The Art of Teaching Basketball What you will discover or recall: Coaching Today Teaching of Life Skills Keys to Successful Coaching Coaching Today In recent years, winning has become the primary focus in sports. This is even true on the collegiate and high school levels where the emphasis should be on education and learning. Coaches […]

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 need to know and practice how to guard the player with the ball, how to guard a player without the ball, how to guard a cutter, how to guard […]

HoopTactics Newsletter Coach John Wooden, Featured Play: UCLA Set Offense, Individual “On” Ball Defense Premium Membership What’s New Player Development: Pressuring Player with the Ball Player Development: Containing a Dribbler Player Development: Defending Against Dribble Penetration In Memory of John Wooden  “Success is peace of mind that is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made […]

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 […]