A Coach's Diary

After watching the Boston Celtics hit a big game winning 3 in an ATO situation, head coach Brad Stevens is beginning to get more and more recognition for his ability to draw up late game special situation plays.  Upon seeing this play, in which a guard curls the first screen of a staggered set, and the 1 st screener comes off the 2 nd screen, I began to do more research into this particular Celtics action.  I have found that Stevens loves this action, and the Celtics have used it throughout the year in various situations, including as a set play, a sideline out of bounds play (SLOB), as shown against the Cavs, and as a baseline in-bounds play (BLOB). Half-Court Hoops is one of the best, most in-depth basketball pages on YouTube.  He does a great job of breaking down so many of the NBA's offenses.  He originally called this action: 'Horns Double Staggered Twirl,' but has since renamed it 'Elbow Boston' because it was used and popularized with Ray Allen ...

I had a player come to me the other day after practice with this question: 'Coach, how can I score more?"  My first thought was, 'why?'  In attempting to lead the conversation and creating a safe place for her to ask for advice in the future, I thought and then asked, 'Is it so your [summer] team can have more success, or because you hope more college coaches look at you.'  With hesitation, she said both.  Here is my response: I want to start off by reiterating - I don't think you have to score more to be a college basketball player.  Being a college basketball player really comes down to being able to make the right plays more consistently than the other players that a particular school is recruiting.  That could mean scoring more, but there are so many other aspects to the game that coaches look at as well.  They want to win, and being able to make 'winning plays' will help you get recruited.  Of course being a more potent...

One of the best ways to get exposure and to play in front of college basketball coaches is to contact the five to six schools that you might have interest in to see when their camps are during the summer and attend those. That puts you right in front of the coaches and gives you the opportunity to see if you like the school. Below are a list of many of the Division 1 and Division 2 women's basketball camps in the state of Texas:

This list comes from a Facebook group full of high school, college, and professional coaches.  In the group, there are also former professional players.  If you want to know how you can become a better basketball, this list is a GREAT start! 1 - First of all I love you! 2 - Now is the time to invest in your Basketball Future remember that the most important Skill is Sho oting and it takes work and proper mechanics. Find a Shooting Coaching in your area if not I will find you one in your area. 3 - If your 6'3 and below (or 5’9 as a girl) your limited basically to either Guard spot so you have to master taking care of the mail and delivering it without losing it. 4 - Get together with a "Basketball" Strength and Conditioning and build your Body! That takes work! As you do this your Confidence will begin to soar. With this comes eating properly too get with a Sports Nutritionist. 5 - Go online and buy "Stuff Good Players Should Know" by Dick Devenzio. Read o...

This article was borrowed completely from RealGM .  You can read the original article here . The Golden State Warriors have run one of basketball's most interesting offenses during Steve Kerr's two seasons as head coach which emphasizes rhythm and flow. The offense stresses ball movement to create easy, high percentage shots at the three-point line and near the basket. “You see it on their faces when we start to score and when it starts to become overwhelming, when we’re hitting and rolling on all cylinders," said Shaun Livingston. "It’s just a crushing feeling when you take somebody’s will away, to where they don’t really think they can win, they’re not competing at the same level. That’s kind of a gratifying feeling.” “I don’t think I’ve made up anything that we do,” Kerr said in an interview with The Chronicle. “I’ve stolen from everybody, but most coaches would tell you the same thing.”

An example of the Recruiting Funnel in Football The goal of many youth and high school athletes is to earn that full-ride college scholarship to play college sports, but according to  NCAA.org ,  of the nearly 8 million students currently participating in high school athletics in the United States, only 480,000 of them will compete at NCAA schools.   There are more opportunities to play in college outside of the NCAA, including playing for other 4 year institutions including  NAIA  and  NCCAA , and including  2 year junior college institutions  ( NJCAA ), but in reality, only a small percentage of high school athletes will earn a full scholarship.  But, it is possible to play in college with talent and through hard-work and determination, the right exposure, and a little luck. I played college basketball at  Seminole State College , an NJCAA junior college program in Oklahoma and I finished my college career at  ...

All credit of this article goes to  Pat Williams  and his book,  Coach Wooden .   He breaks down Coach Wooden’s seven-point creed that was given to him by his father when he graduated from elementary school.  Many attribute a large part of his success to this creed and his ability to live it out daily. The 4th creed is ‘Make Friendship a Fine Art.’  Below are quotes and passages from that 3 rd creed. - You can read about the 1 st creed, 'be true to yourself,'  here . - You can read about the 2 nd creed, ‘help others,’ here . - You can read about 3rd creed, 'Drink deeply from here .  Someone is not a good friend because he or she does good things for you all the time.  It’s friendship when you do good things for each other.  It’s showing concern and consideration … The first and most important step in friendship is being a friend. - John Wooden Friendship is like a good marriage – it’s based on common concern....