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July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Footwork

15 Tips on Footwork from Mike Procopio

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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July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Individual Growth

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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July 3, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Team Culture

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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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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August 21, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Basketball Philosophy
  • Merrimack College

Three Useful Basketball Resources

This is the last post that I will make regarding my trip to Merrimack College. One question I ask in my visits to the school is a longer version of, “What’s new?” Coach LeBlanc told me…

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August 14, 2019August 14, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Merrimack College

Implementing a Terms Index for the Team

Merrimack Coach Monique LeBlanc gave me a simple and effective idea. She told me that the entire team is going to become familiar with a terms index. The idea was spurned out of watching University of…

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August 13, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Basketball Philosophy
  • Merrimack College

Balancing Recruiting Challenges with the Current Roster

Merrimack Women’s Head Coach Monique LeBlanc was generous enough to share her thoughts with me last month. She always is. Last July we discussed managing individual expectations and five-out concepts. The year before she elaborated on…

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August 12, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Defense
  • Merrimack College

How to Practice Closeouts in a 2-3 Zone

Merrimack College usually plays a 2-3 zone. One of the challenges of that defense is getting out on shooters. They used a closeout drill to simulate the movement of the ball from the top to the…

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August 7, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Drills and Skills
  • Merrimack College

Moving without the Basketball in Dribble Penetration

For teams that are utilizing dribble drive or read and react, this drill is effective. Players are drilled to move without the basketball in dribble penetration. The drill reminded me of a drill that Bob Hurley…

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August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Drills and Skills
  • Merrimack College

Developing Pivot Footwork for Perimeter Driving

Reducing the annoying pivot foot traveling calls can be the difference between a win and a loss. I am consistently searching for drills that incorporate footwork to legally attack from the perimeter. The Merrimack College women’s…

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