Basketball is not a stress-free sport: it necessitates physical and mental persistence and an indomitable conviction that success is possible. Encourage your players to push themselves by emphasizing that perseverance is what separates a player with potential from a player who achieves that potential. It’s essential that everyone in your program – players & coaches
HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Lithuania
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 Lithuania will be competing in
“The Dish” sponsored by Dr. Dish: 3 Easy Ways to Improve Your Shot
If you watch a professional basketball game, you will notice that almost every player has a style to their jump shot that is unique to them. Many players have different basketball shooting pockets, jump heights, and release times. It is easy to wonder how all of these players made it to the highest level of
Do You Have The Player Development Edge?
The whole point of coaching is to develop better players, because better players mean winning teams. Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly —- improvement on the basketball court is what coaching is all about. Player development happens at all levels of the game. From youth basketball all the way up to the pros, everyone wants to add
The Coach’s Insight, featuring Murray State Assistant Coach Tim Kaine
In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler spends time chatting with Tim Kaine (Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Murray State University) on player development on the court, personal development of players off the court, and making the efofrt to relate to today’s generation. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing
HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Spain
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 This week’s starting five includes
HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Italy
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 The Olympic Qualifying Tournaments start
Using Analytics To Build Winning Line-Ups
As coaches, we typically use our judgement to determine our lineups and substitution patterns, when in reality, simple analytics could provide more objective solutions. Data should be an aid to decision making, providing new insights and often reinforcing what we see on the court. In this article, we will look at key elements to consider
Free Playbook: NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers
LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers ended a 52 year championship drought and brought a title to back to the city of Cleveland. After a knock-down, drag out series that pitted the best team in NBA regular season history vs. the best player on the planet, the Cavaliers are your 2016 NBA Champions. Our 2016
Move Your Program Forward with TeamSynced
On average, college athletic teams spend 10 months out of the year together. That’s 300 days of workouts, classes, practices, meetings, film sessions, treatment times, road trips, meals and more. Millions of dollars and thousands of man hours are spent each year in effort to compete, win and move an athletic program forward. In order
The Coach’s Insight, featuring UNC Charlotte Assistant Coach Andre Gray
Episode #5 – In this episode of ‘The Coach’s Insight’, Richie Schueler discusses today’s recruiting trends with Andre Gray, Assistant Coach at the UNC Charlotte. Listen to Coach Gray’s viewpoints on evaluation vs. recruitment, the use of social media, shedding stigmas, and finding your niche. View past Episodes of The Coach’s Insight: Episode 1: HoopDirt.com’s DirtKing
HoopDirt.com Starting Five by FastModel Sports – Puerto Rico
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 Below are several plays used