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Both of these thoughts on five-out and managing individual expectations came from Merrimack Coach Monique LeBlanc. In a very productive conversation, we also discussed how to best measure rebounding and how she makes recruiting decisions. Five-Out…
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I asked Merrimack College coach Monique LeBlanc what she looked for in college recruiting. Specifically what things players did that could move them from the interested to the disinterested pile. The obvious caveat was that there…
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Last year, I spoke with Merrimack Head Coach Monique LeBlanc and Assistant Coach Heather Stec about how to qualify and quantify shot selection. Coach Stec recently became an assistant coach at Army, but I spoke again…
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I finally read Stephen Covey’s masterpiece The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It is a must read for any coach. Here are ten basketball lessons from 7 Habits: 1. Mission Statement My team has utilized…
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I sat down with North Andover High School assistant Kevin Tanglis. We discussed yelling “dead” when the dribble gets picked up, the assistant’s role during timeouts, and consistency at all levels. Yelling Dead to Force Five…
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I recently read One Minute to Midnight by Michael Dobbs. As the Cuban Missile Crisis unfolded in October of 1962, Dobbs provides insights into the perspectives of Nikita Khrushchev, Fidel Castro, and John F. Kennedy. This…
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The book Superforecasters changed my perception of game planning. The authors, Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner, hit on several common themes that I have been reading up on during the off-season. Decisiveness, transparency, and open-mindedness among…
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Chaos Monkeys from a coach’s perspective, is not the first book I’d recommend off the shelf. A friend of mine who works in the tech start-up world recommended it. He did not say why and I…
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John Fortunato talked to me about forcing weak hand and when to reach for a steal this past week. He also broke down what statistics he finds most valuable during a game, his scouting philosophy, and an…
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The first tip Coach Dave Harrington of Evolution basketball shared with me on how to avoid traveling before the first dribble was to immediately sit and get low. On virtually every catch this is what players…
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