Stop Waiting for the Perfect Stop. Great Defense Is What You Do After You Get Beat.
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Skill Development
How to Score Without the Ball in Your Hands
You Don’t Need the Ball to Take Over a Game Most kids think scoring is something that happens to them. The point guard decides to pass, or the coach draws up a play, or the ball just happens to find them in a good spot. And when none of that happens, which is most of
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Are Your Habits Actually Matching Your Goals?
I had a kid tell me he wanted to play college basketball. No offers. Small school. No AAU. He was a good shooter, but he was small, and his handle and his footwork had a long way to go. He was lifting occasionally, shooting around a little, playing pickup with his friends, and he genuinely
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Why Losing 1v1 to a Bigger Player Might Be the Best Thing for Your Game
I had two of my players going at it in pickup the other day, and it was not a fair fight on paper. One of them’s a big, getting ready for high school, already carrying that size. The other one hasn’t hit his growth spurt yet, so he was giving up a lot of height
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Push and Pull: How to Create Space Without Being the Fastest Kid on the Court
I had a middle school kid who could shoot the lights out from the perimeter. Catch and shoot, money every time. But the second he put the ball on the floor to drive, he got stuck. The defender would stay glued to him, he’d pick up his dribble, and then he’d just stand there holding
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You Play Like You’re Trying to Survive Something
A high school kid came in looking like he was getting stabbed every time he shot the ball. Not exaggerating. Every rep was a full-body emergency. Shoulders up, jaw clenched, eyes wide. The ball would come out and he’d wince before it even hit the rim, like he was bracing for bad news. Which, to
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Why Basketball Footwork Is the Skill Nobody Teaches
Nobody Taught You the Most Important Part Every player wants to be faster. Every player wants a better first step. Every player wants to get to their spots without working this hard. Most of them are working on the wrong things. They’re doing more dribble moves. More conditioning. More shooting. Meanwhile the actual reason they
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You Can’t Buy the Hours (But You Can Make Them Count)
Every player wants to know the shortcut. The drill that fixes everything. The coach who unlocks it. The training program that turns it around in six weeks. And there are plenty of people happy to sell you that idea, which is convenient for them and expensive for you. Here’s the actual answer: the biggest thing
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