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NCAA parity : " I can't remember a season when the old "on any given night..." cliche was so evident. It is so difficult to truly "rank" teams that it seems fruitless to try. Or at least to put ANY stock in their importance. Here are a few examples Kansas just lost to Villanova does that make 'Nova better? North Carolina lost to SANTA CLARA should Santa Clara be ranked higher Georgia Tech lost to Gonzaga and Virginia Tech well USF and St Mary's beat the 'Zags, but USF lost to LMU who lost to UCR and they lost to non-scholarship UC-Davis who's in the first year of DI while Virginia Tech lost to Western Michigan who lost to USC who lost Rick Majerus after 5 days on the job. Get where I'm going? There are examples of this all around the country across every division of basketball. There simply is no 'transitive property' (If a > b and b > c, then a > c) in basketball. You just cannot use comparitive sched...

In This doc could give Warriors a shot : Scot Ostler writes, "Most players learned to shoot on their own and their bad habits were never corrected, only compensated for. [Players think]A jump shot (or free throw) is way too personal to let a stranger tinker with it. In golf, every pro has a coach who analyzes, critiques and tweaks every swing, even on the practice range. Golfers don't pick up a toothbrush without their coach correcting their grip. The jump shot and the golf swing are cousins, mechanically, but golfers recognize certain basic laws of a good swing, and hoopsters cherish the idiosyncrasies of their jumpers. " Baseball players are no different with their swing. Hands here, hips there, feet like this, head like that. Watch themselves on video, over and over again. I believe that THAT is the primary reason the increase in offensive statistics. Others point to the rampant performance enhancing drugs. Unless the drug also provides radar - there must be som...

The Grinnell basketball coach David Arseneault fulfilled numerous coaches' requests by publishing a book entitled, "The Running Game- A Formula For Success" and an instructional video called "Running To Extremes." That system has been the topic of discussion recently, with Redlands University running their version at the tune of over 140 ppg. Last night in high school basketball, we saw the complete antithesis. The story follows- FOXSports.com - More Sports - Second quarter 3-pointer proves decisive : "Hard to imagine a 3-pointer in the second quarter of a high school boy's basketball game would turn out to be the winning basket , unless it's one of only three made in the entire game. That basket, along with an earlier field goal, was all Bellows Free Academy-Fairfax needed to beat Milton on Wednesday night. The final score: 5-2. To the teams' credit, the score was the result of an apparently deliberate stalling strategy. It could not ...

Coaching players is like raising kids. Raising my children, I did not only want them to do the right thing because "Dad said so" or for fear of being punished, but rather because it was the right thing to do. Their comes a time when "Dad"(or Mom or COACH) is not going to be there, and yet a correct decision must be made. In order for this to occur, they had to learn "why" it was the right thing, and "how" it was going to benefit them. I believe that a similiar approach must be taken in coaching. At Basketball-tips and Basketball4ALL we call it " Parenting the Program ." You want players to practice hard and focused because it is he right thing to do and, due to your well planned practice, is impossible NOT to do. You don't want them to practice hard for fear of running. You can't stop play in the middle of a game and tell them to "Get on the line!" They better be able to gain focus on their own - because it is ...

TheRedlandsGrinnellplayeverybodygoreallyfastandgiveupalotofpointssoyoucanscorealotofpointsSystem That is what some people have named the system that leads the nation in scoring over the past few seasons. At Basketball-tips.com , I recieve dozens of questions about the Grinnell(Redlands) System of play. So I thought that here may be a good spot to discuss the system, as I see it. First off, I went to the Redlands/La Sierra game last night. 172-107 - Redlands. They had 93 at the half - and went thru a cold spell. Scored their 101st point at the 18:36 mark in the 2nd half. Played 21 guys - 14 of them over 10 minutes. Did not play most of their top ten in the final 10 minutes. Did not really press full court in the final 4 minutes. Probably could have scored 200. Honest. After seeing them play a dozen or so times in the past 3 seasons, this is what I can discern from watching. At the end of the season I intend to sit down with Coach Gary Smith and pick his brain some. He is one ...

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS Every year many people try to make New Years Resolutions to change or alter their behavior over the next year. In order to truly follow thru with a resolution, it must be one that you truly believe in. Basketball resolutions are no different. Before you commit to changing a style of play or improving on a skill, you must first know that it is something that you really believe to be important in the game of basketball. If any of you have seen the baseball movie, Bull Durham , The main character (played by Kevin Costner) states the things that he believes in, in a little monologue. Here`s my attempt at my "Basketball Beliefs" ala "Crash Davis". BAKETBALL BELIEFS I believe in the basketball. I believe in running the floor, the first open man, the ball reversal, the open shot, the jump stop, and the pivot foot. I believe in setting screens, using screens, dribbling for a reason, good passing angles, being ...