Nobody wants to be wrong. Players, coaches, officials or fans. Every person is entitled to their own opinion but yet everyone wants their opinion to be right. Think back to a time when you were corrected on something you cared about. The natural instinct is to rebut to defend your point of view because there…
TRX Exercise of the Day
TRX exercise for the day! Keep your core tight and don’t let that booty sag #TRX #functionaltraining #row #back #strength #strong A video posted by Kelsey Fit Training (@kelsey.fit) on Feb 11, 2015 at 3:52pm PST
Defending America’s Play
America’s Play, or pick the picker, remains one of the hardest actions to defend at every level of competition. Successfully defending the play start with good cross screen defense. Here is how we defended the action in Detroit: Defending the Cross Screen The man defending the cutter must make contact with his man before he…
TRX – Lunge Hop
TRX workout of the day. You can get rid of the hop to simplify it a little. #TRX #lunge #hop #workout #saturday #fitness #legs A video posted by Kelsey Fit Training (@kelsey.fit) on Feb 21, 2015 at 10:07am PST
3 Drills to End Practice
Just as there are many ways to begin practice, there are plenty of drills to bring practice to a close. Below are five drills that offer a good balance of competitiveness, conditioning, and skill work. USA Shooting: The set up for this drill includes 2 players at the far baseline and 3 lines of…
Creating Feeder Systems in High School Basketball
A common complaint I hear from numerous high school coaches is that when the Freshman class arrives on campus in the fall, they are not very skilled on the basics of basketball. (Check out my post, tips on coaching youth basketball, geared towards players 12 and under.) Because high school coaches have their own offensive and defensive philosophies, they…
Plays Of The Week – Feb. 13, 2015
“Zone Offense Variety Pack” Facing a 2-3 zone can be challenging. At the end of the day, your players just have to knock down open shots when they come. It is really that simple. You move the ball, make skip passes, attack gaps, go inside-out, hit the short corner and hope that the shots fall.…
My Dean Smith Memory
As an 18 year NCAA Division I head and assistant coach, I was blessed to have coached against the best. Bob Knight, Coach K, Eddie Sutton, Tom Izzo, Tom Davis, Ralph Miller, Billy Donovan, Roy Williams……and Dean Smith. Our Miami of Ohio team won the 1990-91 MAC regular season and tournament championship. Fortunately we were placed…
Fundamentals Your Team Should Practice Daily
In the game of basketball, there are a number of fundamental skills that are necessary to be able to compete. For example, the ability to dribble without getting the ball stolen, to pass the ball around the defense to reach open teammates, or to make a free throw. While the talent of each player and…
NBA Chin Series
The Chin set is useful across multiple levels of competition because it is so versatile. In the NBA, it is often used as a designed set to feature a particular scoring option on the floor. At the college level, such as we see with Tom Crean’s offense at Indiana, it can be used as a…