Off-Season VertiMax Workout: Lateral Quickness
The offseason is here, which means it’s time to roll that VertiMax back out of the storage closet and get to work! If you haven’t already, I’d encourage you to download the VertiMax training app. On it, you’ll find both free and paid content. In the free content is a virtual clinic describing and demonstrating […]
Basketball Nutrition: The Key to Bigger, Stronger, Faster
As a basketball player, summer is the time to get bigger, strong, and faster. The key to all that? Proper nutrition. Here’s are seven suggestions for building your off-season nutrition plan:
Summer Reading Suggestions for Basketball Coaches
Summer is the time for improvement for basketball coaches. Here are a few book suggestions for the off-season…
Off-Season VertiMax Workout: Vertical Jump
The offseason is here, which means it’s time to roll that VertiMax back out of the storage closet and get to work! Already, some have contacted me this spring about ideas for VertiMax workouts to improve players’ vertical jump. If you haven’t already, I’d encourage you to download the VertiMax training app. On it, you’ll […]
Two 5-Out Actions for Your Playbook
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I love using sets with consecutive actions. Not only are they hard to guard, but you almost always end up with more than one scoring opportunity. For those of you who are 5-Out coaches, here are a couple 5-Out options designed with those consecutive actions…
Offensive Concepts: Avoiding Double Drives
Have you ever studied to see what back-to-back drives does to the flow and effectiveness of your offense? If you haven’t, check this out… Attacking gaps with the dribble is foundational in most conceptual offenses. However, like anything else, you can have too much of a good thing. Radius Athletics’ Randy Sherman and A Quick […]
Offensive Concepts: Headlights and Taillights
In your offense, what are the other 3 (or 4) perimeter players doing on a drive to the basket? Standing still? Cutting? Circle movement? A simple way to improve your conceptual offense is to coordinate the movements of players as the ball is moved via dribble or pass. Two of those simple movements are included […]
Teaching Offense via 3-on-3 SSGs
Recently, I shared 3 small-sided games (SSGs) we use with our players to accelerate their improvement on the defensive end. This time, we’ll look at the offensive side of the ball.
2 Ways to Improve Your Team’s Offensive Pace
Want your team playing with better pace? Looking to up your PPP (points per possession) this coming season? Radius Athletics’ Randy Sherman and A Quick Timeout Podcast’s Tony Miller explain how playing like the pros can increase your pace of play on the offensive end.
Using Your Man-to-Man BLOBs vs. Zone Defense
Do you have a separate out-of-bounds playbook for man-to-man defense and zone defenses? Don’t waste the time and frustration teaching your players a whole new set of plays for each defensive scheme! Coach Ido Singer explains how to take your existing OOBs plays and tweak things to score against zone defenses.
