Here is a short commentary between Jim Bado and one of the girls on his youth team. It discusses the importance of having everybody handle the ball on your youth teams… Before Saturday’s game started, Michele plopped beside me on the bench. “Coach,” she said, “do I have to play guard today?” “Yeah,” I replied, […]
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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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Here is a great article from Jim Bado on 10 great guidelines that all adults should follow pertaining to youth sports. 1) You shall support and encourage your child, attend games and cheer for all the players, including the opposition. 2) You shall play the sport with your child outside practices if the child wants
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I believe there are two things all basketball offenses should do, no matter what type of defense you face, or what your players’ strengths might be. And I think too many coaches get away from this… First, I believe you should always try to get the ball inside against ALL types of zone and man
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You can check out our new articles in our latest newsletter: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/issue38.html Or here are the individual articles: New Rebounding Drill – http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/playcreator/view.asp?id=153&type=drill New Ball Screen Play – http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/playcreator/view.asp?id=61&type=play Outlawing Youth Zone Defenses – http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/Van-Gundy-Outlaw-Youth-Zone-Defenses.html Perspective – http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/coaching/perspective.html
NEW ARTICLES: New Drill – New Play – Outlawing Youth Zone Defense Read More »
The dribble drive has been quite the craze over the last few years. Due to its success, we often receive questions on how to defend the dribble drive offense. The coaches that I have been talking to regarding defending the dribble drive are saying…. PRESSURE the heck out of the ball. Switch all hand offs.
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I came across this article by Jay Bilas. It’s a really good article that I think parents and youth coaches should read. If you want your child and/or players to get better, you should be aware of what Jay Bilas says in this article: http://assets.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/bilas_jay/1488688.html He makes a really good point about the difference between
Developing better basketball players (America needs more teaching from coaches) Read More »
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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Tuesday August 24, 2010 It’s funny how things go. Most of the summer I have been pretty busy. Every day at least 2 groups kept me busy from 8 in the morning until at least noon, non-stop. Now it is time to play. Anthony King has left for Cyprus, Jonathan Rodriguez left for the Dominican
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Sunday, August 1, 2010 Workouts are going well. This week we were greeted with some good news. Anthony King, who was selected as MVP of his league in Cyprus, has resigned in Cyprus. After spending some time this summer with the Heat and hoping for an NBA break, he decided to accept an offer that
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