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Coaching: Learning Without Doing?

It’s possible. But it’s unlikely that you learn how to coach really well in games by watching a lot of NBA basketball. Or teach an...

Monthly Top 5's — Books, Podcasts & Quotes

Here is a monthly dose of ‘Top 5’s’, a list of what I’m enjoying or pondering. Not all directly basketball related, but the concepts...

Basketball Australia Performance Coaches Course Recap

Welcome to my report on the recent Basketball Australia Performance Coaches Course held in Melbourne, Australia. It was a 3 day event...

7 Brian Goorjian-isms: Longevity in Coaching

I was fortunate enough to spend 5 days as team liaison working for Showtime Basketball with Brian Goorjian and his new team the Zhejiang...

The Power of Conversations

Famous life coach Tony Robbins said “Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” We are so...

Do You Have a Pre-Season Check List?

In order of priority, what are the things you need to cover before your first game? As Stephen Covey said in the 7 Habits of Highly...

Coaching Strategy & Tactics

Every coach (including myself) loves to geek out on coaching tactics — the Brad Stevens game winning SLOB plays with the Boston Celtics,...

My Favourite Drills, Period — Part 2

Italian 3v3 Credit this drill to Dean Vickerman, head coach of Melbourne United. In the last 12 months, this is by far my favourite...

My Favourite Drills, Period — Part 1

During a more recent blog post I wrote called Coaching: Hacking Away at the Unessential I mentioned quite a few of my favourite drills. I...

Coaching: Hacking Away at the Unessential

As basketball coaches in the information age, we are in a constant state of information overwhelm. I could find myself on Twitter...

The Ultimate Team Building Exercise

You get a new team, new players, different backgrounds — how do you make them come together as quickly as possible? As famous NBA coach...

You Can’t Fix What You Fake

The San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich so often uses the phrase “you’ve got to get over yourself’ with his players, but as...

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