As coaches, we recognize the importance of the off-season for our players to work and to grow. I can remember putting together off-season shooting programs for my players, and giving them motivational packets emphasizing the importance of using the off-season to grow as a player.
We expect our players to make a commitment in the off-season to grow. If they are not going to commit, they probably won’t be successful and our team will not be successful.
We need to expect the same from ourselves as coaches. We must make a commitment in the off-season to grow as a coach and to grow as a program.
In the first month after the season, coaches should answer some important questions.
1- What was your offensive playbook at the end of the season? This should be written down within the first two weeks of your last game. The longer you wait, the more you will forget. Include sets, calls, counters.
2- What was your defensive playbook at the end of the season? Same thing- do it in the first two weeks of post season. What did you run defensively? What were some key concepts of it? When did you run particular defenses?
3- What were good things about your practice organization and bad things about your practice organization? What were the drills that must be kept? Were there adjustments or details to your drills that you want to remember? Were there things in practice you want to drop?
5- Why did you win and why did you lose?Look at the stats from your games with teams who were .500 or better. Calculate offensive points per possession, defensive points per possession, tempo-total possessions, FGA, FTA, FG%, 3A, 3M, 3%, TP, O-Reb %, D-Reb%, Turnovers, Forced Turnovers, Opp FG%, Opp 3A, Opp 3M. Look the stats in games you won and games you lost. Use the stats to determine which were key stats to determine if you won or lost.
6- Analyzing the stats from #5, pick out 4-5 stat goals you should have next year? It might something like- 45% FG, 75% Defensive Rebounds, 12 Turnovers, 60 FGA. Come up with your stat goals. Based on last year’s games, what stats goals would predict wins?
7- Breakdown all of your offensive possessions in your 8 toughest games. Offensively breakdown what you scored on in these games- fastbreak, certain set plays. Breakdown your actions. For example maybe you have Play #1- in ten toughest games, you realize you ran it 50 times but only scored on it 5 times, while Play #2 you only ran 10 times in those game but scored on it 8 times. You are answering what worked best.
8- Breakdown all of your defensive possessions in you 8 toughest games. Analyze your half-court defenses, and your press defenses. Breakdown how effective your pick and roll defense was. What actions by your opponent gave you the most problems?
10- How many ways could you get shots for your best player? What were effective sets you ran to get your best shooter shots or isolations?
11- Throughout the season, how did you get shots for your players? What were actions to get shots for each of your players or positions? Do you have actions to get all of your players or positions shots?
12- How can you make your best sets/actions even better? What were your best actions offensively? Do you have counters for each of these plays? Do have ability to run false action before you get into those plays?
13- What defense gave you the most trouble? What were the defenses that gave you the most problems? What did you run that was effective or ineffective? What defenses do you need to develop better offense to attack?
15- What are plays, defenses, and ob’s that you want to steal from your opponents? Go thru film or scouting reports and look at what gave you problems? Steal mm sets, ob sets, zone sets, or defenses you feel might help you.
17- What is your players perspective on the season? Survey them about practices, sets, strategy, playing time, use of players. What are the goals of returning players? Realize their perspective may not be sound, but it is good to know where they are coming from. Don’t let yourself get in a “I had no idea” situation.
18- What did you do for team bonding and what might you do next year?
20- Do you have a specific plan to motivate players for individual skill development in the off-season?
21- What tweaks do you want to make to your season schedule?
22- How can you more effectively use your assistant coaches?
23- Are you and the Athletic Director on the same page? Schedule a meeting with the athletic director to talk about anything you feel you need in your program, and anything he would like to see form your program.
24- What is 1-2 area of basketball that you want to learn more about? Is there a press, a defense, a style of defense, better practice organization that you want to focus on? Pick out something that you plan to study in depth in the off-season. Read articles, read books, attend clinics, or view videos. A great resource is Marc Hart’s System Basketball clinic sight. He has 100’s of clinics run by high school coaches on any topic you are interested in learning about. Spend a minimum of 25 hours researching your topic.
25- Find one book on psychology, leadership, or motivation to read.
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