View this video on leadership from walkthetalk.com : Leadership Video. It has some great stuff. Here is my favorite quote from the video: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams It doesn’t matter if you are a coach or a […]
Recently, Josh Childress bolted from the NBA to play in Europe for a more lucrative deal. What really caught my eye when I was reading about this, was this quote: “I assumed that I’d have to go average 20, 22 points a game here,” he explains. “But the Euroleague MVP most years averages like 12
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Here is another email conversation with Don Kelbick & an aspiring women’s college coach. These tips are extremely useful to anybody trying to become a college basketball coach. Question: I am in the military. When I get out I want to coach women college basketball. I wonder what I need to do to get prepared, what
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Don Kelbick recently answered a question about offense from one of our email subscribers. It has some great information about utilizing post players and shooters within your offense. Here it is: Question: I have one good shooter and two good post players. I need an offense for my team. Anything would help out would be
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In our Man to Man Defense System, we discuss situations and options when playing with the lead at the end of the game. One of the options we discuss is to overplay the outside shot and force the players to dribble penetrate when you are winning by 3 points with minimal time remaining. When doing
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Rebounding is one of the most important, yet underrated skills in basketball. Of all the uncertainties that exist in basketball, the one constant is there will be missed shots. Whether a team shoots well or shoots poorly, often the winning or losing team is determined by what happens to the shots that are missed. The
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I had some thoughts while watching Tiger in the U. S. Open and how it can help with basketball. I think that more than any other sport, golfers have to deal with more mental aspects than anyone. I love to compare the mental aspect of golf with what is necessary to be a good basketball
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Sports hold a unique place in the American culture. Few things have the same impact in so many areas of our lives. Good days and bad days are often defined by how our teams did. Not just for the players, but for the fans as well. So few things can teach as much about life as
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We posted a really interesting new article about Gretzky’s. This little known statistic can help you improve basketball teamwork and passing. To read more about this great pass statistic, you can visit this page: Gretzky’s We learned about this interesting stat from Don Kelbick and Mike Neer. It was Mike Neer that actually coined the term “Gretzky”. So we
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Ball pressure is a critical component to a tough defense (especially for man-to-man). If you back off the ball too much, it’s easy for the offensive player to make the perfect pass in the post. Ball pressure is a very subtle thing that can seriously affect your defense! It’s something you must constantly watch. In order
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