As the Men’s and Women’s Final Four approaches, you can guarantee that these elite teams are practicing “time and score” situations daily. For those of us already on “summer break,” it’s never too early to start thinking about next season. One thing must be made clear: practicing “time and score” situations ahead of time will by no…
Adapting Your Program
A major key in developing your program and sustaining success is your ability to be adaptable as a coach. Too many coaches want their players to adapt to their system. Not enough coaches understand that they need to be flexible enough to mold many parts of their system to suit the type of players that they have. Reasons to be…
Motion Offense – Three-Player Drills
In Vol. 6 of the FastModel Motion Offense Forum we progress to three-player drills to teach passing, screening, cutting, floor balance and reading the defense. If you have been following this series on building a motion offense you have probably noticed a few patterns in the progressions. First, introduce the concept without a defense. Second, add…
Afterschool Programs For the Win!
This post comes from DC Alliance of Youth Advocates and ‘tips off’ DCAYA’s eBay auction for the “Ivory Latta Experience“. All proceeds will go toward DCAYA’s work in expanding access to quality afterschool and summer programs for all District youth. As an assistant coach for the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, I’m very lucky to have sports pay…
Post Play Teaching Points
Is playing in the post a lost art? Many would say yes, and I tend to agree. However, there are many factors why. Many teams lack a true big man, teams run more sets with active posts who can play on the perimeter, coaches prefer longer, more athletic players that can defend on the wing, etc.…
North Carolina Tar Heels Secondary Break
In Part Two of a three part series on the North Carolina Tar Heels’ transition attack, we take a look at the “Regular” or pass reversal option of the secondary break. The North Carolina Tar Heels have run their way into the Sweet Sixteen with wins over Harvard and Arkansas. The Heels next face #1…
Top 5 Plays of the NCAA Tournament – Round of 64
The Round of 64 was an exciting one. Thursday was full of upsets and buzzer beaters while Friday gave us a whole lot of chalk. Both days gave us amazing X’s & O’s. Here are the #TeamFastModel Top 5 plays of the Round of 64. 5. Pinch Post – NC State – By Wes Kosel NC…
8 Keys to watching the NCAA Tournament
I’ve been watching the NCAA Tournament my whole life! I remember watching Danny and the Miracles as a basketball crazy 9 year old and filling out a bracket with my gambling loving grandmother. With 30 years of NCAA tournament experience, here are the 8 keys to enjoying the round of 64. Live in the Pacific…
Being a Double-Goal Coach
[vimeo id=”86646816″] Strive to win while teaching life lessons Model and Teach Honoring the Game Teach ROOTS – respect for Rules, Opponents, Officials, Teammates, and one’s Self Distribute PCA’s Parent/Guardian Letter to help parents Honor the Game Appoint a parent to be “Culture Keeper” for the team Drill Honoring the Game in practice Seize…
Building Positive Relationships with Your Players
An essential part of coaching is building relationships. We, as coaches, spend a lot of time diagramming plays and developing new drills, but we don’t spend enough time trying to figure out how to better foster relationships with our players. The greatest compliment a coach can receive is “his/her players will run through a brick…