It all starts with some TLC. Not tender loving care, that is, but knowing the difference between a teaching activity, learning activity and competing activity. Let me explain… TEACHING vs. LEARNING vs. COMPETING In order for a coaching staff to run more effective practices, coaches need to apply a little TLC. T = Teaching Activity …
For almost 10 years, I was fortunate to coach in, and contribute to the growth of, Canada Basketball’s Centre for/de Performance (or “CP” as everyone in Canada fondly references it). At the time, CP was a nationally run program directed by Canada Basketball and delivered by the provinces. Its mandate was to identify and develop athletes – between the …
The NYTimes.com featured and article, “It’s a Vision Thing for Nash in Soccer and Basketball.” To be frank, it’s not an overly enticing read, but what jumped out to me was something that I’ve been toiling with at length for quite some time: vision. And, how to teach it. In the article, Claudio Reyna, long-time …
Day 13 of the Euro trip… Yesterday and today we took in some of the most enjoyable games of the women’s FIBA U19 World Championship so far: Serbia vs. Czech and Spain vs. Slovakia were especially good. There’s a distinct style of play that each country plays with that make it so much fun to …
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 …