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Month: April 2020

April 29, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Team Culture

Parent Guidelines for High School Coaches

One area that high school coaches can consistently grow in is parent guidelines and family communication. Coach Stantial’s immediate response to this is that their goal as a program is to get players to advocate for…

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April 28, 2020April 28, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Defense

Three Musts in Defensive Communication

We were doing a shell drill at one point in the middle of the season. At the conclusion of it, an assistant coach asked our team what can we do better. The number one answer he…

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April 27, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Individual Growth

Balancing Player Development with Win Now

I recently did a teleconference with Beverly girls head coach Seth Stantial. Coach Stantial and I have spoken in the past about varsity players reading to elementary schools and situational basketball among many other topics. He…

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April 24, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Assistant Coach

The Role of the Assistant Coach and Other Thoughts

I spoke with North Reading assistant coach John Fortunato recently over zoom. Coach Fortunato has made the transition to assistant coach after spending a few decades as a head coach. The passion for the game has…

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April 22, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Team Culture

Six Ideas to Enhance Team Culture

Kristen McDonnell has a very unique perspective. She coached a top-tier program in Braintree on the girls side for many years. This past season, she moved on to coach the boys program in Norwood. Males have…

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April 21, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Youth Basketball

Kristen McDonnell on Developing Youth Basketball Programs

Kristen McDonnell provided some really practical ideas for improving a youth program. Among the topics she uncovered were coaches clinics, facilitating camps in the summer, and player clinics during the season. Coach’s Clinics When she started…

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April 20, 2020April 20, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Warm-up

Getting the Most of the Basketball Warm-up Routine

I spoke in a teleconference with current Norwood boys basketball and former Braintree girls basketball coach Kristen McDonnell. Her accolades include several state championships and numerous players that have gone on to play at every level…

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April 19, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Youth Basketball

Ideas to Increase Youth Basketball Participation during Summer

I spoke with Winthrop High School girls basketball coach Joe Lowe recently. What always stood out for me about Coach Lowe is two things. First, his positive demeanor. The way he spoke to players at practice…

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April 17, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Transition

The Three Most Important Transition Rules

There are an infinite level of details we can go to as coaches, but there is a finite amount of time we have to teach those details. I asked Connecticut Sun assistant coach Brandi Poole for…

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April 16, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Individual Growth

Committed Players Embrace the Monotony to Reach Potential

A few nights ago Brandi Poole was gracious enough to take a break from draft prep to speak with me over Zoom. Coach Poole is currently an assistant coach of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun. Her basketball…

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