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Some motivating and eye-opening results from the 2019 NBA Draft that coaches and players can use to keep perspective during their basketball journey. First, every college and high school player and coach probably should read two recent articles-the first from Sports Illustrated, “2019 NBA Draft Picks Who Defied Their High School Recruiting Rankings” and the…
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 very least, fun to compile…
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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: SHOT DIFFERENTIAL – Quite simply,…
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 help team score) with maneuvers…
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 likely that the higher the…