Should My Child Sign Up for AAU Basketball?
Should my child sign up for AAU basketball? For many people on the outside of the bubble that is “AAU culture”, they are often looking no further than the circus act of Lavar Ball and shutting…
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Author: Mark Schruender
Five Drills for Positionless Basketball
I have been soaking up the FIBA basketball videos on YouTube lately. I recently posted about drills that Canadian coach Allison McNeill demonstrated that can serve youth players, and this post is a look at some of…
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Four Youth Basketball Drills to Improve IQ
I came across a YouTube video of former Canadian Olympic Women’s basketball coach Allison McNeill titled “Developing Players’ Decision Making.” The title caught my eye and I watched all 75 minutes of the video. And while I…
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MIT Coach Sonia Raman on the Dribble Drive
MIT Coach Sonia Raman spoke about the dribble drive offense at last month’s Coach’s Classroom at Merrimack College. She immediately cited Vance Walberg who is credited for creating this scheme while working with John Calipari at…
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There is No Magic Drill from @BC_CoachJohnson
I, along with fellow site blogger Chris, recently went to a Coaches Classroom put on by the WBCA at Merrimack College. Thanks to the Merrimack Girls Basketball Staff of Monique Leblanc and Heather Stec for organizing and…
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Quinnipiac Women’s Basketball Team’s Unique Substitution Strategy
I had the opportunity to listen to Quinnipiac Associate Head Coach Mountain MacGillivray (@QUCoachMT) give a talk on their five in and five out substitution pattern at the WBCA Coaches Classroom this past week. The concept…
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The Amesbury Full-Court 2-2-1 Zone Defense
I sat down with Matt Willis who is the girls coach at Amesbury High School a little over a week ago. Matt and the Amesbury girls team had a historically great season with a Cape Ann…
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Transition Basketball Philosophy at Bentley University
The Bentley Falcons women’s basketball program has been to 33 Division II tournaments – more than any other team in the country. I reached out to the coaching staff and Associate Head Coach C White was…
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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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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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