After a long hiatus, I’m back to posting. A very quick update on the last several years… I took a break from coaching to watch my kids play high school ball. My daughter graduated high school last year, and now it’s just my son Evan playing. Evan’s high school team needed an assistant coach for […]
Where Do You Start When Rebuilding Your Basketball Program?
Sorry, this is a bit of a dated post, but I believe the value of these concepts are timeless. This post has been sitting as a “draft” for a long time. Here you go: When I joined the Springville basketball program, everyone knew there was work to be done. From a winning standpoint, the previous […]
Why You NEED a “Team Identity” and Important Club Guidelines for Developing Players
This winter I’m coaching a 7th grade boys Iowa Prep club team. My son Evan is on the team. I’d like to share what we’re doing — and what I consider to be important aspects of both winning and player development… What I Consider to be Good Club Guidelines for Developing Players Iowa Prep is […]
What We Did With Our 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team
Due to popular request, I’m writing my recurring post of what we did with our 8th grade girls basketball team. Apparently at least a few people like this information. Because a number of subscribers have asked me to continue. Ok, before getting further, I should explain that I started writing this post many months ago […]
Favorite New Multi-purpose Drill This Season
One of my most frequently used drills (with 6th grade boys and 8th grade girls) this year has been Half Court 3 v 2 + 1. I rarely used this drill in the past, but this year, I started using the drill more often — and I really like it!! It’s a “multi purpose” drill that […]
How to Make a Positive Impact On Your Players – 7 Aspects of Teamwork and Character We Will Focus On
Many years ago, when I played sports, I learned numerous valuable lessons that stuck with me. For whatever reason sports resonated with me. Looking back, I was passionate about sports. I believe that passion is primarily why sports served as a medium for me to learn so many lessons. It was important to me. I […]
Week 1 Basketball Practice Plans and Drills – 7th Grade
Here’s what we did for week 1 of practice with our 7th graders. I’ll paste our practice plan and links to the drills we used. We have 14 players and 4 baskets. We had two practices. Each practice lasted 2 hours. We followed the same format both days… just tweaked the drills and emphasis a […]
Bunch of Updates for You and Plan for the 2017/18 Season
It’s been a while since my last post. And our basketball season starts up in a few days. So it’s time to start ramping things up with more blog posts. To kick off the season, I wanted to share what we’re doing this year (2017/18) and give everyone an update. I hope this post gives […]
Posted 3 New Articles / Drills
I wrote and posted some new articles, drills, and videos on Breakthrough… How to Minimize Game Slippage — 8 Ways to Minimize Game Slippage 1v1 Overlap Drill – How to Make 1v1 Drills More Efficient With One Court Also, posted this one several weeks ago and forgot to mention on my blog… 2-1-0 Dribbling Drills […]
How Often Should You Change Drills?
Do you use different drills to give players variety? Do you use the same set of drills all season? How often should you change your drills to keep things fresh? These are questions all coaches ask at some point. Here’s how we make our practices efficient and how often we change drills… For our 6th […]
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