This is great insight into the impact that Buzz Williams is making on the lives of the young men that come through his program. This video on Marquette Basketball’s “Life Lessons” a testament – in more than one way… Here’s another video (via Coach Starkey’s Hoop Thoughts) of Marquette’s head coach, Buzz Williams, mic’d up …
This is a nice piece from ESPN’s Sport Science… Well done. /sef. Thanks @CoachLok for the share! #thankthepasser
“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 …
The following article was taken from the Z-Health newsletter. I really enjoyed it and thought it worth sharing. There is a popular saying in sports: “speed kills.” Ask almost any coach in any game and they will say that what they daydream about the most is a team of ultra-fast players. But what does it …
Here’s a video that I picked up from Swedish coach and friend David Leman’s blog: Leman Coaching. (BTW – If you can translate Swedish, let me know. I know he’s got more nuggets on his site, but I just can’t understand them!) In the video, Lithuanian coach, Evaldas Kandratavicius, takes a young basketball player through …
I stumbled across this how-to guide on playing basketball overseas. It’s a free resource guide with content on topics like: How To Start Playing Overseas How To Play Overseas Representing Myself Pros of Representing Yourself Without a Basketball Agent Cons of Representing Yourself Without a Basketball Agent About Agents and their Scams Creating A Basketball …
This is a must see video. The NYTimes.com absolutely crushes it (pun only slightly intended!) with the feature which explains why Roger Federer’s footwork is the basis for a nearly flawless game. This is not about tennis. This applies to all sports. This is an insightful illustration/description of fundamental movement skills and basic physical literacy that *any* athlete must obtain to …
Lots going on right now and I find myself up at odd hours of the day… I stumbled across this presentation called The Little Book of Leadership and thought it worth sharing. In it it says something interesting… Why do leaders instruct rather than ask questions? The problem leaders have with questions derives from two …
I stumbled across this blog post on the USA Volleyball website by John Kessel, called Appropriate Coaching… “Appropriate coaching is an important part of being a good coach… I will go back a bit in time to when the term coach was used to move VIP’s, who could afford to ride [in a coach], rather …
Below you’ll find excerpts from an article by basketball shooting coach, Tom Norland, as he challenges common misconceptions about developing effective shooters. Norland challenges conventional wisdom on “squaring up,” elbow placement under the ball, shooting at the top of the jump and wrist action on an athlete’s shot. I’ve enjoyed Norland’s work having purchased is …