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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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The average NBA field goal attempt is worth just north of one point. At the girls high school level over the past four years I found a field goal attempt to be worth about two-thirds of…
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Basketball Immersion founder Chris Oliver came on the Fireside Chat last week to discuss some of his philosophies with high school and college coaches. Here are 13 notes that I took away from what he shared…
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The Director of Hoop Consultants Mike Procopio came on a Fireside chat this week to discuss footwork. Footwork is basketball’s version of financial literacy. Most kids are deprived any education on the subject in favor of…
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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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This post is the second of two posts recapping Georges Niang’s journey to the NBA. In the first post, Niang analyzed the roles that his focus, motivation, and humility played. Continuing on the theme of a…
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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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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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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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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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