure can change that possession. Helping when a teammate gets beaten can force a more difficult shot.  

Coaches see beyond the book into players' ability to impact winning. 

Extra Possessions Unseen in 'The Book'

Where do 'extra possessions' arise? "Extra" possessions correlate with extra effort, usually not measured in the usual scorebook. 

  • Turn 50-50 balls into 100 percent possession. 
  • Force turnovers (e.g. travels, bad passes, violations).
  • Be a pressure relief guy against the press. 
  • Take charges.
  • Force held balls. 
  • Save balls. 
  • Communicate beyond expectations. 
  • Avoid turning the ball over. 
  • Learn a specialty craft like inbounding the ball. 
  • Reduce "bad shots" to a minimum. 
"Coaches' eyes" see contributions beyond the book. Tracking them via an assistant or film review and sharing those positives with players energizes and rewards complementary players. 

Lagniappe. Don't underestimate special situations (end-of-quarter, end-of-game). From Morgan Housel's Same as Ever, "Nassim Taleb says, “Invest in preparedness, not in prediction.”"

Lagniappe 2. "Don't blame, don't complain, don't make excuses." - John Wooden  

Lagniappe 3. Get vision aligned. 

Lagniappe 4. Find reasons to believe. You've probably never heard of my favorite sports movie, "Saint Ralph," the "Rocky" of cross country. Sometimes nobody gives you a chance to win and you ignore them. 

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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Basketball - Adding Value

Basketball is open source. What hard-won lessons can add value for some coaches? 

1) Everyone benefits from coaching. Atul Gawande, an experienced, highly-trained surgeon shares how hiring a senior surgeon to oversee his surgery improved his skills. 

The AI take from Claude.ai, "The piece challenges the notion that medical professionals should be completely autonomous once they complete their training. Instead, it suggests that ongoing coaching could lead to better patient outcomes and continued professional growth."

Nobody is too good to learn. 

2) Reach out and get help. John Donne wrote, "no man is an island," and Coach John Calipari has an advisory group his "Personal Board of Directors" with whom he meets periodically for perspective and input.

This also includes networking in order to help players succeed after they leave our program. 

Find ways to help players achieve life dreams.

3) Be your own 'guy' because you can't be anyone else. Pete Newell said of coaches who install their coach's systems that it often results "in a poor copy of the original." Mr. Rogers shared, "look for the helpers." 

4) "Every day is player development day." - Coach Dave Smart  Player development impacts players powerfully and directly. Invest time in learning the wide variety of player improvement avenues - skill, strategy (including video study), physical training, and psychology/resilience.

Player development also means encouraging, monitoring, and enhancing academic performance. 

5) "Give and get feedback." Feedback-rich coaching gives us a chance at sustainable competitive advantage. Without feedback, we cannot be our best and cannot know whether players are on the same page. With hard conversations, always have another adult present. 

6) Learn every day. "Be a learn-it-all not a know-it-all" says Kevin Eastman. Keep a journal or a 'commonplace book' to help with our personal growth and our players'. 

7) "Read. Read. Read. Read. Read." Read widely. The differences between the person we are now and whom we become in five years are the people we meet and the books we read. 

It doesn't cost a fortune to read. Local and area public libraries often have "free" online books available to borrow. I use BPL.com (Boston Public Library) and area apps "Libby" and "Hoopla." 

I'm reading 23 1/2 Lies by James Patterson and Same as Ever by Morgan Housel both via online library loans.  

8) Seek balance. Coaching is a demanding and sometimes obsessive profession. Care of our family and self-care can both suffer under coaching demands. 

Ask "how can I help?"

9) Improve our teaching. Multiple free or low cost resources are out there. I took the free Coursera course, "Learning How to Learn." Doug Lemov's book, "Teach Like a Champion," is great. Dr. Fergus Connolly's "Game Changer" is another wonderful resource. 

Find what works for you.

10) Adopt a 'growth mindset'. Our personal mindset overflows into how we model excellence for players. There's no secret sauce. Explore different techniques, ask a lot of questions, and track our progress by soliciting feedback. People can embrace our approach, adopt a bit, or ignore it because they have something that works better for them. "Are we building a program or a statue?" 

Lagniappe. Harden teaches his reads. 

Lagniappe 2. Consistency wins. 

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Lagniappe 3. Hubie. 
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Friday, February 14, 2025

Basketball - A Trick Up Your Sleeve?

Utility separates age and experience. Knowledge is not wisdom. Everyone processes differently.

Examine how craft separates good from extraordinary.

1) Hold something back (offense). During a postseason game long ago, Pentucket Coach McNamara held Iverson action (staggered screens) back until the fourth quarter, then unleashed it with a few point lead. They ran it twice for five points. 


2) Hold something back (defensively). Although it was a low stakes (not meaningless) summer league game, we had experienced high school players. I explained the 2-2-1 three-quarter court trap and advised the girls to keep the ball out of the middle and trap the primary trap zones. Four possessions forced three turnovers converted into scores. 

3) Ask for more. Missing our best player, I asked every player for a little more, one more rebound, one more defensive stop. Although we were underdogs, the girls gave a little bit more and came out ahead. In an even bigger situation, I've asked them to sign a pledge saying they would give their best. It never hurts to ask. 

4) Excel at special situations, BOBs, SLOBs, ATOs. Devote the final portion of every practice to special situations via three possession games - offense-defense-offense. Attack with them. 


SLOB - ZIPPER - BOOMERANG - ROLL. Zipper entry with boomerang (return) to inbounder and rolling post entry. These were only 7th graders. 

5) Do the unexpected. In a given situation, go offense-defense with substitutions. Close and late, put a big on the inbounder to take away lobs and add stress to the passer. 

6) Teach the unexpected. We lost a title game in the Navy when a defender pulled a player down on him, simulating a charge. Teach players never to allow themselves to be dragged down by someone trying to draw a charge. 

7) Self-scout. Where do you allow points and where do you score them? Some teams never run the pick-and-roll, complex screens (screen-the-screener, backscreen-the-roller), or reject the ball screen. Run more hard to defend actions. 

8) Know your role. At some point we may 'age out' of coaching. That doesn't preclude being a mentor or a mensch. A former attorney patient told me that the only advantage of age is knowing more answers. Unfortunately, he said that fewer people want to listen to us. 

9) Write it down. Got an idea? Grab it. Have practice sheets, a drill book, playbook, and notebooks. The faintest stroke of a pen is more permanent than memory. 

Lagniappe. Protect the ball. "Turnovers kill dreams." 
Lagniappe 2. Warm up better. 
Lagniappe 3. Something to think about. 
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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Basketball: Just Some of the Many Aspects of Coaching

It takes arrogance to believe that our coaching is superior to the next person's. What's the definition of success? It depends. Success might mean winning, championships, player development, "personal growth," or combinations. 

Character and competence favor sustainable competitive advantage. Remember Mike Lombardi's description of "football character" in Gridiron Genius. "Moss displayed another Belichick staple: mental toughness, which the Patriots define as “doing what is best for the team when it might not be best for you.” In New England, Moss was a “program guy”: someone who works hard, is a supportive teammate, and cares deeply about winning. In other words, someone with football character."

Have clear direction. Having a clear philosophy provides coaches with a 'north star'.  Developmental coaches shouldn't put winning first. We promoted TIA - teamwork, improvement, and accountability. Don't play for the community, your family, or your school. Play for the girl next to you. 

Get everyone on the same page with clarity, simplicity, and feedback. That's a tall order. Coaching is not criticism; lessons belong to everyone on the team. 

Culture frames the totality of our team ecosystem. A frame displays a picture, but not the universe. Getting players and coaches to feel ownership and belonging in the picture challenges us. That involves working on beliefs, attitudes, and values. 

Teamwork breaks barriers among individuals. Adolescents have 'egocentricism', a natural problem seeing others and the world as others do instead of how we do. We choose to be selfish or selfless. Choose team.

Teach. Coaches are educators. Know our subject, age-appropriate communication, and study teaching methods. 

Condition. Excellent teams have exceptional conditioning. Conditioning within drills has efficiency advantages. 

Player development. Player development matters at every level of basketball. Unless our coaching relies on spectacular recruiting, success for teams, players, and ourselves relies on growth.  

Game planning. With the widespread availability of video, coaches have the opportunity if not obligation to 'teach to the test'. With young players, we may not have worked against half court pressure or certain types of zone defenses. With limited practice time, decide about the value of specialty teaching. Are we practicing to win or to develop? 

Putting the team in position to succeed. This is an overarching responsibility - preparation, practice, game planning, game management. 

Sportsmanship. After a player on our team received a cheap shot, another asked, "do you want me to taker her out?" I said, "you mean, like to lunch?" Be specific about "this is who we are and that is not how we play." Coaching "dirty" play disrespects the game. 

Other challenging roles exist - psychology (relationships with players and parents), discipline, community relations, fundraising, and more. And yet we know, "any idiot with a whistle can coach." 

Lagniappe. Something different from 'shell' drill. 

Lagniappe 2. I hold high irritation and no fascination with neediness. That is not Cooper Kupp. 

Lagniappe 3. Denial is easy. "I don't have good players. They're not tough. They're too young. They have a low basketball IQ. They're undisciplined. They won't work hard enough." 

 Lagniappe 4. Run some hard to defend actions. 

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Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Finding Basketball Edges

Success demands edges. 

  • Academics - organization, focus, spaced repetition, self-testing
  • Poker - understanding odds, game play, 'reading' tells
  • Investing - fundamentals of valuation, technicals, psychology, accumulation, expectancy. US Senators historically dramatically outperform the market because of unique access.  
  • Campaigning - message, opposition research, polling, "ground game" 
  • Invention - imagination, persistence, analogies

What is your edge as a player or a coach? Consider some possibilities:

  • Knowledge 
  • Teaching ability 
  • Player development
  • Game management 
  • Experience 
  • Psychology  
  • Recruiting

Sustainable competitive advantage includes recognizing both edges and what are not. 

Intelligence per se is not an edge. Mentoring is. Lawrence Frank was a student manager at Indiana under Coach Bob Knight. Frank became an NBA head coach. 

People. Players are the ultimate edge with a variety of skills, intensity, work ethic and what Brad Stevens calls competitive character. 

Strategy (includes organization). Excellent players make proper reads as individuals and teams, play with tempo appropriate to score and situation, and have the flexibility to adjust on the fly. 

Technology. Teams and players have access to similar technology including video study, analytics, sport psychology, strength and conditioning. Everyone won't derive the same benefit. It requires self-awareness to identify need areas. Apply "old fashioned" tech like shot charts and turnover counting and trending. 

Operations. Operations means execution, both what and how much we do. Turnovers result from either poor decisions or flawed execution. I watched a college game recently where the team had three consecutive three-point airballs (shot turnovers). If we can't execute, it makes little sense to worry about Xs and Os. But if we can execute, use more hard to defend actions such as pick-and-roll, urgent cutting, and complex screening (screen-the-screener, Iverson actions, Spain action). 

Work ethic and court sense. Play harder for longer. Focus on making teammates better, unselfish play, and aggression to impact winning. 

Lagniappe. How good is our spacing? 

Lagniappe 2. Coach Bob Knight opposed "free shooting." The more competitive that we practice, the more realistic the results. The same goes for ball handling and defending.  

Lagniappe 3. How competitive are our players? Players who play only offense don't have enough competitive character at that point in time. They may develop it but coaches have to demand it. If players don't go to the floor, set poor screens, and never take charges those are all deficiencies in competitive character. 

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Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Basketball - Get Better On the Cheap

Spare us the "when I was a kid," because it's irrelevant. Let's discuss 'free' resources to develop:

  • Skill
  • Strategy
  • Physicality
  • Psychology
Skill. Start with Camp Driveway. Having a hoop in the driveway doesn't help if you don't use it. 
  • First, schedule the time. Track the time. Review. (Pick, Stick, and Check)
  • Work out with a friend or teammate. You build relationships, compete, and drag two people higher. You have a passer/rebounder and a defender/competitor. 
  • Plan your workouts from warmup, to specific skill development. 
Here's something I sent out awhile back. If someone's attitude is, whoa, I can never learn that, so be it. 

2. Compendium
Attack mentality. Choose from a 'menu' of improvements. Invest the time to review multiple videos. You don't need to develop every one. 
3. Box drills  (absolutely great drills) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwmyJF0s6gA&t=1s
4. Athleticism drills  (sport rewards explosive athletes)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szJXg72tyZ8&t=437s

Strategy.
  • Watch and study basketball.
  • YouTube videos. 
  • Study great teams, players, and coaches (pro and college). 
  • Study 'specialty' areas...e.g. offensive rebounding. 
  • Study Xs and Os. 
  • Read some great basketball books... 
  • Ask "Artificial Intelligence" about any of the above
For example, I asked ChatGPT for key points from Dean Smith's book Basketball Offense and Defense

Offensive Principles

  1. Team-Oriented Play – Smith emphasized unselfish basketball, where every offensive action serves a purpose for the team rather than individual stats.
  2. Multiple Offenses – Rather than rigidly sticking to one system, he believed in adjusting based on personnel and opponents, incorporating the passing game, shuffle offense, and flex actions.
  3. Spacing & Timing – Good offense relies on proper spacing to create passing lanes and open shots, along with precise timing of cuts and screens.
  4. Fast Break Efficiency – He detailed a structured primary and secondary fast break that allowed teams to push the pace while maintaining control.
  5. Shot Selection & Discipline – Taking high-percentage shots within the team’s offensive flow was paramount. Players needed to understand their role in the system.
  6. Player Movement & Screening – He emphasized constant off-ball movement, proper screening angles, and reading defenders to create advantages.

Defensive Principles

  1. Man-to-Man Defense as a Foundation – While he used zone principles situationally, his philosophy revolved around tough, disciplined man-to-man defense.
  2. Help Defense & Rotations – Every player had a responsibility to provide help and recover, ensuring that no one was left on an island defensively.
  3. Communication & Accountability – Talking on defense and holding teammates accountable for positioning was essential.
  4. Defensive Transition – A great defense starts with preventing easy transition points by sprinting back and matching up properly.
  5. Adjustments & Scouting – He believed in tailoring defensive strategies to counteract opponents' strengths, including trapping, denying passes, or switching coverages.
  6. Taking Charges & Hustle Plays – Effort-based defensive actions, like taking charges and diving for loose balls, were a staple of his teams.

Coaching & Leadership

  1. Discipline with Freedom – He gave players structured freedom, where they could make reads but within a disciplined framework.
  2. Mental Preparation – His teams were always mentally ready through detailed scouting, visualization, and understanding opponents’ tendencies.
  3. Character Development – He prioritized shaping players into great teammates and individuals, not just basketball players.
  4. Practice with Purpose – Every drill and scrimmage had a goal, whether reinforcing fundamentals or simulating game situations.
Physical development. 

There's no definitive treatise on speed, strength, quickness, and conditioning. It's not enough to play a lot. In many climates, you can't play outdoors year round. 

Don't limit yourself to basketball ideas. Volleyball shares a lot of great sites for strength and power development. 


Psychology. Mindfulness training for focus, resilience, and relaxation has objective benefit. NBA greats like Jordan, LeBron, and Kobe relied heavily on their mental training. The best book I've read on mindfulness training was Search Inside Yourself. The daily commitment is small, ten to fifteen minutes to reduce anxiety and depression, improve focus, and improve sleep. 

Lagniappe. Take it from a champion. 
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Monday, February 10, 2025

Basketball - Hubie Brown Swan Song

Ageless Hubie Brown completed his NBA broadcasting career yesterday doing color for the Bucks-Sixers contest before the Super Bowl.  


Brown was twice NBA Coach of the Year and will always be remembered for his teaching. 

  • “When you play at a slow pace, you must shoot a high percentage.”
  • “January and February (in the NBA) are dog days. This is where you’re never an underdog if you’re a team with potential. Emerging teams can steal games because top teams are not paying attention.” 
  • “The notoriety of a coach is directly proportional to his team’s execution under pressure.” 
  • “The greatest sin a coach can commit is to allow kids to slide by. This goes for the classroom as well as the court.”
  • “You’re always a half step away from the street.”
Lessons: 


Keys to winning with less talent: (highlights) 

a) Control defensive boards

- Sounds easy but it isn't
 
b) Get more shots
 
- Force turnovers
- Offensive rebounding
 
c) Get to the foul line

2) Principles (highlights)
  • You try to tell guys, will you please wait 'til the screener is set?
  • You must remember, young players, who are you fouling?
  • Your man leaves you, you cut to the front of the rim
  • If you front the low post or gamble for a steal, it's a layup
  • Whenever the defensive team fronts the low post, you must clear out the opposite side low box defender
  • You cannot leave your feet unless you are shooting the ball
  • You never start the fast break until you get the rebound
3) Beating the zone (video)

4) Winning with young players (video) conversely, poor rebounding and turnovers kill your dreams 

5) Defense (part of a series) 


Brown appears on many terrific YouTube videos, clinics, and appearances at camps like Five Star. It's worth the effort to survey some. 

Lagniappe. Exploit gaps. 

Lagniappe 2. "Movement kills defenses." 

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