Every player can be part junkyard dog. Be your team’s best practice player; it will pay dividends. Don’t specialize yourself so much that you become a situational player only. Be a student of the game; sometimes only one tip can “turn on the lights”. Don’t be satisfied; stay humble and Read More
One of the challenges we face as coaches is organizing our pre-season practices so that we don’t skip or gloss over any facet of the game. This dilemma is even more pronounced at the HS level where one might have 3 weeks or less to cover everything. It’s not surprising Read More
Long time college and NBA Assistant Coach, Vance Walberg, takes a group through Hesitation Lay-ups. Coach Walberg puts specific attention on things like keeping the ball on the outside hip, finishing the shot correctly, and explains that he likes this specific move because good players can change speeds.
Zipper UP – sideline out of bounds play with a pin down, high ball screen and options for the ball handler to penetrate and pitch or finish on their own. The high screener is a safety valve. Zipper UP Sideout Play
First of all, the title of today’s article is misleading; there really aren’t correct paths to a college or NBA coach job because there are literally hundreds of path permutations. However, in general, there are three very common ones: Student Manager –> College Video Coordinator –>Director of Operations –> NBA Read More
I was catching up on my Sports Illustrated reading this past weekend and ran into a coaching nugget by Lee Jenkins in the June 15 article, ‘The Ringmaster’, a feature on Warriors’ coach, Steve Kerr. It read, “This season has confirmed what Kerr learned from Popovich (Gregg) and Jackson (Phil), Read More
