A new book hits the shelves today. I haven't read it yet, but I will step out on a limb and say that it is a book you need to read! The book is titled The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story. If … [Read more...]
Building a Basketball Program: The First 30 Days
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Coach Bob Starkey and Coach Jim Boone are doing something unique over the next 30 days you may be interested in. Coach Jim Boone was recently hired as the Head Men's Basketball Coach at West … [Read more...]
Support A Basketball Guru
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Do you know the name Pete Newell? If you're like me, you probably had heard of his 'Big Man Camp' that he ran for many, many years. You may have also heard his name mentioned by other coaches from … [Read more...]
Knock Knock … Who’s There?
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Here's a little morning motivation for you ... courtesy of VersusTV and one of their promo video's. "Knock-Knock." "Who's there?" "The guy that finished second." "The guy that finished … [Read more...]
Leaving a Legacy
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With Father's Day having come and gone yesterday, I want to wish a Happy Father's Day to all the dad's ... as well as all of you basketball coaches! Even if you don't have kids of your own, if you … [Read more...]
Dean Smith & Pat Summitt DVD Price Drop
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If you are a fan of great coaches and like to learn from some of the best, you might be interested in a recent price drop on some great DVD's from Dean Smith and Pat Summitt. The DVD's shown below … [Read more...]
Basketball Coach Offseason To-Do List
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During the summer months, what can we do as coaches to improve in our craft? What opportunities are we giving our players? This post will give several ideas of things we can and should be doing over … [Read more...]
Supercalifragelistic, Shaq is Alidocious
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As you may have heard, Shaq retired earlier today. He let us know via his own social video here. Personally, I'm looking forward to the Fu-Schnicken reunion tour with Shaq-Fu! Check out Shaq-Fu … [Read more...]
New in the Shop: Coaching the System
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If you desire to play an up-tempo style of basketball or tweak your system to add some explosiveness to your offense and defense, you might just want to get your hands on the new book '' by Doug … [Read more...]
Defensive Harness
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I have a basketball coaching book from 1964 by Wayne Dobbs and Garland Pinholster titled 'Basketball's Stunting Defenses'. I haven't read the book from cover to cover yet, but here is one thing from … [Read more...]
Holding the Rope
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I recently read the book 'Called to Coach' by Bobby Bowden. Here’s a story from the book to add to your stack of motivational stuff: What did our 1993 national … [Read more...]
Have Confidence & Think the Game
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I just added a quote from former NBA great, Bob Pettit, to the Basketball Quotations section and I wanted to share it here as well. Bob Pettit is an NBA Hall of Famer, 11-time all star, and the … [Read more...]
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