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One thing all high school, college and even professional athletic programs have in common is they want to create an environment to attract both the best athletes and fans. Different gadgets, games and contests can be incorporated between timeouts and halftime, but those generally don’t have anything to do with Read More
One of the most challenging aspects of coaching at any level is trying to work within the often very parochial mindsets of players and parents. Since players/parents only know what they’ve seen as reference, many think the “world” consists of the local youth, summer, JV or varsity leagues that they Read More
Integrity is a “power” word often used in coaching and athletics. Every parent wants their son or daughter to play for a coach with high integrity. Moreover, every coach wants his/her players to display integrity both on and off the court. Never before have young people, especially athletes, been faced Read More
In my playing days, one of my coaches told us that if each of outscored our matchup, we couldn’t lose the game. Of course, I and every one of my teammates wasn’t going to outscore every opponent every game but as a working concept, it seemed valid to me. That Read More
Most of you will well remember Coach Jud Heathcote, who coached the Michigan State Spartans, led by Magic Johnson to the 1979 NCAA championship over the Larry Bird led, up-to- then undefeated Indiana St. Sycamores. Most of you are also likely aware that game was such a huge TV ratings Read More
Over the past few years NBA Teams like the Washington Wizards and my Detroit Pistons have been experimenting with use of Virtual Reality to train their players and specifically to improve their Free Throw Shooting. One of the big companies in the market, STRIVR, claims Big improvement after practicing with Read More
