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Reconsidering Effective Learning In The Basketball Practice Environment

“Learning is characterised by a search for functional performance solutions, where the learner is challenged beyond ...

Reconsidering Effective Learning In The Basketball Practice Environment

Aug 26, 2024

Alex Sarama

Practical Ideas

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Rethinking The Idea of Vitamins In Basketball Player Development

The Spurs famously coined the term “vitamins” many years ago. This now refers to the delivery ...

Rethinking The Idea of Vitamins In Basketball Player Development

Aug 19, 2024

Alex Sarama

Skill Acquisition

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Why Do we Not Use 1-on-0 at Transforming Basketball?

We frequently get asked about why we refrain from using 1-on-0 drills at Transforming Basketball, and more specifically, why we ...

Why Do we Not Use 1-on-0 at Transforming Basketball?

Aug 12, 2024

Alex Sarama

Skill Acquisition

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Functional Solutions in 1-on-1 Player Development

1-on-1 can be one of the simplest, but most effective ways, to improve functional solutions in driving, ...

Functional Solutions in 1-on-1 Player Development

Aug 5, 2024

Alex Sarama

Practical Ideas

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The Medieval Siege and Transition Defense: A Youth Basketball Defense

As John Kessel and Mike MacKay have frequently said, we don’t coach basketball. Rather, we coach ...

The Medieval Siege and Transition Defense: A Youth Basketball Defense

Jul 29, 2024

Alex Sarama

Principles of Play

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The Problem with the Read and React Offense in Youth Basketball

The Read & React Offense is undoubtedly a much better alternative than a lot of the other extremely ...

The Problem with the Read and React Offense in Youth Basketball

Jul 22, 2024

Alex Sarama

Principles of Play

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Are Line and Box Drills Drills Really Effective in Basketball Practices?

Every year ‘Line and Box Drills’ do the rounds on Basketball X. These are viewed as fundamental ...

Are Line and Box Drills Drills Really Effective in Basketball Practices?

Jul 15, 2024

Alex Sarama

Practical Ideas

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How To Use Guided Defense in Player Development

Guided defense is when the defense is constrained in how they can defend an offensive player(s) ...

How To Use Guided Defense in Player Development

Jul 8, 2024

Alex Sarama

Practical Ideas

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How To Use Jungle Shooting To Improve Your Team’s Shooting

How to Use Jungle Shooting

🤯Chaos Shooting
👉 2 balls, 2v2, 3v2, 4v2 all allow for good time on task.
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How To Use Jungle Shooting To Improve Your Team’s Shooting

Jul 1, 2024

Alex Sarama

Principles of Play

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How to Give Better Coaching Feedback & Informational Constraints

One of the biggest misconceptions of the CLA is that coaches cannot use feedback. Feedback is vitally ...

How to Give Better Coaching Feedback & Informational Constraints

Jun 24, 2024

Alex Sarama

Skill Acquisition

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