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Why You NEED a “Team Identity” and Important Club Guidelines for Developing Players

November 1, 2019 by Jeff Haefner 1 Comment

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 […]

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Week 1 Basketball Practice Plans and Drills – 7th Grade

November 8, 2017 by Jeff Haefner 6 Comments

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 […]

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Bunch of Updates for You and Plan for the 2017/18 Season

October 28, 2017 by Jeff Haefner 5 Comments

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 […]

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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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