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Recently I wrote about utilizing Google Classroom during the upcoming season to mitigate the risks associated with COVID. One idea included a Captain Academy (or Leadership Academy) to inform aspiring captains of the expectations that come…
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I have never done more professional development in coaching than I am doing now. I guess that is what happens when live sports on television is not possible and we are encouraged to stay home. There…
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This past season my team had six captains. Most people just kind of looked at me when I said that. They did not come right out and judge me, but I’m guessing behind my back they…
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Tewksbury Assistant Coach Steve “Boudah” Boudreau shared a great idea for creating roles for every player on a team. Rick Gorman founder of BST helped Boudah with the general outline and Boudah took it and ran…
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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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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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One of my greatest frustrations implementing the read and react offense last season was the reduced amount of ball screen opportunities. Ball screens are used at every level of basketball because they are complicated to defend.…
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I went to BST for a third consecutive summer to get new ideas about basketball drills and culture building. Afterward I spoke with my friend Steve Boudreau who has become one of the most respected learners…
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Coach Chris Passmore finds data and information to be invaluable in games and at practices for different reasons. He also went further into organizing information to include skills tracking and nutrition. And while giving the players…
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When I sat down with Rick Gorman after the workout he said the group was a sort of cult, and he meant it in the most positive way possible. Gorman told me ahead of time that…
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