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...
by tannerbrightman1@gmail.com | Jan 19, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Athletic Development, Communication, Culture, Player Development, Sports Parents, Webinar
Coaches! We appreciate all of you who have sent in questions for the January webinar – and thank you for those who were able to attend the live this past Sunday. If you’re interested in making this a more frequent thing we add to the platform, let us know....
by Goetgeluck | Jan 11, 2021 | Academy Players, Athletic Development, Camps, Player Development, Public
Just as there is this constant debate in the basketball world about “what is better: game based or on air practice?”, there exists such a conversation in the world of athletic development. One of my aims to have a happier life as a coach is to avoid...
