“Believe that the loose ball that you are chasing has your name on it.” -Coach K
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
4 "MUST HAVES" in Your Drill Work
1. Weak Hand Development
2. Footwork and balance emphasis
3. Playing through contact
4. Contesting shots
-Kevin Eastman
The Theory of Two
It takes 2 minutes to show you a new skill.
It takes 2 weeks of practicing the skill before you are comfortable.
It takes 2 months of consistent practice and execution before it is "game ready".
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Book Giveaway!
Winner will be announced Friday.
9 Important Teaching Points for Your Drills
The following are notes from Morgan Wootten's Basketball Camp around 2005...these were given to Joe Wootten from Kevin Eastman (Boston Celtics Assistant Coach) and passed on to the camp staff:
1) Basketball is a game of inches (John Stockton; slow, but sure)- Attack ankles/Attack hips, etc.
2) Pound dribble for better handle on the basketball
3) Play the game low to high (on screens: cutter's shoulders should be at screener's hips. Quite a bit happens away from the ball so shooters, be ready on the catch to go up into your shot without hesitation)
4) It's a shoulders game (Posting up and defense)
5) Shoulder- Hip through contact
6) Feet first, ball second (go by- not around)
7) Find your feet on shots (if you have to look down to find yourself on the floor, don't shoot it!)
8) Use your eyes more: when setting screens, see back of defense's head, "eye" the game in setting yourself up in a scoring position)
9) Be ready for the next play
1) Basketball is a game of inches (John Stockton; slow, but sure)- Attack ankles/Attack hips, etc.
2) Pound dribble for better handle on the basketball
3) Play the game low to high (on screens: cutter's shoulders should be at screener's hips. Quite a bit happens away from the ball so shooters, be ready on the catch to go up into your shot without hesitation)
4) It's a shoulders game (Posting up and defense)
5) Shoulder- Hip through contact
6) Feet first, ball second (go by- not around)
7) Find your feet on shots (if you have to look down to find yourself on the floor, don't shoot it!)
8) Use your eyes more: when setting screens, see back of defense's head, "eye" the game in setting yourself up in a scoring position)
9) Be ready for the next play
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Quote of the Day:
"I can check the level of your honesty and commitment by the quality of your effort on the court. You cannot separate sports from your life, no matter how hard you try. Your personality shows up on the court. Greed, indifference, whatever, it all shows up. You cannot hide it. -Pete Carill
Monday, October 31, 2011
Steve Jobs on time & dreams
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
A Rebounder's Mentality
That phrase rings true for me in many situations.
In the game of basketball, there is a ton of focus (and rightly so) on technique. We want our players to execute skills in the most efficient manner possible. Is there a point when this emphasis on technique becomes overbearing and the ?
I love this one simple rule of rebounding... "Rebound as if you were going to be rewarded $5,000 for every ball you track down".
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