Georges Niang on Motivation, Focus, and Humility
Georges Niang of the Utah Jazz went on a zoom recently to share his story in a Q & A format with about 15 high school coaches. In middle school, Niang was coached by Rick Gorman…
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Practice Plans with an Offensive Focus
Newton South High School boys basketball coach Steve Matthews and Newburyport boys coach Dave Clay both implemented the principles offense in the 2019-2020 season. It is an offense that takes a tremendous amount of reps since…
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Realistic Player Development Plan for COVID-19
Brown University women’s coach Monique LeBlanc offered great advice for offseason player development plans during the pandemic. She said to be as realistic as possible. If players only want to give 20 minutes or 30 minutes…
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Addressing Social Justice with Your Team
I just finished the book Everyday Antiracism. The book draws on essays about race from about 60 different teachers and professors from a variety of backgrounds. It is designed for teachers, but certain essays are broad…
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Balancing Relationships while Changing Teams
I spoke with former Monique LeBlanc recently over Zoom. Coach LeBlanc is taking over the head coach position at Brown University after spending nine years at Merrimack College. For any coach that leaves one program and…
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The Student Part of Student-Athletes
I spoke with Wilmington High School coach Jessica Robinson about being a teacher and a coach in the same school. While Coach Robinson does not have any of her players in class, she still sees them…
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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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Comparing Read and React to West Point’s Principles
Coaches are generally more familiar with read and react than Noah LaRoche’s principles because the offense has been around longer. I asked West Point assistant women’s coach Benjamin Chase what he thought about moving from a read…
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The Principles Offense at West Point
Last month West Point assistant coach Heather Stec spoke about the Noah LaRoche offensive principles. Last week I did a fireside chat with Benjamin Chase who happens to be another West Point assistant coach. The more…
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Three Team Building Ideas from Clare Murphy
I follow Fontbonne basketball coach Clare Murphy on Twitter. She is a model coach on how to use social media with positivity and a little humor. Coach Murphy knows that teams that blend together off the…
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