Things I Don’t Coach Anymore (Stop the Slide)
Things I Don’t Coach Anymore (Stop the Slide) Let me ask you a question as fellow-coach: How do we think our defense player is going to move as fast sliding sideways, as his approaching dribbling…
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Fixing My Error on Defense (What I Dont Teach anymore as Coach)
Coaching is a learning profession. The coach who humbles himself to learn, will grow. The one who fossilizes himself around fixed points, especially of his own imagination, will not. Here is 1 thing I no…
Role of Faith in Basketball Coaching
Role of Faith in Coaching ALL great basketball themes are religious themes. And, they are shared in common by nearly all Creeds of the world. I once attended a leadership program at Harvard, called “Faith…
Improve your basketball coaching and playing game on YOUTUBE
Improve Your Game-YouTube If you’re anything like me, you’ve logged into YouTube before to search for drills for your team or an individual player. I happen to also search drills for my oldest son (even…
The Cost of Competition: Why It Is Important to Think Hard Before Getting Involved with An Ultra-Competitive AAU/ Grassroot Basketball Tournament Team
The Cost of Competition: Why It Is Important to Think Hard Before Getting Involved with An Ultra-Competitive AAU Tournament Team Chances are, if you’ve been a basketball fan in the past decade you’ve heard of…
How to Save High School Basketball (HSB)
How to Save High School Basketball (HSB) All organizational failure begins, and ends, with leadership failure. Some predict the death of HSB in 10-years; I believe this is definitely true in girls BB especially, and…
Why High School Basketball is Failing
Why High School Ball is Failing Here is the good news: AAU is not killing high school basketball (HSB). The bad news is that schools are themselves killing HSB, or, more accurately, school boards…
3 Key Intangibles for Young Players to Develop in the Summer
3 Key Intangibles for Younger Players to Develop in the Summer Brett Pickarts One of the many challenges as I have faced as a coach who has coached at lower levels is keying on the…
Coaching Faith, with Faith
The Coach’s Mind Giving coaches something new to think about each Tuesday Coaching Faith, w Faith Nothing makes a public school teacher more nervous than discussions of religion. The same for a basketball coach, by…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly- The Shot Clock in Wisconsin Basketball
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly- The Shot Clock in Wisconsin Brett Pickarts Twitter: @Coach_Pickarts Also Check out our Recent Podcast on the Shot Clock in High School In a surprising move, the WIAA…