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I sat down for a third annual breakfast hoops talk with Steve Boudreau (Boudah). Last summer he gave me great advice for building a youth program. This year we touched on a number of topics which…
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I just read Stuff Good Players Should Know by Dick DeVenzio. This is a much more condensed write-up than I could have written. I actually have ten pages worth of highlights from this book. DeVenzio clarified, introduced,…
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I was wondering if offensive rebounding was just an innate skill. Coach McVeigh said that while nature certainly plays a role, he felt that good coaching could enhance a player’s ability to be effective on the…
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Coach McVeigh has been through what you might call a coaching sandwich. He started out as an assistant coach (at the college level), became a head coach, and is now an assistant coach for his son.…
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Coach McVeigh talked at length when I asked him about the key influences on professional development throughout his coaching career. Here are some of his thoughts on those people and the lessons that they instilled in…
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I asked Coach Mike McVeigh what he preaches that is not typically preached. Coach McVeigh laughed and was quick to point out that he’s not unique in anything he does. “Any coach that takes credit for creating…
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I sat down with coach Mike McVeigh recently to pick his brain on many hoops topics. Coach McVeigh played at Merrimack College and has been a coach since the fall of 1970. He began as an…
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Both of these thoughts on five-out and managing individual expectations came from Merrimack Coach Monique LeBlanc. In a very productive conversation, we also discussed how to best measure rebounding and how she makes recruiting decisions. Five-Out…
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I asked Merrimack College coach Monique LeBlanc what she looked for in college recruiting. Specifically what things players did that could move them from the interested to the disinterested pile. The obvious caveat was that there…
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Last year, I spoke with Merrimack Head Coach Monique LeBlanc and Assistant Coach Heather Stec about how to qualify and quantify shot selection. Coach Stec recently became an assistant coach at Army, but I spoke again…
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