Coaches Corner

 

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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

Steph White Could Learn from Hubie Brown

27 Tips from Twitter

29 Tips from Twitter

24 Tips from Twitter

Collection of Tips from Twitter

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

Building a Championship Culture

Make Time- 150 Minutes

Shot Clock Is Come- Here is What Coaches are Saying

Handling Big Leads

After the Timeout with NIU Coach Majkrzak

30 Coaching Tips from Twitter

Coaches as Story Tellers

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

Two Important Summer Tasks

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

Focus Over Frustration- Mastering Composure in Summer Games

Players Playbook- 10 Tasks for Off-Season

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

Where to Hide Your Bad Defender

Learning How to Handle Ball Screens

Trapping Sideline Actions

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

Setting Up Backdoors

Zoom Action with Fade

Hand Off to Clear, Fake Handoff

Reverse into Fade & Slip Action

Double Fade with Double Slip

Fever’s Iverson for Point Guard

Iverson Cut into Fade & Screen the Screener

Coaches’ Corner- Screen the Screener w/ Counter

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

Side OB into Backdoor

Reverses into Backdoor

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

Situations- End of Games, Shot Clock

Managing Shot Clock at End of Quarters

Last Second Plays at End of Quarters

1-4 Low at the End of Quarter?

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

Side OB with 3 Options for Threes

Late Game- Side OB

Fever Baseline OB with Options

Side OB into Backdoor

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