by Mathieu.Detiege | Aug 16, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Mindset, Player Development, Shooting
Shooting should be a passion for every coach. It is the single most important skill in basketball. Coaches have to give players the tools to shoot consistently, teaching them to be their own coach and by being able to self-review. We notice that some players get...
by Goetgeluck | Aug 9, 2021 | Athletic Development, Communication, Mindset, Player Development
I don’t know how it’s with you as a coach, but we get a lot of DM’s from our players through Instagram. Initially I was responding to these messages 1 by 1 until I realized that some of the questions kept returning. The most common DM’s I get...
by Goetgeluck | Feb 3, 2021 | Athletic Development, Mindset
Yesterday I was reminded of a meeting I had with legendary basketball coach Greg Popovich with my colleagues at EA. We had a lunch with coach during the break of Basketball Without Borders Camp in Serbia in 2018. Of course as long-time admirers we all had questions...
by MikedeKraker | Dec 17, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Mindset, Player Development
We, as coaches, know what a screen is It’s a way to delay someone from going somewhere A screen is a block preventing the direct route to a task We are taking screens for granted As a coach we try our best to prepare our team to defend the PNR action Yet you’re at the...
by Goetgeluck | Dec 15, 2020 | Communication, Culture, Mindset, Sports Parents
Being a Conscious Sports Parent in Practice The gold investment in becoming a supportive sports parent seems to boil down to becoming more conscious of your own behavior: in and the around the sport and learning how to regulate your thoughts, emotions and...
by Goetgeluck | Dec 9, 2020 | Communication, Culture, Mindset, Public, Sports Parents
Why do kids play sports? Along the years of growing Elite Athletes we have met many professional players in whom we noticed an unfortunate trait. The majority of them have stopped being players: they do not experience basketball as play anymore – it became a...
