by Goetgeluck | Nov 30, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development
Every season we create a personal workbook for our Academy players that aims to cover some of the grey-zone areas of playing the game. It’s a little book of about 40 pages that supports their self-knowledge, offers ideas for sculpting long-term positive habits...
by Joerik | Oct 21, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Mindset, Player Development
I believe as a coach you should find your trademark: what is your specialty? Where do you want to your team to be known for? It should be 3 things that are super important to you and that are based on your philosophy and play-style.
Those 3 things should return in...
by 0admin1 | Oct 16, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development
In 2018 Olivier and I got invited to join the coaching staff at the NBA Without Borders camp in Belgrade – Serbia. The camp is held for the top prospects from all over Europe, and lead by NBA trainers & players. When we arrived at the camp it felt very...
by Joerik | Oct 14, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Communication, Culture, Mindset, Player Development, Public
I remember when a couple of years ago one of my friends came to watch a game of our U18 team. We had a very decent team performance winning the game with 40+ points. Our head coach (Janka Debacker) was very quiet during the game: a lot of the times she just sat down...
by Goetgeluck | Oct 12, 2020 | Academy Players, Communication, Mindset, Sports Parents
This three part series was initially shared as part of our parents education program at our Elite Academy. The intention of this series of three articles is very simple. It is, in short, to make a change in an aspect of sports that is often ignored or labeled as too...
by Joerik | Oct 6, 2020 | Academy Coaches, Academy Players, Mindset, Player Development
Another coach asked a question this week that I get often: “what’s your definition of a ‘great coach’?” Over the years my answer has gotten less and less connected with anything basketball-related. Having thought about it a lot the last couple of days… and I...
