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Basketball Shot Selection and the Use of Questions
Basketball shot selection is an individual players’ decision that is defined by the individual, coach or team. For an individual player shot selection is their ability to recognize what is going on in a possession, know the shot options available and choose the best possible shot from all the information they have gathered. Knowing the proper and most effective shot
Marquette Basketball Offense
The Marquette basketball offense is outlined with clinic notes from head coach Steve Wojciechowski, and a video edit created by Basketball Immersion. Coach Wojciechowski outlined Marquette’s missed shot offense, and what he calls their after action offense. The missed shot offense is not run just on missed shots. They also go to their missed shot offense after a set that
Using 360-Degree Feedback to Enhance Your Coaching
Coaches can use 360-degree feedback to enhance their coaching. In this blog sport psychology researcher Matt Hoffmann highlights how 360-degree feedback can be a useful process to help coaches and their teams be more effective. Matt’s suggestions are based on his review of coaching and 360-degree feedback research from sport and business, as well as conversations he had with several
The Stab Dribble Basketball First Step
Players often teach us what we should be teaching. This is the case for the stab dribble. I always taught first step jab, and first step crossover, to start the first dribble an offensive player takes. As I watched players, both mine and professionals, I often saw them doing something different than what I was teaching. It took some time,
Synergy Basketball Scouting Report
Using Arizona I wanted to show you how we create basketball scouting reports using Synergy Sports Technology. The analytics, video analysis, from examining what teams with similar styles of ours have done vs. the same opponent, and experience from past games vs. an opponent are combined to form a game plan. For all of our games we follow this process
How to Use KlipDraw for Video Animation
KlipDraw is a game changing video animation tool for coaches. I recently switched to using KlipDraw after using generic video editing software for years. What makes KlipDraw so valuable for coaches? It makes sport video analysis easy and video animation accessible for anyone with a computer. One of the most frequent questions I get asked is how do you break
Special Situation Basketball Plays
Basketball special situations are important, and special situations does not mean just last second shots. Offensive special situations are all your jump ball, inbound, pressure release, late clock and free throw situations. Defensive special situations are all your jump ball, inbound and free throw defensive situations, plus how you will foul intentionally, speed up the game if down, or slow
Games Approach to Coaching Basketball
“Technical ability cannot be assessed or considered outside of a tactical context” – Fergus Connolly Seeking effective ways to foster learning of game play and improving players’ game performance is a constant challenge for a coach. I try and meet this challenge by using a games approach to coaching basketball. I will explain some of the reasoning behind
Teaching the Shoot or Drive Basketball Decision
The shoot or drive basketball decision is hard to teach. It is even harder to help a player conceptualize. I want to show you how we teach, and help our players conceptualize, the shoot or drive basketball decision. There are a number of performance variables that influence the shoot or drive decision. Here is a list of some of these
How to Teach the Back Pivot Basketball Scoring Move
The back pivot is used to create space. Why is this important to understand? The goal of the offense is to score. The easiest way to create an opportunity to score is to create space. The opposite is true for the defense. The defense’s goal is to prevent the offense from scoring. The defense’s best method of preventing this possibility
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