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May 15, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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The Benefits of Local Grassroots Fireside Coach Chats

I have never done more professional development in coaching than I am doing now. I guess that is what happens when live sports on television is not possible and we are encouraged to stay home. There…

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May 3, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Coach Vaughan on Shooting Mentality

Mansfield High School coach Michael Vaughan refrains from correcting a player’s form from the time they are a sophomore until they graduate. Coach Vaughan believes that if players are serious about fixing their shot, they will…

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April 1, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Zone BLOBs to Counter 2-3 Zone Defense

I spoke with Alan Hibino recently via teleconference. Alan is the girls head coach at Andover High School. The same Andover High School that won the Division I state championship a few weeks ago. The first…

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March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Creating Roles for Every Player on a Team

Tewksbury Assistant Coach Steve “Boudah” Boudreau shared a great idea for creating roles for every player on a team. Rick Gorman founder of BST helped Boudah with the general outline and Boudah took it and ran…

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March 27, 2020March 29, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Jon DeMarco on Ball Screens

The other day I did a teleconference with #GBetBBChat founder Jon DeMarco (follow @Coach_DeMarco on Twitter). Coach DeMarco meets with coaches every Wednesday at 8 P.M. to uncover literally every topic you can think of in…

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March 24, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Coaching Advice during Rebuilding Seasons

At the conclusion of every season, outgoing seniors and incoming freshmen ensure that a program will be challenged. For the top one or two percent of programs the idea of rebuilding is completely foreign. These are…

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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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July 30, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Virginia Builds in Time for Contested Shots

Getting up shots is a consistent worry for coaches over the course of practice. One of my areas for growth last off-season was finding drills that allowed my team to take more three’s. And we found…

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July 3, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Countering Temptations with a Limitless Mentality

As I wrote last year after attending BST, the players wake up early and face rigorous conditioning by design. I happened to be observing the baptism of this particular group of players for this summer. BST…

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July 1, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
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How to Support Athletes Quitting a Sport

Kate Fagan’s book What Made Maddie Run forced me to consider how to listen to an athlete that is attempting to quit. Here is a quote that concerned me from the book. “I had come to…

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