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One of the comments that Kristen McDonnell made about Mansfield High School boys coach Michael Vaughan is that he runs efficient practices. Coach Vaughan says that players are expected to jog between drills. They keep a…
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One area that high school coaches can consistently grow in is parent guidelines and family communication. Coach Stantial’s immediate response to this is that their goal as a program is to get players to advocate for…
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We were doing a shell drill at one point in the middle of the season. At the conclusion of it, an assistant coach asked our team what can we do better. The number one answer he…
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I recently did a teleconference with Beverly girls head coach Seth Stantial. Coach Stantial and I have spoken in the past about varsity players reading to elementary schools and situational basketball among many other topics. He…
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I spoke with high school girls basketball coach Matt Willis over the phone recently. Coach Willis has been around long enough to coach teams in which post passing was essential and post passing was non-existent. The…
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I asked Seth Stantial some of the considerations for building a program that he takes into account this week. Obviously there is no limit to this question, but I was specifically curious about how to grow…
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Yesterday I spent time reflecting on situational basketball with Beverly High School’s girls basketball coach Seth Stantial (check out our conversation on building a high school basketball program too.) Here are some of my takeaways. Close…
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