Fundamental Skills and Athleticism (Episode 16)
Fundamental Skills and Athleticism WIthout any scientific research to really back this up, I would wager two different points regarding fundamental skills and athleticism. Most people refer to fundamental skills as passing, dribbling and shooting and maybe screening and defense Most people refer to athleticism how high you can jump, how fast you can run or […]
Outline the Basics for Read & React
This post will provide an outline of the basics for Read & React style of play. Players can start in a 5-out, 4-out 1-in, or 3-out 2-in alignment. The 3-out and 5-out alignments use the same spots for player landmarks. The spots in a 4 out are very similar except that the top spot is split […]
High School Perspective ft. Marcus Dilligard (Episode 14)
High School Perspective High school coaches are the most important coaches in the game. They have the opportunity to work with players on a regular basis at an age where players can be molded. This development is certainly physical, but it’s also mental. High school coaches who can help players understand what it means to […]
Mission, Vision, Purpose (Episode 13)
Hoops College Mission Vision & Purpose Mission Using basketball, we educate to develop and expose greatness. Hoops College believes that there is greatness in everyone. However, many people hold themselves back. In addition, there are tons of rumors and bad information that are almost accepted as truth because they have been going around for so […]
Communicate With Your Team During Games (Episode 12)
Communicate With Your Team During Games Coaches often use timeouts as opportunities to communicate with their teams, but there are many other opportunities and ways to communicate without calling a timeout. There are at least 50 dead balls in every game. Are you taking full advantage of these dead ball opportunities to communicate with your […]
Why Should You Call Timeout? (Episode 11)
Why Should You Call A Timeout? Every timeout is precious. We have a limited number of timeouts so we must choose to use them wisely. Every coach has their own philosophy about why you call a timeout, but we want to challenge you to think about why you call them. Do you call them for […]
Team Building in the Off Season ft. Jimmy Garrity (Episode 10)
Team Building We all want our teams to have good chemistry. Most coaches want them to become better people off the court as well as on the court. Coach Garrity at Wofford University discusses a team building program that he uses with his team. Tell us about what you do in the off season to […]
Gaining Buy-In ft. Gayle Coats Fulks (Episode 9)
Gaining Buy-In Coach Gayle Coats Fulks of Davidson College talks about gaining buy-in from her new team at a program that had not seen a lot of recent success. Is it important to you that your team “buys-in”? Is it important to your players that they “buy-in”? What does buy-in look like to you or […]
Changing My Least Favorite Part of Practice (Episode 6)
Changing My Least Favorite Part of Practice Here are 8 reasons why you might dread a certain part of practice. In this episode we discuss some strategies to help you address these situations. Your players probably enjoy your favorite part of practice. Your energy is definitely contagious to them. Maybe you have to fake your […]
Ask and Answer Questions
Ask and Answer Questions Hoops College likes to ask and answer questions. We want to figure out what works, what doesn’t work, and how we can do it better. We will provide a holistic approach to teaching and learning to play the game of basketball individually and collectively. It is not enough to just have […]