Vault: Coaching Styles

Character Revealed

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 …

Can Struggle Make You Smarter?

Can struggle make you smarter? Play the quiz to understand why practicing deeper is far more efficient than practicing harder. After you play the quiz, ask yourself that same question again. This time, however, ask it from the perspective of a teacher-coach. Can struggle make your players smarter? If the answer to that question, is still …

Try This On For Size

“People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.” —Nannie Helen Burroughs It’s easy to pipe up out of frustration in the locker room and chastise your team(mates). But, what speaks loudest are the quiet, nondescript actions – or inaction – in the thousand of lost minutes that came prior. …

How The Shot Clock Improves Player Development

One of the things that I enjoy about FIBA basketball is how skilled the players are. Since beginning to study and learn more about international basketball, the differences in style of play, rules, and player development structure, the one thing that jumps out is how the shot clock impacts how the game is taught, played …

Two Types of Coaches

The first coach… …puts the players first by placing the players in front of him/herself. This coach pushes the players to succeed. The players are the ones in the limelight. The second coach… …puts him/herself in front of the players. S/he then uses the players to boost his/her status in order to place the spotlight …