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Why Basketball Coaches Should Care About Pokemon Go

It’s not like your prospects will be playing on their phone instead of practicing. …Or will they? The newest app to capture young basketball players’ attention isn’t Snapchat. It isn’t something that lets them swipe right on potential dates, or even communicate with their friends.   You’ve probably heard of Pokemon Go.   Just to

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The Coach’s Insight, featuring Kennesaw State Assistant Coach Stephen Cox

In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler takes notes from Stephen Cox (Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Kennesaw State) on Staff Cohesion: the pecking order, balancing duties and responsibilities, complimenting each other’s strengths and weaknesses, and the value of effective communication with each another. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s

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THE FUTURE OF FUNDRAISING FOR BASKETBALL TEAMS

As we all know, fundraising is stressful. You need to make your program better, but you can’t get the money to buy the training tools necessary to build a successful program. The community is tired of buying cookie dough and pizza, and the government has passed laws banning the sale of candy in school. You’re

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How to Evaluate NCSA Basketball Players

We’ve assembled players’ key stats, video, academic and contact information in one place so you don’t have to search. You’re busy coaching. But every basketball coach also has to have their eye on the next class of college-bound players, and the roster after that… Managing upcoming roster openings, while grooming current players to take over

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HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Northern Iowa Set Plays

HoopDirt.com’s Starting Five Presented by FastModel Sports FastModel Sports® is the creator of FastDraw® & FastScout®, the best play diagramming and report building software in basketball. FastDraw is used by all U.S. professional teams, 85% of college teams, and 6,000+ high school and youth teams. Learn more about FastDraw here. By: Wes Kosel / HoopDirt.com Contributor Here are five set plays

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The Coach’s Insight, featuring Ohio State Director of Recruiting & Player Development Alan Major

In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler spends a few minutes with former Division I Head Coach, Alan Major (Director of Recruiting and Player Development at Ohio State), discussing the “process” of player/skill development. Tremendous insight from a fantastic coach! View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing Adam Nelson Episode

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