Check out this new article that has 3 competitive 1-on-1 basketball drills. These are great for workouts and practices. These drills are way better than your traditional 1-on-1 games played at the park. These games will actually make you better. http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/drills/3-competitive-1on1-drills.html
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I have been coaching, effectively, for my entire life. Even as a child, I played while preparing myself to be a coach. While it is what I have the most passion for, I do other things. However, no matter what I am doing, I see basketball in it. I often draw analogies from other things
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I know what you’re thinking, “Eliminate shooting drills from practice? Joe must have fell off his rocker again.” But please hear me out, because this could help the development of your youth team tremendously. Do I think you should eliminate ALL shooting drills? Absolutely not. Should you eliminate most? Yes! As a youth coach working
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BASKETBALL IN ANGUILLA I have a great interest in helping basketball grow, wherever the seeds are sewn. I made a trip to Anguilla to help some very dedicated people try to realize their goal of making basketball matter here. Anguilla is a very small island, located about 200 miles east of Puerto Rico, in the
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The Drillz and Skillz/Breakthrough Basketball “Atack and Counter” Skills Clinic held in Libertyville, Il (40 minutes outside of Chicago) is history and was a great success.
I have just returned from my 5th trip to Colombia in the last 4 years. This trip was to Manizales, where along with former National Team Coach, Guillermo Moreno, we conducted a 3 day clinic for 25 players and over 40 coaches. I always enjoy my trips to Colombia and the trip to Manizales was
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I had the pleasure this week of spending time with the Arecibo Capitanes of the Baloncestro Superior National League (BSN) in Puerto Rico.
The BSN has long been known as a high caliber league that has been fertile ground for players and coaches trying to make a name for themselves. Before the advent of the NBA Summer League, this was the place to be if you wanted to get noticed. Because it is a spring/summer league it has provided opportunity for college players to be seen before NBA training camps, free agent players trying to catch on and coaches to gain experience. It also gives players a chance to play a season, be seen and then go to a country that plays a traditional winter season
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If you watched the Bulls last night (who won by the way), you would have seen Derrick Rose commit numerous turnovers and shoot multiple air balls in the 4th quarter. I remember at least two shots that totally missed everything. Complete air balls! Yet D-Rose stayed aggressive. He still wanted the ball. He didn’t hesitate
I don’t know about you but I watched quite a few of the state playoff games in Iowa recently. I noticed a few things we could all learn from. I’m sure if you watched in other states you noticed the same things happened all across the country. Every team that made it far in the
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010 This will probably be the last entry of this summer’s training season. Most of the players are at their training camp, some seasons have actually started. Right now we are down to Raja Bell and Rob Hite. Raja leaves for Utah on Sunday. I am going to continue to work with
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