If you have ever checked out an NBA box score on ESPN.com, for example, youâve likely noticed at the far right just before PTS, a column that reads â+/-â. Â Â If you did notice it and bothered to mull it over, it didnât take you long to deduce that the number attributed to each player in…
Mention Bo Ryan and you automatically think swing offense and solid half-court man defense; then mention Dean Smith and you think full court pressure and primary/secondary fast breaks. These two examples were purposely chosen because, for the most part, they would be regarded as system opposites. While the X and O components of these two…
I took these notes about practice blocks from a video with two time NBA  coach of the year and a current television analyst Hubie Brown.  Sidenote: The NBA Coach of the Year awards came 26 years a part. Practice Lengths – to save legs for end of the year tournaments practices are shortened at pre-determined dates. November and…
Instead of a regular article today, I thought Iâd back up a bit and put a little perspective on Hoop Coach and the articles weâve been sharing. Back when I was a young coach, and attending a lot of clinics, I heard a wise speaker by the name of Hubie Brown say that from these…
One of the challenges we face as coaches is organizing our pre-season practices so that we donât skip or gloss over any facet of the game. This dilemma is even more pronounced at the HS level where one might have 3 weeks or less to cover everything. Itâs not surprising then that with all the…
I was catching up on my Sports Illustrated reading this past weekend and ran into a coaching nugget by Lee Jenkins in the June 15 article, âThe Ringmasterâ, a feature on Warriorsâ coach, Steve Kerr. It read, âThis season has confirmed what Kerr learned from Popovich (Gregg) and Jackson (Phil), that coaching is 90% creating…
