Coaching Tips: Setting Goals is a Key to Success After a long season, coaches need to take some time off to recuperate and re‐charge their batteries. However, before doing so, while it is fresh in your mind, review, analyze and evaluate the past season. Examine exactly what was accomplished, what was successful, and what needs to […]

Quick Tip: Teaching & Learning To be successful players must gain a working knowledge of the game. What, when and why should be very clear and specific. Learning is best when it includes activities using as many senses as possible. Learners remember 10% of what is read, 20% of what is heard (75% is forgotten […]

HoopTactics Newsletter Rebounding (General) Flight Time Rebound Location Desire and Determination Defensive Rebounding Shot Blocking Offensive Rebounding Rebounding  You Can Over Shoot, Over Dribble, or Over Pass, but You Can Never Over Rebound! Most coaches have a tendency to look at rebounding in terms of total rebounds, and view rebounding as a single endeavor. In […]

HoopTactics What’s New Player Development: Improving  Free Throw Accuracy, Free Throw Marksman Club, Defending Against Dribble Penetration,  Defensive Strategies: Techniques for Disrupting “Off Ball” Screens, Defensive Rebounding Principles and Techniques Quick Tip: Individual Defensive Skills and Techniques Like their offensive counterparts, defensive fundamentals must be broken down and practiced constantly on all levels of basketball. Players […]