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How to Avoid Bad Practices

Well, last night's practice with my U16 boys club team we probably had our worst practice out of the 8 we have had. This happens, it...

Mike Mackay - The ABCD's of a Debrief

Mike Mackay is the Women's Performance Manager for Basketball Canada, with over 30 years coaching experience as a developer and in...

Pascal Meurs — Teaching Defensive Decision Making

The following notes are from the FIBA U14 Get Together held in Belgium, on the topic of Defensive Decision Making presented by Pascal...

Creating Practice Variability Back in Lockdown

Unfortunately down here in Melbourne, Australia we are back in lock down. Athletes will be confined to their own company and backyard and...

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...

Brett Brown — Annual Coaches Clinic

Clinic notes from thePhiladelphia Annual Coach the Coaches Clinicin 2016, lead by Head Coach Brett Brown. Some great phrases and coaching...

Dean Vickerman — Open Practice Notes

Current NBL championship winning head coach of Melbourne United, Dean Vickerman ran a clinic in 2017 with the Blackburn Big V Men to...

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...

Ettore Messina — Top Basketball Drills

Ettore Messina, assistant coach of the San Antonio Spurs and 4 time EuroLeague Champion as a Head Coach delivers a clinic on his...

Kerry Rupp — Define Your Language

Chuck Daly reminded his coaches to “speak in headlines“, promoting that an economy of words is effective. Rick Majerus was famous for his...

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...

Chris Oliver — Basketball Decision Training

Chris Oliver is the founder of Basketball Immersion and The Basketball Podcast, two of the greatest current resources you will find on...

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...

Damian Cotter - Skill Development

Damian Cotter is a current coach in the NBA G-League, an ex- junior National Team head coach for the U19 Australian Emu’s (2010–13),...

Decision Making Shooting Drills

Before any great sequence in the NBA where the ball has been zipped around, penetration, extra pass to one of the worlds best shooters...

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