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August 21, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Coaching Nuggets from Jeff Depelteau

I did a fireside chat with Jeff Depelteau last week. Coach Depelteau had many great nuggets to help coaches grow. Here are five. Helping Assistant Coaches Early in his career, the varsity coach asked Coach Depelteau…

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July 22, 2020July 23, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Chris Oliver on Sharing and Games Approach

Chris Oliver saw a problem with coaching clinics. He watched big-time coaches present a topic on technical and tactical ideas to coaches like himself that were trying to grow. Months later, he watched those same coaches…

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June 29, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Coaches Can Still Apply Old School Motivation

I spoke with Wilmington High School girls coach Jessica Robinson recently. My team competes in the same division for the state tournament as Coach Robinson’s team, so I scouted a game they played last year. Her…

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April 15, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Five Steps to a Program Turnaround

I spoke with Dracut boys basketball coach Brian Myers recently. Coach Myers made the jump from Lowell High School where he coached the girls team previously. He has been coaching at Dracut for two seasons and…

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April 14, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Bilas, Calipari, and Brey Share Lessons from Mentors

The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) has an incredible lineup of coaches sharing information the next couple weeks. It is all free and available on their website. Geno Auriemma is speaking on man ton man…

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April 3, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Twelve Game Day Routines Worth Exploring

There was a game this year in which we did not film because I was not prepared. The night before I had downloaded a new version of HUDL on my iPad. It was all in the…

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March 30, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Strategies for Playing Teams in a Rematch

Personally, when I play a team for a second time in a season I always think the psychological advantage goes to the team that lost the first time around. If you won, chances are you just…

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March 29, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Three Thoughts on Core Values from Coach DeMarco

If you have not seen the video of Heather Dorniden falling and then winning the 600-meter race at the Big Ten Championship watch it. I just saw this for the first time and cannot wait to…

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Finding Balance Coaching with Enthusiasm
October 15, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Finding Balance Coaching with Enthusiasm

I was listening to Chris Oliver’s podcast recently and they were discussing practice enthusiasm. The guest mentioned that Jeff Van Gundy said every time he goes to a college practice, there is a sense of high…

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October 1, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
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How to Handle and Prevent Blowouts

I just read the book The Captain Class by Sam Walker. Walker’s research indicates the one constant among the greatest teams in history is a captain. All of the captains are incredibly competitive. Competitive often to…

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