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March 30, 2017May 17, 2017 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Merrimack College
  • Offense

Takeaways from Merrimack College Women’s Program

I had the opportunity to speak with Merrimack head coach Monique Leblanc and her assistant coach Heather Stec last week for about an hour.  I have attended Merrimack practices for the past four seasons and have…

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Basketball Pivots
March 29, 2017May 17, 2017 Chris Brablc No Comments
  • Offense

Basketball Pivots: Should We Focus Only on the Left Pivot and Right Jab?

One of my favorite Youtube channels for basketball is by @CoachKroogs. He does a great job of scouring NBA clips and isolating key skills and moves that you can show your players. His voiceover work is…

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March 28, 2017May 17, 2017 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • BLOBs
  • Defense

BLOBs Defense: Zone or Man?

For virtually my entire coaching career I have had my teams play a 2-3 zone on baseline out of bounds plays (BLOBs) for two reasons. So many gimmick plays are designed to get players to the…

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March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 Chris Brablc No Comments
  • Offense

Basketball Attack and Counter: Should It Be Away From the Pass?

I subscribe to the Breakthrough Basketball newsletter and while most of the content is gated for subscribers there are a lot of good ideas that can come from the concepts. Today, they had an article and…

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March 25, 2017March 27, 2017 Chris Brablc No Comments
  • General
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How I became a basketball coach: A Lieutenant Dan Situation

It was 6 years ago that I made a promise to my good college friend on a late Saturday night; it was one of the best decisions I’ve made. He had been telling me about his undefeated…

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