The Breakthrough Basketball Blog – Page 61 – Basketball Coaching Tips, Training Tips, and Strategy

Drillz and Skillz/Breakthrough Basketball Skillz Clinic in Ironwood, Mich

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / Don Kelbick

DRILLZ AND SKILLZ/BREAKTHROUGH BASKETBALL SKILLS CLINIC IN IRONWOOD, MICHIGAN Luther Wright H. S. and coach Tom Mott in Ironwood, Michigan hosted a Don Kelbick Drillz and Skillz/Breakthrough Basketball skills clinic on July 22-24. Over 65 players and coaches attended the intense 3 day workout. Footwork, position play, shooting, fast break were all topics that were […]

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5 Bucks To a Better Team

5 Comments / coaching youth basketball / JimBado

If you’ve only got five bucks, your best investment is a roll of blue painter’s tape. Like duct tape for a homeowner, blue tape is invaluable for a coach and much easier to use than masking tape. Carry it to practices and games to help your team: 1) Build a better understanding of offensive positions/spacing

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BASKETBALL IS ALIVE AND WELL IN COLOMBIA

3 Comments / coaching, International Trip, Player Development, Uncategorized / Don Kelbick

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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Pro Basketball in Puerto Rico

4 Comments / International Trip, Other, Player Development, Uncategorized / Don Kelbick

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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NEW Article: 2 NEW Drills To Build Speed and Quickness

Leave a Comment / Announcements / Joe Haefner

http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/fitness/2-drills-first-step.html

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Vern Gambetta on Game Speed

1 Comment / athletic development / Joe Haefner

In this video, Vern Gambetta discusses some great points regarding game speed. Vern Gambetta has trained athletes of many sports including basketball where he worked for the Chicago Bulls with the legendary athletic development coach, Al Vermeil. As Gambetta says in the video, game speed is not track speed. Game speed is the ability to

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Stop Yelling and Start Coaching

15 Comments / coaching youth basketball / JimBado

Do you like getting yelled at? I bet you don’t whether it’s at work, home or on the basketball court. But, if you’re like many youth coaches, you yell at your players and criticize their performance. And here’s why: they play better after you do that, don’t they? Let me share a not so secret

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How to Avoid Squandering Your Greatest Resources – Volunteer Assistant Coaches

Leave a Comment / coaching, coaching youth basketball / JimBado

If your team is like most, you’ll have parents willing to help you. Some parents will be able to make every practice and game; others only some. Some will understand basketball; others will be clueless. No matter who they are, how you use them, to a great extent, will determine how well your team performs.

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Improve Your Basketball Mentality by Learning from Derrick Rose — Eliminate Your Fear of Failure

7 Comments / mental aspects, Player Development / Jeff Haefner

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

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When You Evaluate, Be Sure To Evaluate What You Evaluate

1 Comment / coaching strategy / Don Kelbick

Here in the land of “LeBronica” (formerly know as Miami), a Miami Heat game is occasion to reinvent the game. Nowhere, in my memory, has a team been over-analyzed, over dissected, reconstructed and otherwise ridiculously evaluated. Each loss is a reason to fire the coach and break up the team. Each win is a reason

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