My recent article Increase Your Competitive Edge: Reduce Fouls and Turnovers correlated the number of successful 2014-2015 NCAA teams who had both low turnover and fouls per game rates. Today, […]
No #5 Man? Then Post Up Other Players
A few articles ago, one of the discussions centered around the dearth of modern day big men who are skilled and/or interested in acquiring skills in the low post. Even […]
Offensive and Defensive Efficiency: Narrow the focus for your players.
Coaches have been charting OER (Offensive Efficiency Rating) and DER (Defensive Efficiency Rating) since at least the early 1970’s. And really, it’s not a big deal, in and of itself […]
Offensive Fundamentals and Teaching Points for Any Level
In watching a lot basketball at the high school, collegiate and NBA levels, I’m always reminded that the best coached teams and players at all three levels are fundamentally grounded […]
A College Coach’s Impressions of Travel Basketball
I recently had the opportunity to involve myself once again in what used to be termed “AAU” basketball and what would now be more appropriately called “travel” basketball, because for […]
If Tom Thibodeau can get fired, can you?
I’ve had a lot of thoughts rattling around during this whole Tom Thibodeau mini-series and most of them don’t have anything to do with the particulars of the story. For […]