getting ready for next season

Ekam123: Man, I love your work ethic son, you are a breath of fresh air. You keep working with coach Sars and he will defiantly steer you right. Kids like you make me proud to be coaching...good luck son and don't ever back off that desire. Coach Mac.

Like Coach Sars, unless your Michael Jordan, Lebron James, or Kobe Bryant, don't worry about jumping as high as you can.

Actually, you should try to shoot as quickly as possible without losing good form. The quicker you shoot, the less time the defense has to recover and defend the shot.

Thats great advice Joe.... one thing we taught our players was to try and catch the ball SHOT READY.... this allowed you to shoot the ball quicker.

Do what Coach Sars says. You can also check out this article for tips on how to develop a quicker shot: http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/fundamentals/shooting-quicker-shot.html

thanks guys

ok i finished setting goals for dribbling drills... should i have a time limit for 3 months or something else

Its more about achieving your goals.... and improving is a work in progress... its never ending. When you achieve the goal you are looking for - which in this case should be how fast and how well you do the drills. Once you achieve those goals - raise the bar.

this is the format that i wrote it in
pretend im doing figure 8's

Goal Time Limit What i'm at so far
Figure 8 15 30 seconds 8

is this a good way to do it...

Now try to improve upon the number of times you can do that drill in the 30 seconds - you could lower the time and do another repitition.

thanks, i'm finally got organized for everything now...
now i can start lifting weights properly with a plan and goals
basketball workouts and everything
instead of just going out without a plan

Ekam: this is the voice of your conscience, DON'T NEGLECT YOUR STUDIES. Coach Mac

okay coah mac... i get a's and b's, but i could do better

Coach Sar when you said about make 5 shots in a row and move back, how long should i do it for

Two things -

1- We can always do better. I had a college professor tell me that. We were to give ourself a grade, I never did that before.... so I gave myself a B... he asked me why not an A? I told him that I guess I could have done better - he said, we can always do better. So, DO THE BEST YOU CAN and then move on. I'm sure that you are working hard.

2- When you are doing this ( making 5 shots in a row ) just move back several feet until you can accomplish 5 in a row again. Start at 5 feet and make five in a row.... then move to 8-10 feet and make five in a row.... just keep moving back until you reach your ultimate goal.... threes?

Ekam: I have always told my players this, and its something I learned from an old hockey coach of mine a hundred years ago. when a player tells you he gave 100 percent I tell them, no, you didn't, you can always do more. 100% is perfect and there is no player that i know of that did everything humanly possible to win a game. this term 110% is bandied around from league to league you hear it all the time. But in my humble opinion, there is always something you could have done but didn't. Did you go aggressively after that loose ball on the floor, did you go hard to the basket in order to secure that offensive rebound. Did you set an aggressive pick to free up your teammate. Did you completely shut down the opposing teams star when you played him/her defensively? If you cant answer yes to all of those situations then you did not give 100% and if you say YES to all of those questions, then there is still something more you could have done. take care Coach Mac.

like a foot past three point line so i can shoot 3's very easily...
and i'll try to play my hardest for every basketball game no matter who i play and where i play

Ekam: are you real, you are a coaches dream son. Coach Mac

I agree Mac....... he is a great kid.......and ekam, once you get to the foot past the three point line..... go for 3 feet :-)

thanks guys

so for a week or two i'll just do that drill make 5 in a row, when i get past 3 point line than i'll work on screens, of dribble ,etc

is that okay?

Ekam, keep working on that drill until you accomplish your goal of being able to shoot threes. One step at a time..... moving out slowly, making five in a row until you get past the arc - however long that takes.

A suggestion.... as you work at - lets say 10 feet from the basket... you can work on shooting off screens.. (any kind of thing you can set up, a chair, cone etc to simulate a screener) and then shooting off the dribble from that distance, making 5 in a row. That way it wont be so boring because it will give you more options and make you more of a complete player.

"Champions Have No Off-Season."

Dan Bailey