Coaches Corner

 

This page includes all of the posts about basketball coaching and strategy. There are 16 categories to search…

Words & Wisdom

Coaching

Odds & Ends

Analytics, Scouting, Self-Scouting

Practice

Approaches to State Tourney

Post-Season & Off-Season

Player Development 

Defense & Presses

Fastbreak, Press Break, Full Ct OB’s

Man to Man Offense

Backdoors

Zone Offense

End of Game

Out of Bounds Plays

Strength & Conditioning

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Wisdom & Words

Thoughts of College Coach About Club/AAU Experience

Coaches’ Corner- Tony Soprano’s Lesson

Coaches’ Clinic with Geno Auriemma

Coaches’ Corner- John Wooden’s Advice- “Just 7”

Don Nelson’s Six Bullets Theory

Secrets of Championship Coaches

Stephanie White: Simple Wisdom

Vince Lombardi Quotes

Pete Carril- The Smart Take from the Strong

Coach K- Leading With the Heart

Exploring Our Limits: Dr. Terrry Orlick

Wooden’s 7 Point Creed

Wooden’s Two Sets of Three

Ted Lasso- Coaching Clinic- Part 2

North Carolina Women’s Soccer: Team’s Core Values

Ted Lasso Coaching Clinic

HOF Insights: 5 Tips for Coaches

From Silver Streak to Lt. Col: Sara Wood’s Vision for Leadership

Slappin’ Glass: Brook Cupps- Building Culture

Justin Shiltz- Arkansas’ Year-Round Coaching

Slappin’ Glass with Kellen Sampson

Slappin’ Glass- Jenny Boucek

Ted Lasso- He Can Coach- Part 2

Mike Trueblood- It’s Still a Team Sport

Ted Lasso, John Wooden, Pat Summit- A Great Clinic

Basketball 101- Jeff VanGundy Quotes

Hoosiers Quotes and Lessons

5 Pillars of Culture

Coaching

Coaches’ Corner- 10 Questions Coaches Need to Ask About the Shot Clock

Coaches’ Clinic with Geno Auriemma

Coaches’ Corner- Using Social Media

Coaches’ Corner- Late Season, Play 8, Trust 7

Coaches’ Corner- Need Two Pros

Coaches’ Corner- ATO’s- How Many Points Do You Lose?

Coaches’ Corner- Bob Anderson on Maximizing Your Star

Words Are Powerful Part of Championship Teams

Coaches’ Corner- Coaches Instructing Players to Cheat

My Scout Report- Good Offense, Good Defense, MaxPresps

Coaches’ Corner- Coaches Instructing Players to Cheat

My Scout Report: Shots, Positions, Build a Moat

My Scout Report: Plan B’s, Big Leads, Blasting News

My Scout Report: Signings, Leads, Hype

My Scout Report: McDuffie, Mulkey, SGA

Inside Hoops: Basketball and Hand Shakes- No Thanks

My Scout Report: Rebounds, Refs, Rockets

Coaches’ Corner: Growing from a Loss

My Thoughts on Refs and Rules

Proactive vs Reactive Coaching

HOF Insights: Advice for First Year Coaches

HOF Insights: Handling the Unmotivated Athlete

HOF Insights: Effective Lower Level Coaches

HOF Insights: Choosing System, Changing It

HOF Insight: Head Coach as Leader

Pacers & Thunber- 5 Strategies HS Coaches Can Use

10 Things To Watch in NBA Conf Finals

8 Thoughts From The NBA

4 Possessions That Helped Florida Win Nat’l Title

Jon Scheyer- Sit or Stand on Sideline?

What Do You Emphasize?

HOF Insight: Focusing on Culture Early in Season

Does Your Coaching Staff Do This?

Two Worst Losses

Coaches & AD’s- Learn From the Best

Getting Ready for First Game

Build a Coaching Network

HS Coaches Can Learn From College Portal

Coaching Isn’t Just Coaching

Plans and Plays- Diagrams

Coaches and Critics

Odds & Ends

Happy Father Day- 2025

Multiplier and Success Formula

Stick with FS Prelims or Switch to JV

Gyms- Girls Deserve the Best

Title IX- Friday Nights

Analytics, Scouting, Self-Scouting

Slappin’ Glass: Zach Chu- Using Analytics

Coaches’ Corner: Using Possessions & Points per Possession

Coaches’ Corner: Mid-Season Analysis

HOF Insights: Developing a Scouting Plan

Optimizing Court Time: A Coach’s Guide to Minutes and Shot Distribution

Coaches’ Corner- Second Time Play a Team

Assists: 3 Possible Adjustments to the Stat

Evolution of the Game- Fouls

Stat Ways To Evaluate Players

Coaches’ Corner- Foul Up Three or Play It Out? What Analytics Say

Self-Scouting- It’s Worth the Time

Threes in Pros, College, HS

Value of Another Set of Eyes

Arsenault’s Threes or Layups

Practice

HOF Insights: Practice the Day Before a Game

Inside the Huddle- FT Shooting in Practice

Inside the Huddle: Scrimmage Techniques for Practice

Checklist: Late Games Situations for Practice

First 20 Minutes: Setting the Tone in Practice

Inside the Huddle: Shooting in Practice

Bring Time Outs into Practice

HOF Insights: Bringing Some Juice to Practice

Inside the Huddle: Conditioning in Practice

Two Minute Drills: Establishing Practice Tempo

Pre-Practice Routine

5 Things I Picked Up at Practice Last Week

2 on 2 Screen Away Drill

4 Spots Team Shooting

Program Coordination- The Daily Dozen

Practice Scrimmage Idea

Organized Pre-Practice

Approach to State Tourney Series

Multiplier and Success Formula

Post Season Advice

Trusting Yourself in Big Games

My Coaching Plan for the Post-Season

Sectional Assignments Are Set Until They Aren’t

Post-Season & Off-Season

Building Champions in Off-Season- Coaches Share Thoughts

Coaches’ Corner- End of Season Player Feedback

Coaches’ Corner- Making Next Year’s Schedule

Coaches’ Corner- End of Season Worksheet

Coaches’ Clinic- End of Season Player Packets

Team Chemistry- Value of Summer Basketball

Using Awards to Promote Team’s Culture

Player Development

Players Playbook- Evaluation of AAU Team and Your Plan for Growth

Coaches’ Clinic- Hey Coach, Let Me Shoot 3’s

Coaches’ Corner: Change in Basketball- Offensive Rebounds

Coaches’ Corner: Measuring Shooting Accuracy

HOF Insights- Preparing Players for Pressure Situations

HOF Insights- Evaluating Players

Don’t Wait ‘til Post Season: Using Awards to Promote Winning Culture

5 Tips To Build Shooters

Secret to Great FT Shooting

Becoming More Physical

Angel Reese- Etiquette in Basketball

Humility- Quality Needed by Players, Coaches, Teams

My Shot Is Broken

The Player Who Surprises The Coach

Defense & Presses

Coaches’ Corner: 1-2-1-1 Press vs 4 Across Pressbreak

Coaches’ Corner: Simple Measure of Defensive Quality

Coaches’ Corner: After Time Out Defense

ATO Podcast: Mike Jagacki Lockeddown Defense

Gary Simmons: Defensive Coach Scoring 132ppg

7 Strategies for Defender on Trailer

Slappin’ Glass: Jeff VanGundy- Guarding Stars and More

Pacers’ Plan To Stop The Star

Building Man to Man Culture

Late Game- OB Defense

Fastbreak, Press Breaks, & FOB’s

Coaches’ Corner- Late Game, Inbounding vs Denial Pressure

Every Coach Says They Are Going to Be Uptempo

Inside the Huddle: Up 3, Must Inbound Ball

Possessions and Tempo

Press break with Movement

MM Offense

Coaches’ Corner- Best Play That I Stole

Coaches’ Clinic- Iverson Curl with Pop for Three

Coaches’ Corner- Screen Action into Ball Screen

Coaches’ Corner- Running Flex into 4 Different Options

Coaches’ Corner- Carthage Flex Offense

Coaches’ Corner- Iverson Curl

Coaches’ Corner- Bad Screen, Good Screen for Three

Coaches’ Corner- Zoom for Point Guard with Stagger

Coaches’ Corner- Maccabi Offensive Set

Coaches’ Corner- Post on Post Ball Screen

Coaches’ Corner- Ghosting Backscreen

Coaches’ Corner- Screen the Screener with Counter

Coaches’ Corner- Counter for Zoom Actio

Coaches’ Corner- Dukes Flare with Slip

Coaches’ Corner- Tennessee Lob Play

Coaches’ Corner- Fake Handoff

Coaches’ Corner- Zoom into Post Cross Screen

Coaches’ Corner- Zoom into Elevator

Coaches’ Corner- Tight DHO for Shooter

Coaches’ Corner- Threes from Horns Set

Coaches’ Corner- Creating Fade Action for Shooter

Coaches’ Corner- Indiana’s Iverson into Screen-Screener

Coaches’ Corner- Creighton’s Horns Side Ball Screen

Coaches’ Corner- Minnesota’s DHO into Stagger

Coaches’ Corner- Getting the Ball to the Elbow

Coaches’ Corner- Alabama’s Flare Slip

Coaches’ Corner- Staggers for Threes

Coaches’ Corner- Stagger into DHO

Coaches’ Corner: 12 Offensive Ideas vs. Switching MM Defense

Bob Anderson’s Three Point Play

Coaches’ Corner: Ghost Screen into Clear Out

Coaches’ Corner: Options Off Iverson Cut

Coaches’ Corner: MM Lob Play

X/O’s: Changing Up Your Ball Screens

X/O’s: Screen the Screener Actions

Simple Things HS Coaches Could Use from WNBA Offenses

Aliyah Boston’s Dribble Hand Off Series

Pacers- Flow Offense

ATO Podcast: Jamon Copeland- Offensive Nuggets

Slappin’ Glass Podcast- Mike DeGeorge Offensive Ideas

Backscreen By Point Guard

Guards Posted Up

Warriors Go To Play

Point Guard Lob

Different Screen the Screener Action

5 Out Post Up

Dribble Drive Option From Horns

Do You Have A Layup Play?

Stagger into Backdoor

Getting Guard Downhill

Side Ball Screen with Hammer Action

Side Ball Screens

5 Out Screen Away Action

Molly Watson’s Play

Fever Offense

Backdoor Plays

5 Out Backdoor Off Deadball

Coaches’ Corner: Stagger w/ Backdoor Cut

Coaches’ Corner- Zoom Action into Backdoor

Coaches’ Corner- Backdoor Ideas

Coaches’ Corner- Flex Backdoor

Coaches’ Corner- Centering the Ball for Backdoor Options

Coaches’ Clinic- Backdoor Series with Options

Elbow Backdoor

“Miami” Backdoor

Zone Offense

Coaches’ Corner: Offense vs 1-2-2 Zone w/ Pt Gd Covering Post

Coaches’ Corner: Offense vs Box & One

Coaches’ Corner- Offense vs 1-3-1

Coaches’ Corner- Going for 3’s vs MM or Zone

False Action into Zone Lob

JH Zone Offense

End of Game 

Coaches’ Corner- Missing FT Intentionally

Coaches’ Corner: Brad Steven’s Side OB

Coaches’ Corner: Last Shots from OB’s

Coaches’ Corner: Last Shot Thoughts

Coaches’ Corner- Going for 3’s vs MM or Zone

Coaches’ Corner- Late Game, Inbounding vs Denial Pressure

Inside the Huddle: Down 2, 7 Seconds to Go

Inside the Huddle: Up 3, On Def, 8 Sec Left

Inside the Huddle: Up 3, Must Inbound Ball

Inside the Huddle: Tie Game, Opp Shoot FT’s, 7 Sec.

Inside the Huddle: Down 2, 12 seconds (2)

Inside the Huddle: Down 2, 12 Seconds (1)

Shot Clock Strategy HS Coaches Need

Late Game- OB Defense

Coaches’ Corner- Foul Up Three or Play It Out? What Analytics Say

3 Man Delay

1987 Bad Time Out

Out of Bounds

Coaches’ Corner- OB into Quick Stagger

Coaches’ Corner- OB with 4 Great Options

Coaches’ Corner- Flat OB- Screen the Screener

Coaches’ Corner- Flat OB with Ghost Screen

Coaches’ Corner- OB Curl into Zoom

Coaches’ Corner- OB Creating Confusion

Coaches’ Corner- OB Flat Set Variations

Coaches’ Corner- Kansas Side OB for Last Shot

Coaches’ Corner- OB Cross Screen & Rescreen

Coaches’ Corner- Coach Anderson’s Favorite OB’s

Coaches’ Corner: Baseline OB’s vs Zone Defense

Inside Hoops- O-Rebounds, Fake HO, and More

OB Handoff and Fake Handoff

Strength & Conditioning

Championship Weight Training- Latest Movement in HS Sports

Edgerson & Kisler: Value of the Weight Room

Noonan- Building Culture- Building Stronger, Quicker Athletes

Toby Vallas- Total Athlete Test

Toby Vallas- Strength Program- One Team, Farmington

Toby Vallas- Creative approach to Coaching Today’s Athletes