Here is another guest post from our friend Coach Ken Sartini. This is a response from one of his former players about his favorite things playing for Coach Sars. Playing against 6 defenders. Defense footwork drills. These built endurance and desire to play D! Working on running our fastbreak lanes. Help side defense. Learning how […]
The Player’s Point Of View (They Like Defense Too!?) Read More »
Check out the new article called Do You Yell At Referees?
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Check out our new article: The 9 Most Important Questions for Every Basketball Coach. Ignore Them at your Peril.
Use this great rule for your team that I picked up from Alan Stein: Do not allow players to bend over and put their hands on their knees when they’re tired. If so, discipline with some conditioning. Have you ever tried this when you’re tired? It’s tough, and it’s supposed to be. This little intangible
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I’m a big believer in developing “synergy” within your teams in order to over achieve in season. One of the things we are doing this year at UW Stout is working on developing a “team covenant”–a set of ideas that each member of our squad agrees to do that will help us establish norms and
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If you’ve been reading articles at Breakthrough Basketball for any length of time, you probably have heard us say that athletes at the youth level, and at least through the junior varsity level, need to stay involved in multiple sports to become better athletes. Watch Videos and Read More
Question 1: Do you focus on the front, middle, or back of the rim? Response: My teaching methods are a bit “out of the box” (non-traditional) and not everyone takes to it. I will answer you questions the best that i can, relating to the methods that have been successful more me but I don’t
Basketball Shooting Tips – What Part of The Rim To Focus On & The Guide Hand Read More »
While watching game 4 of the Bulls-Celtics series, Jeff Van Gundy stated that Derrick Rose needed to handle the switches on ball screens more like Steve Nash. Towards the beginning of the game, the Celtics were switching on ball screens leaving a bigger, slower post player guarding Rose. Rose was settling for the jump shot
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Here are the 8 secrets to success mentioned in the video: Passion Hard Work Get Good Focus Push Yourself Serve Others Value Ideas Persist Is it a coincidence that passion is listed first? I don’t think so and I think almost everybody would agree that being passionate about something is probably the first step in
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Have you ever watched a Duke game and noticed what happens if there is a Duke player on the ground after a dead ball? Every single Duke player on the floor runs to the player on the ground and helps him up. I’m certain that Coach K engrains this into his players from day 1 and it’s important
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