Off Season Shooting and Conditioning Drill
Off Season Shooting and Conditioning Drill with former Iowa State and current Chicago Bulls Head Coach Fred Hoiberg.
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Al McGuire :: Learning from Legends
As a new feature, I’d like to use this space occasionally to remember coaches who, for one reason or another, made an indelible mark on the game. The degree of fame will vary from coach to coach and today we’ll lead with Al McGuire, whose level of fame was exceedingly high as a coach, TV…
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Weave to Post Option
Man to Man play that utilizes a weave to set up a post option. Also has a staggered option along the baseline for a guard that provides a bit of misdirection to set up post isolation for a big. Weave to Post Option –> animation here.
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Teaching the Game – great coaches are great teachers
What an exciting time for high school coaches, as the beginning of your season nears. In past articles I have shared my novel An Elite Journey: A Young Man’s Leadership Story with Hoop Coach readers and have received great feedback. Thanks to all the coaches, from college, high school, and even middle school levels, who have…
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Ground Based Core Training
Training the core is important for athletic performance and durability. Ground based (standing on your own feet) core training will have a greater transfer of training effect than seated core training (i.e. crunches). In other words it will translate to the game of basketball more effectively. Below are 3 examples of ground based core training,…
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Leadership is a Choice
Leadership is truly a choice. All great coaches and leaders know this. The challenge is how to we get our players to understand this. The last article I shared was on the importance of team book talks or leadership talks, and how they both can contribute to a winning culture. Coaches are constantly looking for…
