Monday, July 18, 2016

2 + 1 vs 3 (Shorthanded versus Pressure)

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Purpose: defeat pressure Constraints: "3" cannot enter until ball crosses midcourt; 4 only enters ball. Complexity: initial 2 ...

Quick Hitter...Stagger Empty

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"Good artists borrow; great artists steal." - Picasso  Via Wes Kosel via TheBoxand1.BlogSpot.com   Nice staggered screen combi...
Sunday, July 17, 2016

The Book Shelf: What Have You Been Reading Lately?

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Intellectual curiosity and reading belong to successful coaching and leadership. About forty percent of Americans NEVER read a book. What a ...

Fast Five: Broken Wing

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We've all faced the "broken wing" situation, a player with a fracture, dislocation, or combination which keeps her from full...
Saturday, July 16, 2016

Quality Control

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What makes up great practice? We can imagine great intensity, tempo, focus, and positive attitude with poor execution and little progress.  ...
Friday, July 15, 2016

Time

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Basketball is a game of (fill in the blank). We might substitute 'life' for basketball. One of my favorite expressions is 'baske...

Fast Five: Leadership Lessons of Gregg Popovich

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Gregg Popovich has led the Spurs for twenty seasons. Maybe most remarkable are seventeen consecutive fifty plus win seasons.  I just finis...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Xs and Os, Finding a Middle Ground

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"All great offenses are alike; each bad offense is bad in its own way."  The Boston Celtics dynasty ran six plays with options...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

There Is No Easy Button

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On the drive to work today, I heard Rob Ninkovich tell a story on the radio about Rob Gronkowski putting an 'Easy' button in th...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Basketball and Belichick

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How do we mimic elite organizations that have maintained a sustained competitive advantage? Mike Reiss discusses "The Patriot Way....

Fast Five: The Hekawi (What the Heck Are We Doing?)

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An old post from HoopThoughts reminded me of the F Troop tribe, the Hekawi. Are you a splitter (more categories) or a lumper (fewer)? We...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Found in Translation

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                                              Finding readily available information can add to your players' physical and mental make ...
Saturday, July 9, 2016

Resilience

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This article about Resilience comes courtesy Brook Kohlheim's weekly basketball email newsletter. Brook is relocating on her basketball...

"Portland" SLOB Series

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Here are some possible actions off what I call the "Portland" series. It opens up a variety of options that could also be run as p...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Leaving Ordinary

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Exceptional play and coaching share certain qualities. Borrow from other disciplines to develop new ideas. For example, vacuum cleaners borr...