by Joerik | Oct 5, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
The rule of 3, 10 and 30 dive a bit further into the topic of my last post on two questions to ask yourself before intervening. This one of those things that I heard mentioned somewhere but I forgot who said it. In any case the rules sticked because it just makes...
by Joerik | Oct 4, 2020 | Academy Players, Offense, Player Development, Shooting
In this video you see our U15’s practice shooting in a competitive game. Here we are working on the following qualities: decision-making testing shooting performance under pressure passing and vision style of play making connections We make the game competitive...
by Joerik | Sep 30, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Offense, Player Development
There are four phases I use in my way of thinking of developing and progressing a drill. Phase A: On Air On Air is typically used for teaching a new skill, error detection and form. Focus on form first, speed second. Use the on air phase early in practice, for...
by Joerik | Sep 14, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
We try to keep our coaching interventions to a minimum. Players learn mostly by playing not by listening to lectures. with limited practice time, we try to give players as much action on the court as possible. We’re trying to create self-teaching drills. As a...
by Joerik | Aug 19, 2020 | Academy Players, Culture, Podcast
Here’s a recent webinar I gave for Gold Ticket Sports that dives a bit further into our Academy Culture. Check out the PDF in last month’s post. JoerikJoerik Michiels is co-founder of Elite Athletes and is the Skill Director and soul of the Elite Academy....
