“The first thing you need to do when you find yourself in a hole… is stop digging.” Gary Mack “Plan your work then work your plan.”Jay Virgil Mayhugh “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle “Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Character […]
Today there are lots of opportunities to play in tournaments. Kids today think in order to get better and develop their skills they feel they have to play every weekend in a tournament. Not true what kids need to do to better is to work on their skills in the gym. Here is an example […]
This will be a short post on summer team but if your summer team isn’t playing in front of college coaches or scouting services then you need to find another team it’s that SIMPLE. If you are HS player and have aspirations in playing at the next level you need to be playing in JULY […]
SLOW DOWN is what I feel like I say a lot of time when a player is doing a shot fake. A good shot fake simulates their actual shot. I see so many kids rush their shot fake making their shot fake not respectable. Slow to fast shot fake should be demonstrated so the defense […]
What do you think of when you hear the word consistent? I think of someone who has put the work in at the gym. I think of someone who is selfish and wants to be the best at their craft. I think of someone who is coachable and wants to learn and to continue to […]
What do you look for in a basketball camp? What separates an OK camp compared to a GREAT camp. Here is my opinion: First, a GREAT camp focuses a lot on skill development an OK camp just wants to play games i.e. KNOCKOUT (which is a game we don’t play at our camps it teaches […]
With school about to end for most kids real soon their basketball skill development needs to start ASAP if they haven’t started yet. Off season is dedicated to individual development while in season is focused on TEAM development. So the question or questions you ask is what do I do to get better? First, set […]
The third S I spoke about at clinic was specific. Are the drills that you are teaching specific for the individual needs or are you just randomly picking drills from Internet because you think they will help? When I train an individual or group I have specific drills I do that will make progress in […]
The next S I will discuss will be speed/strength. I’m not going to elaborate to much on it because this isn’t what I do on a daily basis but I will tell you this in my drills for example dribbling we will do drills where they can work on their reaction and first step. When […]
Like I mention in the previous post I was asked to speak at a coaches clinic a few weeks ago and they wanted me to talk about skill development. I spoke about the 10 S’s for skill development and the first S in my training young athletes is: System System to me is the most […]