by Joerik | Sep 14, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
We try to keep our coaching interventions to a minimum. Players learn mostly by playing not by listening to lectures. with limited practice time, we try to give players as much action on the court as possible. We’re trying to create self-teaching drills. As a...
by Joerik | Aug 19, 2020 | Academy Players, Culture, Podcast
Here’s a recent webinar I gave for Gold Ticket Sports that dives a bit further into our Academy Culture. Check out the PDF in last month’s post. JoerikJoerik Michiels is co-founder of Elite Athletes and is the Skill Director and soul of the Elite Academy....
by Joerik | Jul 29, 2020 | Mindset, Player Development, Podcast
A quick informal talk with The Huddle on the process of EA with Hoops Dot Com. Topics discussed: Why and how we started EA Mindset in struggles along the way Rethinking the way a gym should look and influence of interior design 10 practice commandments: kids setting...
by Joerik | Jul 2, 2020 | Clinics, Offense, Player Development, Shooting
In February Peter Lonergan, Head of High Performance and Talent Identification at Basketball Australia visited our academy or one week to deliver a coaches clinic and coach at our Shooting Camp. Here are some key takeaways and observations by coach Lonergan on his...
by Joerik | Jun 22, 2020 | Off-Season, Player Development
One of the main challenges we had when starting Elite Athletes 10 years ago was changing the basketball culture. The culture back then was not very inspirational. The more motivated players did not really have access to a supportive environment to work hard towards...
