by Joerik | Jun 1, 2021 | Off-Season, Player Development, Public, Shooting
In this article I want to share with you my thoughts and my plan for the off-season. Everyday my morning routine is watching a couple of condensed highlights of some NBA games from the night before. What I occasionally like to do, is take some stats watching the...
by Joerik | May 22, 2021 | Academy Players, Player Development, Shooting
In this game we are working on ✅ first touch decisions ✅ shooting under pressure ✅ creating an advantage Extra rules we use: ➕ if the players with the ball can do a straight line drive and finish the defensive players get -1 ➕ after the first pass the corner and wing...
by MikedeKraker | May 17, 2021 | Academy Coaches, Player Development
Transactional versus Transformational coaching The perfect game in the Major League Baseball (MLB) is a victory by a pitcher (or a combination of pitchers) with no batters reaching first base. This to me signifies the perfect game in coaching. The team is locked in...
by Joerik | Apr 8, 2021 | Academy Players, Player Development
Players need to learn to use the right skill at the right time. The 4 decisions players need to read are: straight line speed advantage cut the defender off bump the defender use a counter move We use lots of small sided games to teach the skills in realistic game...
by Joerik | Apr 5, 2021 | Academy Players, Player Development, Public
When your workouts are too easy it’s good for confidence but you’re not really getting better. Practice should be challenging, when you’re practicing at the edge of your abilities then you’re improving. That’s why we create complexity in our mini games by adding...
by Joerik | Mar 29, 2021 | Academy Players, Offense, Player Development
What is the purpose of having “great handles”? For us it would be: getting from point A to B creating separation from the defender create an advantage staying in control under pressure That’s why when we work on “ball handling” with our older players, you won’t...
