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 →
In this edition of our weekly X's and O's, we're going to look at one of our favourite practice games - the 12 Man Rotation. This is a drill that we do twice a week in practice to really develop some of the habits we believe are necessary to be successful in the game. 12... Continue Reading →
In a previous post, we highlighted some of the things that we include in each of our practices. Through 1vs1, 3vs3 and SSG, we are able to teach the decision-making components, including highlighting the various cues that players need to recognise in order to make a decision. In this post, we share our favourite stationary advantage... Continue Reading →
Last week we introduced our practice drill Loaded Shooting. As we build up on that drill and players get comfortable, we want to incorporate it into a team finishing or shooting drill. I'm not really a fan of the two line lay-ups lines in the pre-game warm-ups and here's how we have used McCormick Finishing... Continue Reading →
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