Coaches, I hope this note finds you well and that your team is experiencing much success on the court. Below is a newsletter, the first of many in which myself and other members of our staff at ELEV|8 will cover a plethora of topics from game observations, to skill development, to scouting, to offense, defense and more. Hopefully…
4 Actions to Help Your Program
The gift of being a coach is that you’re directly responsible for the development and growth of the people in your program. Whether it’s players, coaches, managers, trainers, etc., you’re responsible for their success. In the marathon of the season, on a daily basis, are you giving your people what they need? You can’t give…
Welcome!
Welcome to FastModel Sports and our TEAM! FastModel Sports has spent 10 years working with the most successful coaches on the planet. These coaches helped us build the best play diagramming tool on the market – FastDraw. As of today, FastModel is a lot more than just the X’s & O’s. Objective: To build a community of passionate…
Nine Key Survival Tips for Coaches
Don’t expect to be an overnight success – Winning consistently is not a matter of luck, nor is staying in coaching for a decade or more. Both require commitment and hard work. Don’t take it too seriously – It is true; it is just a game. Tom Seaver said it best, “The good players feel…
Motion Offense – Flare Screen Essentials
In the latest entry into the FastModel Motion Offense Forum, Vol. 4 deals with such topics as designating screeners and cutters, shallow cuts and flare screens. Fairly soon into your installation of motion offense, you will need to decide if you are going to designate players as either screeners or cutters in your offense. That…
10 TRX Exercises for Basketball Players
1. Single leg squat – Really good strengthener for legs in general 2. Single Leg squat with hop – Added difficulty to the single leg squat, requires more stabilizing muscles than just the squat. 3. TRX lunge – Also a good strengthener for legs, but also adds more focus on stabilizing and finding balance. A hop can be…
Six Keys to a Quality Skill Development Program
Building a solid foundation for your development program is the key to seeing long term sustainability within a program. When coaches do not have a clear vision of what they want to see from their players, teams struggle to grow and mature. Below are six areas that we like to pay close attention to when…
Gooroo Drill: 3-on-0: Screen Away: Roller Lay-up
Learning the proper movements of 3 on 3 and how to read screens Setup Form three lines along three-point line, left-wing (#1), top (#2) and right-wing (#3) Players in top line have balls, players in wing lines have none Instructions Left-wing player does v-cut while center player passes to right-wing player Center player screens for…
Gooroo Drill: Dynamic Warm-Up #1
Activate players and prevent injuries Setup Line up players along baseline (see diagram) Instructions Perform Toe-Walks and Heel-Walks to half-court and back Do 20 reps of jumping drills: Over and Back, Right Foot Front and Back, and Left Foot Front and Back Tara’s Tips Encourage players to do the following: Take warm-up seriously as it helps…
The Power of Positivity
The image of a coach that yells, curses, makes threats, overreacts and might even throw a ball or chair around is not hard for people to picture. Think Bobby Knight or former Rutgers coach Mike Rice, not to mention many AAU and volunteer parent coaches. But is that the best way to motivate, inspire, encourage,…