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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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