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June 24, 2020June 24, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Positionless Basketball

The Principles Offense at West Point

Last month West Point assistant coach Heather Stec spoke about the Noah LaRoche offensive principles. Last week I did a fireside chat with Benjamin Chase who happens to be another West Point assistant coach. The more…

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May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Defense

Blindside and Ball Side Run and Jump Rules

Letting the ball in play, containing the dribble, and resisting the urge to foul are all elementary principles of run and jump. All of these principles relate to defending the ball. This section focuses on the…

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May 4, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Practice Plans

Five Suggestions for Running Efficient Practices

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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Implementing the Noah LaRoche Offense
April 13, 2020June 24, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
  • Positionless Basketball

Implementing the Noah LaRoche Offense

I asked Coach Heather Stec if she has developed any new insights lately. She mentioned two things. The first is that she has developed a passion for the style of offense that Army West Point head…

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April 7, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Strategies for Adolescents to Sustain Attention

Kids these days. Coach Ted Schruender and Paul Tanglis gave some strategies for helping a generation of players that are quick to lose focus. The phone and the endless scrolls of information are difficult to compete…

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March 27, 2020March 29, 2020 Mark Schruender No Comments
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Jon DeMarco on Ball Screens

The other day I did a teleconference with #GBetBBChat founder Jon DeMarco (follow @Coach_DeMarco on Twitter). Coach DeMarco meets with coaches every Wednesday at 8 P.M. to uncover literally every topic you can think of in…

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