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Wrestling and Physicality Games in Basketball Warm-Ups
Are you building basketball players who shy away from contact, or robust athletes who thrive in the physical trenches of the game?
George Vaz
Aug 24, 20265 min read
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Four Basketball Warm-Up Games for Your Next Practice
Stop wasting the first 15 minutes of your practice on dead layup lines and stretching.
George Vaz
Aug 10, 20264 min read
Practice design
Rate Limiters: Designing Warm-Ups Around Player Needs
Are your warm-ups truly preparing your players for the chaotic, unpredictable nature of a live basketball game, or are they just programming them to be really good at stretching and running in straight lines?
George Vaz
Jul 27, 20265 min read
Practice design
Integrating Tactical, Physical, and Mental Development in Practice
Traditional sports organizations tend to operate in isolated departments. The athletic performance staff, the basketball coaches, and the medical or mental skills experts rarely speak the same language or share the same theoretical framework.
George Vaz
Jun 22, 20264 min read
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Time on Task: Creating More Learning Opportunities in Practice
Have you ever paused a stopwatch during your basketball practice to measure exactly how many minutes your players spend actively playing the game? If you run a traditional practice, the final number might be a tough pill to swallow.
George Vaz
Jun 1, 20264 min read
Practice design
Basketball Practice Design: How to Avoid the "Clean Practice" Trap
We’ve all been there—the perfect drill, high energy, and everyone in the right spot. Then the game starts, and it all falls apart. You fell for the "Clean Practice" trap.
George Vaz
May 11, 20263 min read
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Designing Better Player Interactions in Basketball Practice
High-Quality Interactions: The Secret to Advantage Creation Whether you’re coaching youth ball or professional athletes, the goal is the same: find a way to score.
George Vaz
May 4, 20263 min read
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Using Floor Is Lava in Youth Basketball
How to Use Floor is Lava to Transform Basketball Spacing? There are many times throughout a season when you will want to use a CLA to emphasize certain principles of play with your team.
Alex Sarama
Mar 23, 20262 min read
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3-on-3 Closeouts and Rotations - Small-Sided Game Ideas
Neil Houghton is one of our most active Transforming members based in Melbourne, Australia. As part of one of our membership challenges, Neil shared some great ideas for coaches to use 3-on-3 in their practices.
Neil Houghton
Jan 19, 20261 min read
Practice design
Small-Sided Games Basketball: Ideas for Your Practices
What Are Small-Sided Games in Basketball? Are you new to the Transforming Basketball approach? In this blog, we give you some unique ideas for different small-sided games that you can use in your practices.
Alex Sarama
Dec 29, 20251 min read
Practice design
Why You Need to Constrain Space in Small-Sided Games
Are you struggling to see complete transfer from your small-sided games in practice to the real thing?
Alex Sarama
Dec 22, 20252 min read
Practice design
How to Plan Your Youth Basketball Practices
In this blog, we touch on all the considerations coaches should take into account when creating a practice plan. It is important to write and save each practice plan.
George Vaz
Nov 17, 20254 min read
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