Since 1991, Global Sports Academy (GSA) has been arranging tours for college and youth teams from the United States and countries around the world to promote international competition and goodwill. Not only do athletes learn valuable lessons through participating in their respective sports in other countries, but they also enjoy the experiences of a lifetime
GUEST BLOG: Basketball’s Impostor
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PART II – Filtering: A Blueprint for Focused Development of Championship Level Culture
Filtering: A Blueprint for Focused Development of Championship Level Culture By: HoopDirt.com guest contributor Patrick Henry Part II: Objectives and Procedures The previous part of this series, focused on the idea of utilizing a Filtered-Approach in developing a program’s culture, specifically the foundational building blocks of Values and Standards. In the second effort in
Tuesday Starting Five – 1/19/16
By: Lucas Shapiro / HoopDirt.com Contributor Here is this week’s edition of HoopDirt.com’s Tuesday Starting Five. Golden State Warriors: Horns Chicago Lob This opening set for the Warriors against the Cavaliers set the tone for the rest of the game. This is a good set if you know that the opposing team is dragging ball screens or hand
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Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award winners for Week 9 of the college basketball season. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2015-16 college basketball season. The
UNLV Poll Results
Here are the results of this weeks poll where we asked our readers who they thought would be the choice to replace Dave Rice as the head coach at UNLV. Interestingly, Stave Lavin and Dan Majerle received the same amount of votes and tied for the top spot. Out of the large number of write
Filtering: A Blueprint for Focused Development of Championship Level Culture
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POLL: Who will be the next Head Coach at UNLV?
Who do YOU think will replace Dave Rice as the Head Coach at UNLV? We invite you to vote in our latest HoopDirt poll, and see if you can correctly predict who will lead the Runnin’ Rebels next. We did this back in May with the Florida job, and the HoopDirt faithful made the right
Tuesday Starting Five – 1/12/16
By: Lucas Shapiro / HoopDirt.com Contributor Here is this week’s edition of HoopDirt.com’s Tuesday Starting Five. USC Trojans – Box Cross Curl In a four overtime thriller, USC was able to get the slight edge over Arizona on a simple baseline out of bounds play. What is particularly interesting about this play, however, is that the Trojans ran
WEEK 8: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award winners for week 8 of the college basketball season. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2015-16 college basketball season. The
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By: Lucas Shapiro / HoopDirt.com Contributor Here is this week’s edition of HoopDirt.com’s Tuesday Starting Five. Kansas Jayhawks – Elevator BLOB This was not the play that won them the game. Despite missing the shot, that is about as open as a look as one can get in an overtime thriller. Bill Self
Week 7: HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week
Congratulations to the following coaches who have been selected as the HoopDirt.com Coach of the Week Award winners for week 7 of the college basketball season. The coaches are now eligible to receive the HoopDirt.com National Coach of the Year Award which will be announced at the conclusion of the 2015-16 college basketball season. The