To expound on the past Hoop Coach article , “Thoughts on Playing Rotations”, we’d like to share some thoughts on a related subject. Whether or not we’ve ever labeled the type of substitution we’re about to discuss as “reactionary substitution”, we all clearly know the practice. At one time or 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
Undoubtedly over the course of a season you will hear a coach or broadcaster refer to a player taking a shot just inside the three point line as a bad shot. The common beef is that your are taking a long shot which presumably has a lower percentage chance of 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
We coach basketball for lots of reasons. Hopefully you are coaching the game because you love the game, love working with players, and have a passion to teach the game the right way. If you don’t like to teach then you really shouldn’t be coaching. However, one can’t deny that Read More
