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With tournament time right around the corner here are a few tips to make sure your team is fresh going into games: Give your team time to foam roll and go through mobility/stretching routines. Utilize Cold tub immersion and contrast bath post practice. Remind your team that 8-10 hours Read More
In the recent Sports Illustrated NBA Preview Issue, there is a feature article on the Thunder’s guard, Russell Westbrook. What follows are several Westbrook quotes. In the context of article, they are somewhat more impactful but alone, they require little explanation. When asked why he never transferred to a more Read More
In a recent conversation with a coaching colleague, we were sharing some offensive ideas when he said something that made me pause. Basically, he said that a number of teams that he sees on a regular basis are so intent on executing a play that they lose focus that the Read More
If you have read a number of Hoop Coach articles over the last year or so, you may have noticed that we’re into referencing non X and O type information that we’ve read in various sources like Sports Illustrated, ESPN, The Magazine and the NY Times. The rationale, of Read More
A condensed, eleven minute training session video of a basketball player training to make the jump to the professional ranks. There are plenty of individual skill drills you can steal and add to your own training sessions.
When you listen to our football coaching brothers talking about “sudden change”, some of them make it sound like some revolutionary thing happens on the football field, when in reality all that occurs is a turnover and a change of possession. Basketball coaches usually don’t use the term sudden change Read More