by Joerik | Jul 21, 2022 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Off-Season, Player Development
Pre-Season Planning + Explanation vision behind it There is a focus for 7 weeks leading into our September competition Our biggest focus points: 1) Off Court Connections 2) How We Want to Play 3) What Our Culture is and How We Uphold It Take a watch of the video...
by Michaeldeboeck | Feb 14, 2022 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Player Development, Shooting
With this 1-pager on “the shot spectrum.” We really encourage our coaches to print this chart out and take it to practices & games. We present the shot spectrum concept and why it’s important to players about this, because they have to know it...
by Joerik | Nov 19, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Offense
Coaches! Here is a breakdown video I made of all pick & roll actions from a recent U17 game. It took me close to 5 hours to do it but I thought this game held many teachings for all our teams and coaches. If you got any feedback, I always welcome it and appreciate...
by Mathieu.Detiege | Sep 22, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Defense, Offense, Player Development
The season plan is a condensed resource that we share with all our Academy coaches to help keep track off when to teach each concept in every age category. Our aim with this document is to get all of our style of play and skill development vision on a couple of pages....
by Mathieu.Detiege | Aug 16, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Mindset, Player Development, Shooting
Shooting should be a passion for every coach. It is the single most important skill in basketball. Coaches have to give players the tools to shoot consistently, teaching them to be their own coach and by being able to self-review. We notice that some players get...
by MikedeKraker | May 17, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
Transactional versus Transformational coaching The perfect game in the Major League Baseball (MLB) is a victory by a pitcher (or a combination of pitchers) with no batters reaching first base. This to me signifies the perfect game in coaching. The team is locked in...