Plays of the Week – Latvia Horns Set Plays by Wes Kosel Below are two horns set plays used by Latvia in EuroBasket 2015. Latvia finished 8th at EuroBasket and is looking to win the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Serbia to compete in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Latvia will have to beat out Angola,…
Another 5 Team Themes to Help Develop Your Culture
In my last post, I wrote about 5 team themes that I have used with my teams through the years to help develop our program’s culture. If you missed that post click here to read it. Today, I am going to talk about five more of the themes I have used through the years. Also, if…
Protecting Your Player – Summer Basketball
If you have read any of my posts here or on twitter you know that I coach High School and I’ve coached AAU in the past. I also coached youth teams which are a totally different animal. As the high school year is winding down for us that means the summer evaluation periods are just around the…
Cleveland Cavaliers Horns Series
“Starting Five – Cleveland Horns” by Wes Kosel was originally published by HoopDirt. Below are five sets from the Cleveland Cavaliers used in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals against Toronto. The Cavs put LeBron James at the right elbow and enter each set with a pass directly to LeBron at the high post. Cleveland…
Player Development: Solo Summer Shooting Workout
As the school year is wrapping up for the majority of your players, it is time to begin thinking about individual player development. Regardless of how active your team is in the off-season, it is vital that players take responsibility for their own development through working out on their own daily. Below you will find…
Four-Low BLOBs
Two baseline out-of-bounds plays from a pair of elite programs – Arizona and Texas A&M – featuring the four-low alignment. In these two baseline out of bounds sets from the Arizona Wildcats and the Texas A&M Lady Aggies we see the common theme of the four-low alignment. One features the seamless connection of inbounds to…
BBALLBREAKDOWN – Spurs Hammer
Coach Nick got on the court to demonstrate some of FastModel’s most popular sets. This is the Hammer set that the San Antonio Spurs have made so famous, when Manu Ginobili drives baseline to hook pass across the court for a 3 point shooter that had gotten a back screen. Click HERE to see the…
Professional Development – Basketball Coaching Clinics
The offseason can be packed full of workouts, team camps, tournaments, and open gyms. The teams that put in the work now get to enjoy the fruits of their labor next season. However, what may be overlooked is what are you, the coach, doing to get better this offseason? Professional development for basketball coaches used to be a…
Peak Performance – Hydration for Basketball Players
Like it or not, the dog days of summer are upon us. Players are finishing up school, AAU is in full swing, and camp season is set to begin. Not to mention open gyms, practices, summer leagues, and more. At this moment it is extremely important to remind players of the importance of taking care…
5 Themes to Help Develop Your Culture
For quite a few years now, I have established and taught team themes with my teams. Whether it be our team’s core covenants, John Wooden’s “Pyramid of Success,” or just random life lessons that I believe are important to discuss with our kids, we have had some kind of focus each week throughout the season.…