GOLD STANDARD COACHING @CoachLok

Here are a few thoughts that might make the use of Player Notebooks and Playbooks most effective. I've used them some years and some years we didn't. Not really sure why. Sometimes it can become a chore to police their use at first. But if you feel strongly enough that their use will be effective - it may be worth it. Having one place to store schedules, tournament brackets, workout schedules, charts, or the players meetings and appointments is simply a good organizational skill that you are teaching your players that may carry on later in life. There were plenty of times we need to bring our Faculty Handbook to meetings or they may be in a business meeting where they must show up with their Operations Manual. And if they do play at the next level, they may very well be expected to take care of their playbook. They already take notebooks and text books to their classes - basketball is our class and it is not unreasonable to think that they can be responsible to do the same. We ...

The "Golden Triangle" is a, somewhat, overused description of some of the most important, wealthiest, or influential geographic areas in many parts of the planet. i like to refer to another very important piece of real estate as the "Golden Triangle" -the area a step outside each block to the midpoint of the FT line. For rebounding purposes, we emphasize all FIVE defenders getting into the "Golden Triangle" where a majority of the rebounds fall (statistically it's probably more like an ellipse - but that's nitpicking!: ?) We talk a lot about geometry and anticipating rebounding angles. Perimeter shots will be in the air only a little more than a second. That gives the defender time to get position between your man & the basket, make contact stop his progress, then get in the "Golden Triangle". If the defensive player is too deep in the "Golden Triangle" that's when they must block out to create space and get to the outsk...

Every really good team I've been associated with had great senior leadership...at the end of the bench. 3 or 4 mature kids that had been program players, understood their role, practiced their rear-ends off, and were willing to help others achieve their goals. The bench was less "squirrelly" and those players understood the way we did things so they could be another set of eyes for the players that did play. Those teams always had 4 or 5 guys that might not be as good a basketball player as the top 3-5 players on the JV team. But why have those underclassroom at the end of a 15 player bench when they can get more reps and minutes on the Junior Varsity. Make those players feel special on a daily basis, praise them relentlessly, mention them to reporters, let them know that their efforts are as important as the top 8 players, lavish them on Senior Night, and make a big deal about them at the banquet. Often times, those are the kids that keep in touchthe most, come back the ...