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This coming Thursday, June 25, the NBA will hold its annual Draft Day. Most of us know that the current...
You’ve heard the saying, “Practice Makes Perfect” and you might not have thought it through but you’re certainly smart enough...
One of the most challenging aspects of coaching at any level is trying to work within the often very parochial...
Really good four player passing and cutting drill that focuses on conditioning, communication, and playing through chaos. Great way to...
Quick zone play with a couple scoring options. The play has kind of a unique setup as you can see from...
Whether or not we as coaches consciously think of basketball in terms of space and time, we would be hard-pressed...
In a prior Hoop Coach post, “Go-To-Moves-The Core of a Complete Offensive Player”, we discussed the value of players developing their own “go-to-move” and things a coach could do to identify and exploit it on the offensive end. In this post, we thought it might be useful and, at the Read More
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In today’s cluttered basketball analytics landscape, it just might be wise for many of us to simplify how coaches and players look at team stats and team goals. One suggestion is to approach key areas of play looking at the ten “differentials” between your team and your opponent(s) listed below: Read More
While re-reading one of my past articles, Playing Without the Ball: The Comeback of Cuts, Replacements, Curls and Flairs it occurred me that by listing the numbers of ways a player can score with the basketball in their hands and then listing the number of ways they can score (or Read More
Watch any NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA or High School tournament or playoff game and go back and watch just about any regular season game for that same team and there is likely to be a marked difference in the intensity level in the two types of competition. It’s also Read More
In the past 5 defensive articles we’ve covered a lot of ground including some thoughts on defending the screen/roll-pop. In an earlier article, we essentially shared thoughts on defending the dribble drive. While those two trends seem to dominate current offensive thinking, there are other actions that warrant discussion. FLEX: Read More