The core pillars of how we want to play the game are race, flow and attack. This means that we are looking to push the ball as quickly as we can and attack the opposition early. In order to support our pillars, we pay attention to these principles: pace and spaceadvantage basedshot selection These basically... Continue Reading →
Coaches are architects of the practice environment. In building the perfect practice session, every aspect of practice enhance game performance. It is the coaches job to identify, select and design activities that help athletes improve their performance. In searching for ways that this can be done, research indicates that the more a practice environment looks... Continue Reading →
This week's practice idea was inspired by an Instagram post by Coach Paul Kelleher. The point of practice is to create an environment that best allows the skills being taught to be replicated on gameday. Research tells us that random and variable practices are better for long-term retention and transfer when compared to the more... Continue Reading →
The "10 Straight Passing" drill is a simple team activity that helps players get focused and ready ahead of practice. It gets players moving, communicating and making passes under pressure. Skill development is made up of three separate and distinct stages - movement mechanics, perceptual elements, and conceptual elements. Coaches mostly see the movement mechanics... Continue Reading →
3/0 Line String Shooting is a simple team warm-up drill that we adapted from Brian McCormick. Doing it early on in the practice allows our players to get warm, go through our dribble penetration principles and get some shots up. The setup is relatively simple with one line with basketballs on the slot and two... Continue Reading →
On this week's edition of our X's & O's, we decided to look at a practice from last week. This is an example of how we can use one start to structure our entire practice. From this, we were able to work on various concepts and things that we wanted to emphasise. Our primary objectives... Continue Reading →
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