Coaching Articles
Basketball Coaching Articles
We're adding basketball coaching articles on a weekly basis. The list of articles currently deals with coaching topics such as; general basketball plays, coaching concepts, offensive and defensive basketball strategies and many other helpful topics.
John Beilein's 1-3-1 Zone Defense - Article and diagrams teaching Michigan Coach John Beilein's 1-3-1 zone defense.
Categories of Basketball Plays - I describe my three categories of plays and talk about why you should learn some basketball plays from each category. The categories include quick hitters, continuity, and freelance basketball plays.
Make Free Throw Shooting An Important Part Of Practice - Article dealing with ways to better implement free throw shooting into your practice sessions which will improve your teams stats from the foul line.
Develop A Full-Court Press Break - Article deals with important concepts about using and beating a full-court pressing defense.
Attacking A Zone Defense, The Short Corner- Article and diagram about using the short corner area to attack zone defenses.
Show Kids How NBA Players Use The Fundamentals- Article dealing with teaching the fundamentals of basketball using NBA players as examples. Great way to teach young players the importantce of using the fundamentals of the game.
Quick Tips On Teaching A New Basketball Offense - A small article with a few tips on how to teach a new basketball offense.
Learning From Women's Basketball - Why women's basketball games are a good way to learn new coaching tatics.
Guide To Using Our Basketball Playbook - I wrote a simple guide on how to use our playbook section. The guide includes technical information and talks about sketching out the plays so you can use them with your team's.
How To Defend Inbounds Plays - An article about switching to a zone defense and other options to defend against out of bounds basketball plays.
Includes video link to support the articles topic.
Teaching Teamwork - An article by D. Scott Ward, Ph.D. on teamwork and winning the mind game. Very in-depth with many great concepts you can relay to your basketball team.
10 Qualities of A Winner - Another article by D. Scott Ward, Ph.D with a focus on qualities of a winner.
Unofficial Visits, Basketball Recruiting - Some general answers to questions about "unofficial visits" for basketball recruits.
Official Visits, Basketball Recruiting - Answers to questions about taking an "official visit" for basketball recruits.
