How the Houston Cougars Approach Practice

Coach ,Kelvin Sampson's Houston Cougars are currently the #4 team in the country and 4th in Andy Katz's Power 36 college basketball rankings.Around basketball, the Cougars are known to have one of the best Cultures in college basketball. They ar...

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Nov 07, 2024
UCONN's Defensive Principles

,As much as we emphasize the most common defensive principles like toughness, communication, hustle, coachability, etc., it always comes down to how we can teach it more efficiently. How can we help our players to be more coachable? How can we put th...

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Nov 05, 2024
Three Baseline Inbounds Plays To Add to your Playbook

Coach ,Having a few extra effective basketball inbound plays is what can set one coach and their team apart from others, and can be the difference between winning and losing games. Since there are so many inbounds plays out there, it’s hard to...

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Oct 30, 2024
5 ATO Plays Every Coach Should Be Using

Coach ,This week I am focused on developing some ideas for future ATO plays for my teams.  As you know ATO's are special plays and actions teams run after time-outs or can also be run in a dead-ball situation. Typically, the plays are...

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Oct 28, 2024
5 College Coaches Share their favorite Drills ⤵️

Coach ,As we have entered our season, we strive to make sure we keep innovating our practices and add new drills that will help to keep our players sharp throughout the season. So we have looked for some drills that keep things fresh and our pla...

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Oct 25, 2024
3 Pre-Season Practice Drills from Sixers Coach

Coach ,Today, we are going to take a look at 3 drills from former NBA player and current Assistant Coach for the Sixers Coby Karl. What we want to focus on is being able to work on our decision-making in a fast-paced offense, create space and move th...

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Oct 23, 2024
Three Positioning ideas For a Zone Offense

Coach ,The zone offense has become increasingly effective in modern basketball. However, the clear benefits it provides are only available to coaches and teams who know how to successfully execute the zone offense into their offensive strategy....

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Oct 21, 2024
3 Pick & Roll Sets for your Shooting Guard

Coach ,As you know the Pick & Roll is the most used system in today's basketball at all levels and all over the world. Most of the teams play Pick & Roll systems more than 50% of the time.The main Pick & Roll ball handlers and creators ar...

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Oct 19, 2024