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If you’re like me, you have great intentions to organize all your thoughts in one place with an ongoing process and then let it slip away at various times. Everyone likely keeps various files and/or master lists of offensive sets and plays, defenses, practice drills, inbound plays, philosophical concepts, scouting Read More
Many of us struggle, even annually, to come up with an offensive scheme that best suits our personnel-especially if we have little or no control of our roster. Even when we are in a recruiting situation, players who we thought could do certain things don’t pan out for various reasons. Read More
Many players at all levels overrate their shooting ability. For players who do, they really need to be aware of the 7 players in the history of the NBA who have qualified for the 50-40-90 Club by shooting 50% from the floor, 40% from behind the arc and 90% from Read More
If you play with a shot clock, analyzing how your team performs at both ends of the floor in each third of the shot clock can be a real eye opener and teaching tool. I look at this a lot when I analyze games and it’s probably not surprising that Read More
Obviously, there are as many different effective ways to scout an opponent, as there are effective coaches. Coaching philosophies, systems, personalities and styles can vary immensely. So, rather than dwell a great deal on the particulars of a report (personnel, sets, plays, defenses, presses, etc.), we’ll spend most of our Read More
When I scout, I’m always drawn to players who make many good passes in a game. Obviously, I appreciate a great pass as much as anyone else but given a choice over the course of game, I’d probably prefer a player to make twenty good passes than 2 or 3 Read More