What makes a basketball drill good? To be more precise, what differentiates effective from ineffective basketball drills? I’m continually wrestling with these types of questions. With all the drills that are being put out there nowadays, you must have a way to sift through the clutter. Once you do, you then have to be able …
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…” — Dr. Seuss I’ve been away… Offline, that is, for quite some time. An inordinate …
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 …
Over the years I’ve been asked a lot, “How can I work in the professional sports?“ I’ve spoken at universities in both Canada and the United States to undergrads and graduate students alike sharing career advice. But never, ever, have I given advice as straight to the point as what Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, …
I stumbled across these Nike Pro Basketball Skills Training Camp videos and, although this kind of stuff is typically very gimmicky and superficial, these are worth checking out as there are a few nuggets in them (if you can move beyond being star struck). For full disclosures sake, Keith D’Amelio (Nike Sports Performance & Athletic …
As a fan of the game and even more so as a coach, I believe there are very few acceptable responses after a made basket. Further, to a special player, there’s really only one winning habit after a score: an immediate and automated reaction focused on the next best action. Coach Don Meyer called this …
I was backtracking through some old files earlier and came across this thought from a former NBA coach’s team manual. I thought it worth the share… President Theodore Roosevelt once said: “It is not the critic that counts … The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena … who strives valiantly, …
Check out this video from NYtimes.com’s video archive… It’s a tribute to the crossover and neat video and useful teaching/learning video for athletes and coaches. /sef. #thankthepasser: Shoutout to @dena10 and @GlideHoyas for the share!
Boston Celtics great, Bill Russell, the man with 11 NBA championship rings for 10 fingers, touches on developing an ‘outside-in’ versus ‘inside-out’ leadership style in his book ‘Russell Rules‘. Here’s one of the ways he shared for business leaders, basketball coaches and players to use when they’re thinking about leadership: Remember the five most important …
This is a nice piece from ESPN’s Sport Science… Well done. /sef. Thanks @CoachLok for the share! #thankthepasser