01/20/16 The reason that you have a basketball program that is great for two years (maybe even 5 years) and then absolutely sucks is because the coach sucks! (Yes, I said it. I tried to say it nicely though.) People get confused thinking that Coach ABC is awesome because he/she wins games. No people. It’s…

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Some of us are bad at it. Some of us are good at it. But what we all are, as basketball players, are actors and actresses. Sometimes we act like we are an intimidating person so that we can get the mental edge over a player. We act like we’re going to shoot the ball…

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Often times people feel like the person playing the point guard position should be the most selfless player on the court. That’s wrong! The point guard should be selfish. It’s when we understand the variations of selfishness that we understand how a point guard could and should be selfish. If players don’t think the point guard…

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Often times players tend to think that dribbling is the key to success on the basketball court. The reality is that dribbling is only a piece of the pie. Dribbling allows you to move with the ball (otherwise a travel violation would be called). But here’s the thing… most people who dribble the air out…

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Random Thought for the Trainers: There is something called “over dribbling.” Simply put… you’re dribbling too much. What that means… you’re not as efficient. Here’s an FYI… college coaches DO NOT like that. Just how in cigarette commercials it’s mandatory that they put all the negative side effects at the bottom or in antidepressant commercials…

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This is probably every players’ least favorite time of the year. Run.. Run.. Run… is what seems to consume their brains. Here’s the thing… Making your mile time, your shuttle time, 17’s, pyramids and all of the NOT fun running drills is only one aspect of conditioning. That is conditioning your endurance. That’s all. Run…

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Dude, Some Things Are So Easy We Can’t Do It! The weirdest thing ever is how the things that are so easy for us to do are just a easy for us NOT to do! That baffles me! There are things that, literally, don’t take very much effort to complete. But with that same amount…

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