Coaching is about relationships, communication, teaching life while teaching the sport, being real with athletes, long hours of preparation, giving credit to others during victory and accepting the blame during losses.

Coaches Energy I often times hear players getting criticized for their energy and how they respond/act during games. I’ve started to realize, especially while coaching youth sports, that most players are going to take on the energy of the coach and sometimes the parents in the

Was honoured to write a guest chapter on basketball coaching through an ecological lens for a new skill acquisition textbook. Look out for "Ecological Dynamics in Sport Coaching" coming out next year!

COACHING HARD A lot of comments on recent videos asked what it means to coach players hard. I think the initial reaction to that we think of a Coach screaming and yelling. I don’t really consider that ‘Coaching Hard’. Coaching hard to me means you are fully invested in the

Avoid the 3 L’s Great advice for every coach 1. Laps 2. Lines 3. Lectures Players are there to work and get better! Make sure your practices maximize those opportunities Here’s what Jim Huber has to say as part of Youth Coaching System - breakthroughbasketball.com/pr/huber-youth…

…ampionshipvisionbasketballpodcast.com/posts/the-mast… Check out my new article about my new e-book called The Masters of Basketball Coaching. Here are a few video clips from the book by Coach David Lepisto Dave Lepisto and the great Coach Doc Scheppler

What is something that is fluff that you have removed from your practices?

Ball Screen Advantage 2v2 & 3v3 Simulating defensive player going over the top of the screen. We have removed the hedge on the screen for youth players to get them downhill and read the help defenders.

Topic Announcement: Cody Toppert — Designing CLA-Informed Practices that Optimize Learning Stop scripting. Start designing. Cody Toppert will share how CLA-built practices unlock learning retention and player adaptability. basketballimmersion.com/thecoachlab/

Pete Carroll’s Philosophy in coaching in comparison to other GREAT coaches #RaiderNation

You're not committed to playing fast if the ball isn't constantly airborne over the halfcourt line. #TransitionOffenseTips

You're not committed to playing fast if it is taking 10-12 seconds to get into your offense/first action. #TransitionOffenseTips

You're not committed to playing fast if it's taking forever to get the ball back inbounds after we get scored on. #TransitionOffenseTips

Coaches might lose their minds over this🤷‍♂️ But when you remove the whistle and allow players to travel during a small sided game like this, you might just open the door to movement patterns they've never explored before. Would you ever try this?

How Can You Teach Defensive Rebounding Better? Boxing out is one of the most poorly transferred skills in basketball. This is how we teach it using the Constraints-Led Approach (CLA)—through context, not choreography. A thread. 🧵

If you quit it's easy to predict your future... Video Credit to graziosimotive

3 Scoring Systems For Better Offense: 1. Dribble Inverse Scoring - shots scored w/less dribbles worth more 2. Shot selection scoring - points for value of shot quality 3. Bonus scoring - make any action (baskets after O reb., for example) worth double

Are you coaching on a stationary bike and expecting they'll be able to bike better on the street? In EP384 of The Basketball Podcast, I share this analogy that, well, makes sense to me... basketballimmersion.com/the-basketball…

This guy gets it

Spain Variations... Creighton Ways to "Shuffle the Deck" into Spain: 1) Ram Side Spain 2) Twirl Spain 3) Shallow Spain 4) Drag Spain 5) Rub DHO Spain 6) Ram Shallow Spain 7) Zip Spain 8) Drag DHO Spain 9) Wide Curl Spain 10) Spain Fade