I took these notes about practice blocks from a video with two time NBA coach of the year and a current television analyst Hubie Brown. Sidenote: The NBA Coach of the Year awards came 26 years a part. Practice Lengths – to save legs for end of the year tournaments practices are shortened Read More
Instead of a regular article today, I thought I’d back up a bit and put a little perspective on Hoop Coach and the articles we’ve been sharing. Back when I was a young coach, and attending a lot of clinics, I heard a wise speaker by the name of Hubie 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
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
Watching a game or scrimmage this time of year can be painful. Invariably, the defense is ahead of the offense causing turnovers, bad shots and missed open shots. When this happens, how a coach responds to what politely might be called a mess might very well determine the course of Read More
