Category: Training and Development
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How to Improve your Basketball IQ
Basketball Intelligence is measured by the way you play the game of basketball and how well you can anticipate what will happen based on your prior knowledge. The best players on the court often have the highest Basketball IQ. If you take a look at college basketball, nearly every player can pass, dribble and shoot.…
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Youth Basketball Drills For Ball Handling
Basketball requires more hand to ball contact than any other sport. Because of this fact, it is imperative that players learn and practice proper ball handling and dribbling. Coaching youth players on these techniques will ensure they build a good foundation of basic basketball skills. Below are fast and easy basketball drills to build and…
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A Key Strategy For Winning Basketball Practice
While winning games may be your ultimate goal as a youth coach or player, you already know that success starts long before the clock does. Even though we all want the most out of our practices, none of us really set out to think about having a “winning” practice. But because all wins start behind…
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Is Zone Defense Bad for Youth Basketball?
In the coaching community, we depend upon the advice of other coaches to try to become better at our job, to help to create better players and to win more games each season. With that said, a coaching buddy of mine got an email last week from a coach in another district that went a…
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Basketball Training | 10 Ways to Improve Your Game
Basketball Training: 10 Ways To Improve Your Game Basketball, like any other sport or musical instrument for that matter, is a progression of skill that is achieved through two primary elements: time and effort. There is no shortcut around skill development, regardless of natural ability–which can help a great deal, but drilling and practice are still…
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Coaching Youth Basketball Rebounding – It’s all About Desire
Every coach wants to be able to coach a team at a championship level each season… but you will never do this consistently if you are not teaching your team to rebound like the champions that you know that they can be. When on the defensive side of the court, having the ability to secure…
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Youth Basketball Tips 3 Ways to Improve Your Shot
Many times players believe that they need to dramatically change their shooting form and spend a ton of time improving to completely rebuild their shot. While in some cases, this may be the best course of action, in other cases, implementing a few small changes in certain areas of emphasis could make all the difference…
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Reducing Turnovers: Ball-Handling and Passing
Reading the sports page during basketball season, you will typically run across more than a few headlines like “Tech Turnovers Cost Game” and “Turnovers Costly for Badgers.” In addition, when TV analysts break-down games, they always speak on turnovers… but also “points off turnovers.” Meanwhile, point guards are judged on their “assists to turnover ratio.”…
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Want More Playing Time? How to Get Kids On the Court
Dealing with kids that are feeling a little (or a lot) disappointed can be very challenging as a coach. We can instinctively know when the player sitting on the bench is feeling down in the dumps. However, at the same time, we must walk a fine line – judging between what is best for each…
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Tips and Tricks for Shooting Like Curry
If any of you watched the spring NCAA basketball tournament, your answer will be an unequivocal “yes.” He basically torched the nets throughout the entire tournament as he led the Wildcats to become a part of the Elite 8. If you were to have watched the tournament, one of the things that you would have taken notice…