The article originally titled Support for high school shot clock going strong by Kevin Hoffman was first published by Winning Hoops at winninghoops.com. This summer, my home state of Wisconsin became the latest to implement a shot clock for high school basketball. The change, which won’t take effect until the 2019-20 school year, was met…
The Art of Shooting – A Guide to Proper Mechanics
The good shooter is a picture of grace, releasing the ball with seemingly effortless motion. However, this “seemingly effortless motion” comes at a high price. Some studies have proven it takes approximately 200,000 correct repetitions to learn a basketball skill to mastery. How much is that? About 10 years! Thus, it is extremely important to…
What’s Worked for Me (So Far)
CREATING BASKETBALL OPPORTUNITIES *This article was originally published on Andrew Wingreen’s Website. He is an assistant coach at Bethel College. I’ve been very fortunate as a young basketball coach to have landed a number of amazing basketball opportunities. A few of these include Duke basketball camp, UCLA camp, Georgia State Basketball Camp, Snow Valley Iowa…
Off-Season Coaching Development
You’ve Heard About Player Development – But What About Coaching Development?! Coaches dedicate their lives to helping their players improve. Player Development is common phrase in basketball, usually referring to the offseason when individual growth is a focus for athletes. However, Coach Development is just as important during this period! This day and age, things…
Nike Tournament of Champions 2017 & FastModel Sports
Basketball, technology and food: the ultimate triple threat. July recruiting is a grind, no doubt. As hundreds of coaches packed the McCormick Place convention center from July 10-12, where 60 basketball courts were installed for the Nike Tournament of Champions 2017 club event, many were looking for an escape from the craziness, even for just…
March Madness Roundup
The NCAA Tournament is one the the best times of the year for basketball fans and coaches. This year was no different. March Madness was full of exciting games, upsets, and great X’s & O’s. Here are the Top 10 March Madness posts from Team.FastModelSports.com. 1 – South Carolina Pressure Man Defense by Randy Sherman Before…
Man-to-Man Defense – 2 Essential Questions
Successful team defense comes in many styles and philosophies and each is built upon a set of core values or beliefs. Usually, these philosophies have been molded or shaped by our own experiences as a player or coach. Whether you play pack line, pressure, switch or deny, it is my goal in this series to…
NCAA Tournament – West Region #XsOs
The first weekend of the 2017 NCAA Tournament was full of fantastic games, thrilling finishes, and some great #XsOs. Although there have been great plays run by all teams involved in the tournament, I want to specifically focus on the West region and some of the themes that I have seen from the teams in…
Team France – Motion Weak
Made iconic by the San Antonio Spurs, Team France also runs “Motion Weak” to perfection in international play. With Spurs vets such as Tony Parker and Boris Diaw at the helm, it is no surprise that the French National Team is adept at running the San Antonio Spurs “Motion Weak” action as an early offense…
Offensive Concepts – Find, Use, Create
Team Spain demonstrates the offensive concepts of FIND, USE and CREATE versus Croatia in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Find – Find the Big Advantage (the open player) Use – If you have an advantage, use it Create – If neither you nor the offense has an advantage, create one (use an action – penetration,…