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High Fives – Improve Team Chemistry, Energy, and Excitement

September 9, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

A very simple way for you to improve your team’s chemistry, team energy, and just have more fun is to encourage more high fives, chest bumps, fist bumps, and so on. I read somewhere that NBA teams whose players had the most physical contact during games early in the season were the most successful down the […]

Filed Under: 5th grade basketball, Positive Impact, Practice Strategy

Practice Plan and Drills – Summer Team Camp Day 4

September 5, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

Here’s the plan for day 4 of the youth summer skills camp for our 5th grade team. Practice Plan – Team Camp Day 4 Pre-practice routine – Acknowledge & talk with each player Defense Star close outs 5on5 shell – no movement. dribble every time. Dribbling and Defense Dribble tag – everyone is it. 1 pt […]

Filed Under: 5th grade basketball, Drills

Practice Plan and Drills – Summer Team Camp Day 2 and 3

September 5, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

The format for day 2 and 3 were very similar to day 1.  So I’ll just post a few adjustments that we made. Here’s what we changed on day 2 and 3… We ran shell drill from a 4 out 1 in formation instead of 5 out.  This allows us to teach “post positioning” and […]

Filed Under: 5th grade basketball, Drills

Practice Plan and Drills – Summer Team Camp Day 1

August 31, 2015 by Jeff Haefner 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, a number of coaches replied and wanted more details about our youth summer camp that was extremely productive for us. Here’s the practice plan and drills that I used for the first day of the team camp.  I deviated and improvised at times — but for the most part we stuck […]

Filed Under: 5th grade basketball, Drills, Player Development

Updates – New Video, Motion Offense Shoot, and Getting Back to Camp Details

August 22, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

Sorry I haven’t been able to blog more about the details of our youth summer camp yet. Quite a few coaches wanted drills, practice plans, etc… I’ve been busy filming more drills for our ballhandling & footwork workouts and just finished a week long video shoot with Don Kelbick for a new motion offense DVD set […]

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New (At Home) Ballhandling & Footwork Workouts and Technology That I Use

August 13, 2015 by Jeff Haefner 2 Comments

I have some new workouts and technology that I’d like to tell you about… The workouts were designed by me — so if you don’t like them you can blame me!! I spent the last 12 months developing ballhandling and footwork workouts that players can do in their driveway, their basement, on the court, or anywhere […]

Filed Under: Player Development, Tools

Summer Basketball Camp Drills – Part 1 (Pre-Practice Routine)

August 10, 2015 by Jeff Haefner 2 Comments

Since several coaches contacted me wanting more info about our summer team camp, I’m writing a few blog posts explaining the drills and details about the camp… The first thing we did at the camp was teach our players a new “pre-practice routine”. We implemented a pre-practice routine last year and I loved it!  I […]

Filed Under: 5th grade basketball, Drills, Player Development

Run a Summer Skills Camp for Your Team – It’s Incredibly Productive

August 2, 2015 by Jeff Haefner 7 Comments

Last year I tried something new. We ran a 4-day summer skills camp for my daughter’s 4th grade basketball team. It was VERY productive! So I tried it again this summer as 5th graders… We just finished the camp and it was incredibly productive again. It’s one of the best things I have done and […]

Filed Under: 4th Grade Basketball, 5th grade basketball, Player Development

Fill and Backdoor Cut Drill – Improve Team Offense & Skills at the Same Time

May 24, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

With most of our drills, we take a “piece” of our motion offense and turn it into a skill development combo drill.  This allows you to work more efficiently because you’re practicing your team offense and improving skills at the same time. Here’s a drill that incorporates the “filling to the ball” aspect of our offense […]

Filed Under: 4th Grade Basketball, Drills, Offense, Player Development

Posted a New Drill – Partner Pass and Pivot

May 14, 2015 by Jeff Haefner Leave a Comment

I just posted a new drill and video called Partner Pass and Pivot. This is one of my favorite drills to teach youth players footwork and passing.  We use this drill in almost every practice with beginners between the ages of 6 and 10 years old.  You can also use this drill as a “warm […]

Filed Under: 3rd Grade Basketball, 4th Grade Basketball, Drills, Player Development

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I’m a basketball coach, skill development trainer, and Co-Owner of Breakthrough Basketball. I currently live in Marion, Iowa with my wife, two kids, and our golden retriever (Izzy).

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