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Rebounding is one of the easiest and most difficult skills and abilities to coach. Unlike other skills, it requires motor, hustle, anticipation and consistency to be effective. In my experience, the best rebounders I’ve coached have either…
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I came across a YouTube video of former Canadian Olympic Women’s basketball coach Allison McNeill titled “Developing Players’ Decision Making.” The title caught my eye and I watched all 75 minutes of the video. And while I…
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I often speak with my fellow coaches on our lineups, players and the depth we have at certain positions. And when we speak on these lineups often mention 5 positions: point guard, shooting guard, small forward,…
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Like most of the basketball fans out there, especially those in the Boston area, I’m sure you have watched the recent 30 for 30, Celtics / Lakers: Best of Enemies. If not, it’s well worth the…
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MIT Coach Sonia Raman spoke about the dribble drive offense at last month’s Coach’s Classroom at Merrimack College. She immediately cited Vance Walberg who is credited for creating this scheme while working with John Calipari at…
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The worst part of the coaching is no doubt injuries. No matter if it’s your players or the opposing team’s, you never want to see an athlete go down with an injury. That being said it’s…
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Each week, there are a number of tremendous basketball articles on blogs, websites and elsewhere. As such, we wanted to capture of a few of our favorites each week and share on the blog. If you have…
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I, along with fellow site blogger Chris, recently went to a Coaches Classroom put on by the WBCA at Merrimack College. Thanks to the Merrimack Girls Basketball Staff of Monique Leblanc and Heather Stec for organizing and…
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If you coach at the Varsity level in basketball, you’ve probably either heard of Hudl (or Krossover, which I have not used) or have been given access by your AD. This is a review of Hudl…
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Every coach that I speak to about basketball and coaching always comes back to the same principles. While we geek out about basketball concepts, plays and drills, at the end of the day it’s about teaching…
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