I attended Division I Oakland University’s practice the other day and Coach Greg Kampe had to stop practice and remind a defensive player to keep his hand off the ball handler. This reminded me of how easy it is for players to actually practice bad habits, including all the various ways players can practice fouling….
Basketball Strength and Conditioning, above the Rim with Camp Sanderson is a basketball specific training book written by Jon Sanderson. Jon is a former Ohio State basketball player and is currently the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Michigan Basketball. The book includes an overview of philosophy, Strength/Power development, Speed, Agility, Conditioning, Nutrition, Recovery…
Today, we’ll add some thoughts on handling several other double teams. When we discussed Diamond Press doubles in our last article, we operated on the premise that our hypothetical double teams are very good and our ballhandler just can’t simply beat two men off the bounce (even though that obviously occurs and if/when it does,…
Whether or not we as coaches consciously think of basketball in terms of space and time, we would be hard-pressed to argue against the notion that all games are inherently founded on acquiring and defending space and very often in miniscule periods of time and in extremely small spaces. Â A quick hoops example to illustrate…
Simple quick hitter that uses a dribble entry to clear the wing. The wing then posts for a second to setup the timing for a small on big screen in the post. The “screener” then receives a pin down screen from the high post setting up the “screen the screener action”. View the animation of Dribble Entry Quick…
Easy, quick hitter to get into your Flex Offense.  Allows Point Guard to initiate on either side and setup the ideal player to come off the Flex Cut. Download Horns to Flex Quick Hitter or view the animation.
