A breakdown of six foundational drills for high school basketball coaches that help improve overall team defense. A good team defense sets a nice floor for your season. If your team is hard to score on, it can consistently compete in games no matter the talent level. In my coaching career I’ve settled on a…
Timothy Hipps – InterviewU x FMS Podcast Series: Episode 2
Takeaways from episode 2 of the InterviewU x FMS podcast series featuring contributor Timothy Hipps on his coaching journey and philosophy. Full Series Recaps: Episode 1 – Erica Williamson | Episode 3 – Aaron Schuck | Episode 4 – Radius Athletics We’re thrilled to announce a partnership between FMS and the InterviewU Podcast hosted by…
The Benefits of Developing a Rebounding System
A rebounding analysis of where the ball actually lands, and how to ensure your players are grabbing as many boards as possible. *Update: The latest episode of A Quick Timeout Podcast features Fran Fraschilla who discusses several rebounding points related to this article – click below to listen. 🏀🎧📲 On today’s podcast, @franfraschilla joins the show…
Be Precise
This is the next in a series of posts that come from some ideas I wrote about in my first two booklets A Head Coach’s Guide for Working with Assistants and The Assistant Coach’s Guide to Coaching. While those booklets were born out of some specific head coach/assistant coach issues I was facing with some…
There is Power in Your Words
This is the third in this series of posts I have done on the importance of coaches being teachers – not teachers in the sense of having to be classroom teachers, but in the sense that they must learn strategies to teach their players the same way that classroom teachers use strategies to teach their students. To see the previous two…
Hey Coach! Be a Teacher
This post will be the first of a few that come from some ideas I wrote in my first two booklets A Head Coach’s Guide for Working with Assistants and The Assistant Coach’s Guide to Coaching. While those booklets were born out of some specific head coach/assistant coach issues I was facing with some members…