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,…
Coaching Tools – Possession Chart
Using a possession chart for tracking in-game flow can offer basketball coaches valuable and instantaneous feedback. One handy tool to use for in-game tracking is this downloadable possession chart template. This chart is used for tracking game flow and can give you valuable real time info such as points per possession (PPP). Tips for using the…
The Most Thankless Job in Sports
This summer I was asked by our high school’s girls’ basketball coach to referee some summer scrimmage games they were playing against a couple other schools. While I have done my share of refereeing scrimmages, intramural games, and youth camp games, I am not an official. I am a coach. I have coached for 30+…
Play-call Terminology – Formations
I often get asked why I call a play a certain name, or how do I know which plays are called and actions are called. The answer is quite simple: I make them up. I have my own terminology that I base on which team ran a certain action, or by observing what other coaches…