Use Everything in Our Coaching

Elevate flavors. Steal from everywhere. Inspire players to catch up with our game vision. Be concrete. 

Verbal. Every team has unique language. 

• Pick-and-roll coverage - (ice/blue, hedge/show/fake trap, blitz/trap)
• (No) Middle, (No) Paint, Force 
• Delay game - Dartmouth, "4"

Visual. Demonstrate your reads and deception.

• What signals a slip on a PnR? E.g. defender shoulder above yours.
• Attacking the front hand/foot.
• Eye fakes, ball fakes to reject ball screens. 

Video.

• Limit the number of clips. Stay fresh.
• "Lessons apply to everyone."
• Show positive clips, too. 

Chunking...show static images (what do you see and what do you expect?)

The screener defender is in drop coverage and the ball defender fights over the top. Will the the screener relocate/pop?

Diagrams. "A picture is worth a thousand words."

"Where are the primary trap zones?"

"Force to tape." Physically placing tape during practice helps, too. 

Music. Music can simulate crowd noise or increase player energy. 

Bon Jovi,  "you can't win..."

Or up the energy with David Dallas' "Runnin'". 

Borrow from other disciplines (analogy).

• Achieve "escape velocity" with more skill or team play. 
• Figuratively "break ankles" with change of direction/pace
• He's as cool as the other side of the pillow. 
• Add marginal gains (e.g. British cycling) "They even painted the inside of the team truck white, which helped them spot little bits of dust that would normally slip by unnoticed but could degrade the performance of the finely tuned bikes."

Experience

• "Love our losses" and learn from them. "I don't want you to feel the pain of loss from not helping the helper." 
• Burned by spread offense (dribble penetration, give-and-go, backcuts)
• Win with patience/shot quality, the running game, or both.

Emotion 

• Optimal activation (too flat, too hyped). 
• Different types of music have activating/calming effects.
• Replace "nervousness" with "excitement" 
• Pain heals...but leaves scars.

Time

• Cut urgently.
• Pass "on time and on target."
• Invest time don't spend it.

Quotations

• "We can go faster alone but farther together." 
• "I'm pleased but I'm not satisfied."
• "Basketball is sharing." - Phil Jackson

Humor 

Lagniappe (something extra). Simple rocks.