by Goetgeluck | Dec 7, 2020 | Athletic Development, Camps
This is one of my favorite games I play with players from all ages to develop balancing. To be able to move athletically on the court, you need to have good balance and strong feet, freedom in your ankle mobility, stability in your knees and flexion in the hip. All of...
by Goetgeluck | Oct 27, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Athletic Development, Player Development
In the video below I talk over it to describe my thought process when using movement games as an observational tool to develop our players athletically. I hope this is an interesting way for you as a coach to understand how you can create your own games and loads....
by Goetgeluck | Sep 28, 2020 | Academy Players, Athletic Development
In-season athletic development (AD*) sessions and planning are a different beast than the time freedom we have during the off-season. Kids are on a school schedule and evenings at the Facility are packed. Right now this means kids come in and have 90 minutes on court...
by Goetgeluck | Jul 7, 2020 | Athletic Development, Player Development
During the off-season months we try to deep dive into all of the basics that make a modern basketball player. One of them is athletic development of our players. In the last 10 years we’ve seen quite some new physical challenges in the young generation: decline...
by Goetgeluck | Jun 24, 2020 | Athletic Development
When I get the question what is central in our athletic development approach, it would be that it is centered around coordination and rhythm training and that most of the practice we do is play-based. A second question that often follows is “why is training...
by Goetgeluck | Jun 17, 2020 | Athletic Development, Player Development
As our off-season program has started a month early due to the current situation, we have a little bit of extra experimental time with our players. Our practice agenda at the moment consists mostly of topics players can join rather than team practices. Players can...
