by Goetgeluck | Apr 19, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Athletic Development
We have started a traineeship process at our Academy to educate coaches in our coaching vision and process of teaching skills. One of the skills we teach is athletic development which we see not only as on-court movement quality but also their off-court habits. As you...
by Goetgeluck | Mar 31, 2021 | Academy Players, Athletic Development
The last weeks we’ve been back on it with our players. As I wrote in the last posts on developing mobility in motion, I saw that our players were a bit rusty in their ankles and hips since coming back from lockdown. The mobility movements you see in our Mobility...
by Goetgeluck | Mar 28, 2021 | Academy Players, Athletic Development
One athletic development strategy I use is giving our kids frequent “Movement Snacks” suggestions. Not all of our physical training is done before practice or after it. What I actually see is that our youth athletes are not that physically active –...
by Goetgeluck | Mar 12, 2021 | Athletic Development
Last week we had our first outside strength & conditioning session with our Academy kids. Before every session I always run a 15 minute warm-up that serves as a check-up for all the joints. I immediately noticed that many of the kids were looking more rusty than...
by Goetgeluck | Feb 3, 2021 | Athletic Development, Mindset
Yesterday I was reminded of a meeting I had with legendary basketball coach Greg Popovich with my colleagues at EA. We had a lunch with coach during the break of Basketball Without Borders Camp in Serbia in 2018. Of course as long-time admirers we all had questions...
