This. Is. A. Coaching. Masterclass…! Seriously. It’s rare to observe basketball practices that have been mindfully designed to integrate the mental, technical, physical, social and competive constraints in a way that reads like a book. This is why we (affectionately) call Mike MacKay: Yoda Master MacKay. In his day “job”, he’s the Women’s High Performance …
Here’s an insightful peek into the practice philosophy of the NFLs Seattle Seahawks. Head Coach, Pete Carroll, shares some golden nuggets that any coach can benefit from. Takeaways: Tap In(to) Practice Before a Seahawks practice, players ‘tap in’ (i.e. hit the “I’m In!” sign) to make a positive – an active – affirmation of what …
The Whistle and a Clipboard podcast was created to “provide a place for coaches to learn from one another.” With, I want to give a big shout out to Jason Oates for creating this platform for so many coaches to share their point of view and grow sport coaching – together! Highlights: In this interview, I discuss: …
A while back I shared my coaching clinic notes from a basketball clinic I attended featuring Jasmin Repeša. Well, here’s the video of a clinic put on by by Canada Basketball (@canbball) – and shared by Basketball Manitoba (@basketballmb). Some useful ideas from a top-level European basketball coach. Break out your notebook and enjoy! Tell …
I really had no intention of turning this video of Doc Rivers at Coaching U into a blog post. In fact, my plan was just to put it up on my Facebook page and call it a day. Yet, as I watched it again, I thought: “This is a keeper!” [Disclosure: I don’t know if …
“A gifted athlete with poor understanding of the game will be slower to react than a slower player who better understands the game.” —Ettore Messina The more dribble penetrations that are allowed, the more help is required and subsequently, more susceptible your team is to offensive rebounds. In an ideal world, each player on your …
I had the privilege of travelling with the PGC Basketball directors through the ‘research triangle’ in North Carolina one year. We called it the ‘Tobacco Road Tour‘. And it covered Durham (Duke), Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina), Winston-Salem (Wake Forest) and Raleigh (NC State). Here are some thoughts from our time at the Duke Men’s Basketball …
“The Clinic To End All Clinics” has featured a lot of the top basketball coaches throughout the United States over years. In 2008, Basketball Hall of Fame coach Hubie Brown shared his thoughts on player potential… What kills a player’s potential? Low pain threshold Low (basketball) IQ for what we’re running Selfishness Can the person do …
As many of you know, for the past few years I’ve been involved in a program with Canada Basketball called: Centre For Performance (CP). The directive of this initiative is to identify and development young athletes – ages 12-18 – that demonstrate the ‘potential to one day represent Canada on its age-group and senior national …