Coach ,As we are getting closer and closer to our season, we need to make sure our players are starting to grasp our important defensive habits that will help us fight height or athleticism disadvantages. Today, Xavier Associate Head Coach Adam...
Coach ,This is usually the time of the year when you start figuring out what will be on your zone offense menu.Zone Defense is becoming more and more prevalent at every level of basketball. Therefore, it’s time to create a zone offensive menu that fi...
Coach ,If you watch international basketball as much as we do, you will notice there are two popular alignments for starting half-court plays: Horns Alignment and Diamond Alignments. Sometimes called a Double Exit, the play action was...
,Playing great Zone Defense is not just about our defensive rotation and positioning. We need to make sure we set up a set of rules and non-negotiables for our players that they follow before they even get set in the zone. Lots of times when our...
Coach ,One of the hardest areas to score in basketball is when the shot clock runs down below 12 seconds. Teams that can execute late in the shot clock are tough to beat.Coach Toppert breaks down 3 actions that can help improve your offense when the...
Coach ,A key focus when we are teaching our players how to defend is to make sure our players know the importance of communication, have a special awareness of the ball and their man, and know how to properly close out.Today we are going to break dow...
,One of the things we cannot forget to focus on during our pre-season individual development is to teach our big men how to attack the high post. Especially if we are going to be playing against the zone, big men that can be dangerous from high post...
Coach ,Great coaches know how to scout. Great scouting reports will help us win games that we were not supposed to win. Great scouting reports will help us beat more talented teams. But once we have the scout, how can we make the best of it? How can...
Coach ,Cody Toppert’s resume is impressive. He has worked with coaches such as Mike D'Antoni, Igor Kokosov, Chris Finch and Penny Hardaway. Toppert spent 2018-2019 as an assistant coach for the Phoenix Suns. He was also the head coach for the Ha...
Coach ,Coach Kermit Davis at a recent clinic shared a series of drills in his bag that hopefully you can carry over to your team's practice this season. These drills are focused on post entry, drive and kick, cutting to the rim and post up combined.&...