Concepts Shooting is Repetition The difference between a good shooter and a great shooter is about 30,000 shots in the summer. Dick Motta This repetition is even more important than the fundamentals. There have been great shooters who have glaring flaws in their fundamentals. The consistency of the repetition, however, overcame the poor fundamentals...
Creating a Preseason Basketball Camp
I get insanely jealous of football every year. They have spring practice, passing leagues, constant team workouts in the summer, a week of preseason camp, a scrimmage game, a bye week, and large coaching staffs to prepare their team for the upcoming season. Basketball coaches on the other hand have three weeks if they are...
Pre-Season Basketball Coaching Checklist
The job of a high school basketballcoach is much more than practice and game strategy. Oftentimes, it also includes being a manager of operations, counselor, and janitor. Use this list to aide in your preparation for the season. It is much better to be busy in the pre-season than on game night. Do the busy...
Getting the Most Out of Your Timeouts
Pete Newells 9 Baseline Post Moves against Tight Defense
The following 9 post moves are designed to take advantage of the open baseline when the defender is playing close and to the middle. The moves are either on the catch or created through solid footwork. Baseline Power Move 1 When looking over the inside shoulder, the post player sees that the defender is playing...
Starting a Basketball Coaching Round Table
10 Tips to Better Rebounding
Rebounding is an essential part of winning basketball games. I wont say its overlooked, but I think many coaches dont emphasize the importance enough. Games are won and lost in a variety of ways but if your team consistently loses the rebounding battle, you will find yourself on the losing end more frequently. Rebounding is...
Shoot Like Steve Kerr: Five Things Great Shooters Do that All Other Shooters Dont
At all levels of basketball there is a fine line between shooting ability. There are great, good, average, and awful shooters yet most all of these think they are in the good category at a minimum. In my 34 years of coaching Ive worked with all types of shooters and scorers. As a graduate assistant...
15 Rules & Principles for Attacking Zone Presses
Regardless of what type of full court zone pressure you may be facing and how you choose to attack it, these rules and principles will help your players better understand how to be effective against the pressure. Move to areas away from the defenders. As the zone rotates, be aware and alert and move to...
10 Questions to Ask When Scouting Pressure Defenses
The chances are pretty solid that at some point during the course of your season you will go up against a team that will press you in the full court. As you scout any upcoming opponents who employ a pressing defense, the following questions should be asked. Once you can answer these questions, you can...