Transforming Basketball Blog

Transforming Basketball Officially Partners with the NBBF to Redefine Coach Education. Building on years of collaboration, we are thrilled to announce a formal partnership to deliver a modern, evidence-based education pathway for coaches across Norway, starting with Level 1 in February 2026.

This post examines the impact of survivorship bias on basketball coaching, illustrating how practitioners often adopt methods based solely on the historical success of others while remaining blind to potential failures.

Neil shares some great ideas for coaches to use 3-on-3 in their practices.

There are some distinct differences between a read and react offense and a conceptual offense. While many coaches think they are one and the same, they are actually two entirely different offensive systems.

What is Self-Determination Theory? How to develop and build autonomy, competence, and relatedness in your players.

Looking for fresh small-sided games basketball ideas to energize your practices? This article showcases creative drills contributed by coaches inside the Transforming Community, designed for youth players of all ages and abilities. From advantage offense to defensive rotations, these games guarantee variable decisions and real development every rep.

One of the reasons your small-sided games (SSGs) are not achieving their maximum result could be because of the unrepresentative behaviours the players are getting away with. And the most common culprit in this instance is failing to constrain space.

Transforming Basketball member Neil Houghton contributes this excellent blog article on ideas for teaching zone offense. Neil does a great job using Transforming ideas with his club in Australia.

What is ecological dynamics and how is it connected to a constraints-led approach? 

For a U10 team (7-9 year olds) of total novices, what are some effective principles of play?