Explore practical ideas to design better practices, develop adaptable players, and help your team play better basketball.
If you were to ask the average person to draw a picture of a sports coach, they would likely sketch a stern figure equipped with a whistle, barking rigid instru
Use deception, tag games and live opponents to build basketball agility, perception and decision-making in your warm-up.
Walk into almost any open gym, driveway, or team practice around the world, and you will inevitably witness the same sequence: a player stands at the top of the key, bounces the ball to their defender, receives it back, and systematically squares up to attack.
What if the secret to building an elite basketball player has nothing to do with playing basketball? Donor Sports are one of the most powerful ways to build more adaptable, creative, and robust basketball players.
Guided defense is one of the most effective ways to help basketball players build real finishing dexterity at the rim.
Mikan drill alternatives are becoming essential for basketball coaches who want players to finish effectively in real game situations, not just look good in empty-gym workouts.
Developed by psychologists Edward Deci and Richard Ryan in the 1980s, Self-Determination Theory (SDT) explains how human motivation operates on a spectrum. Rather than simply being “motivated” or “unmotivated,” SDT focuses on the quality of motivation.
On a recent member post (thanks to Brian Loomis), it got us thinking about a problem a lot of us have come up against at different points in our career……
What Is the Constraints-Led Approach Basketball? We had a member of our Transforming Community post this very interesting question: "How do I teach a beginner to do a lay-up—without boring them or killing their joy?"
How can we add repetition without repetition to ball handling? So instead of asking a player to repeat the same dribble move 20 times in the same spot, we offer…
As a coach, how can you develop skills such as resiliency within your players when the game or practice is not going their way?
A while ago I had a really good conversation with another coach here in Germany. I re-posted a particularly ‘shifty’ dribble move on Instagram, and he wanted to know how I would ‘teach’ that using the CLA.
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