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April 10, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • BLOBs

Heather Stec on Defending BLOBs

I spoke with Heather Stec via teleconference recently. Coach Stec is an assistant on the staff at Army West Point and prior to that she was an assistant with Merrimack College where I first met her.…

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April 1, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • General

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 28, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Individual Growth

Transitioning from Being a First Year Head Coach

I spoke with Winthrop High School girls basketball coach Joe Lowe this past week. I have known Coach Lowe for many years since he used to coach the boys JV team at the school I coach.…

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May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Basketball Philosophy

Jon DeMarco: Five Basketball Lessons from the #GBetBBChat

Coach Jon DeMarco has been trying to grow his network and knowledge in basketball through the #GBetBBChat that he facilitates using his Twitter account (@Coach_Demarco). For very selfish reasons I wanted to know what the biggest…

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September 12, 2018 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Basketball Statistics

How to Build an Identity Around Turnovers

I have had limited opportunities to watch Coach Tanglis’ teams at North Andover and before that Stoneham High during the winter months. Every time I watch though it seems like they are forcing a five second…

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September 2, 2018 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • BLOBs

Why Players Can’t Execute Out of Bounds Plays

In the book Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown, there was a consistent theme around the usefulness of variable practice. Last season, my team had twelve out of bounds plays in the playbook at the…

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July 18, 2018 Mark Schruender 1 Comment
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Five Undervalued Ideas to Coach Better Basketball

I asked Coach Mike McVeigh what he preaches that is not typically preached. Coach McVeigh laughed and was quick to point out that he’s not unique in anything he does. “Any coach that takes credit for creating…

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March 28, 2017May 17, 2017 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • BLOBs
  • Defense

BLOBs Defense: Zone or Man?

For virtually my entire coaching career I have had my teams play a 2-3 zone on baseline out of bounds plays (BLOBs) for two reasons. So many gimmick plays are designed to get players to the…

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