Yesterday I watched Coach Tom Izzo’s Michigan St. Spartans practice and even though they were basically reviewing all their offense and defense in preparation for an exhibition game against Northern Michigan, the program’s hallmark of toughness was still very evident. In retrospect, if you had told me 20 years ago, Read More
Educate your athletes on the importance of training In-Season; they have to “buy in.” Program low volume rep schemes. High volume training can possibly lead to excessive soreness. Utilize moderate to moderately heavy intensities (weight/load). Lighter intensities will not lead to the same motor unit recruitment as moderate to moderately Read More
For the states that have already started high school and youth basketball, this article is probably moot for this season. But, those of you in states where tryouts have yet to be held may be able to find a useful thought in the following article, or perhaps even from other Read More
Being a coach is time consuming enough. Between practices, workouts, weight lifting, parent meetings, more parent meetings and dealing with your school’s administration there really isn’t a whole lot of time left. Rather than waste the few spare minutes you have worrying about the things you probably like least about Read More
Finding the balance between the amount of time we allocate to individual player development versus the time we allocate to actually getting our teams ready to play is no simple task. As usual, there is a spectrum and at one end you have the coach who just works on team Read More
Every single player at every level has at least one go-to move. It might not be good and it might not even be legal but it’s going to be used over and over by that player. Witness the beginner doing the only thing he can do- head down, dribbling with Read More
