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How to Avoid Bad Practices
Well, last night's practice with my U16 boys club team we probably had our worst practice out of the 8 we have had. This happens, it...
Jack Fleming
Feb 10, 20213 min read
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Mike Mackay - The ABCD's of a Debrief
Mike Mackay is the Women's Performance Manager for Basketball Canada, with over 30 years coaching experience as a developer and in...
Jack Fleming
Aug 20, 20203 min read
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The One Thing & The 20–30–50 Formula Method for Practice Planning
At it most refined, basketball is a game of extreme complexity. The more you learn, the more you understand how much information and...
Jack Fleming
Jul 9, 20205 min read
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Pascal Meurs — Teaching Defensive Decision Making
The following notes are from the FIBA U14 Get Together held in Belgium, on the topic of Defensive Decision Making presented by Pascal...
Jack Fleming
Jul 9, 20203 min read
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Creating Practice Variability Back in Lockdown
Unfortunately down here in Melbourne, Australia we are back in lock down. Athletes will be confined to their own company and backyard and...
Jack Fleming
Jul 9, 20203 min read
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Monthly Top 5's — Books, Podcasts & Quotes
Here is a monthly dose of ‘Top 5’s’, a list of what I’m enjoying or pondering. Not all directly basketball related, but the concepts...
Jack Fleming
Jun 28, 20202 min read
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Brett Brown — Annual Coaches Clinic
Clinic notes from thePhiladelphia Annual Coach the Coaches Clinicin 2016, lead by Head Coach Brett Brown. Some great phrases and coaching...
Jack Fleming
Jun 27, 20204 min read
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Dean Vickerman — Open Practice Notes
Current NBL championship winning head coach of Melbourne United, Dean Vickerman ran a clinic in 2017 with the Blackburn Big V Men to...
Jack Fleming
Jun 27, 20203 min read
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Do You Have a Pre-Season Check List?
In order of priority, what are the things you need to cover before your first game? As Stephen Covey said in the 7 Habits of Highly...
Jack Fleming
Jun 21, 20202 min read
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Ettore Messina — Top Basketball Drills
Ettore Messina, assistant coach of the San Antonio Spurs and 4 time EuroLeague Champion as a Head Coach delivers a clinic on his...
Jack Fleming
Jun 21, 20203 min read
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Kerry Rupp — Define Your Language
Chuck Daly reminded his coaches to “speak in headlines“, promoting that an economy of words is effective. Rick Majerus was famous for his...
Jack Fleming
Jun 20, 20203 min read
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My Favourite Drills, Period — Part 2
Italian 3v3 Credit this drill to Dean Vickerman, head coach of Melbourne United. In the last 12 months, this is by far my favourite...
Jack Fleming
Jun 20, 20204 min read
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My Favourite Drills, Period — Part 1
During a more recent blog post I wrote called Coaching: Hacking Away at the Unessential I mentioned quite a few of my favourite drills. I...
Jack Fleming
Jun 19, 20203 min read
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Chris Oliver — Basketball Decision Training
Chris Oliver is the founder of Basketball Immersion and The Basketball Podcast, two of the greatest current resources you will find on...
Jack Fleming
Jun 18, 20204 min read
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Coaching: Hacking Away at the Unessential
As basketball coaches in the information age, we are in a constant state of information overwhelm. I could find myself on Twitter...
Jack Fleming
Jun 18, 20205 min read
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Damian Cotter - Skill Development
Damian Cotter is a current coach in the NBA G-League, an ex- junior National Team head coach for the U19 Australian Emu’s (2010–13),...
Jack Fleming
Jun 17, 20204 min read
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Decision Making Shooting Drills
Before any great sequence in the NBA where the ball has been zipped around, penetration, extra pass to one of the worlds best shooters...
Jack Fleming
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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Establishing a Structured Training Environment by Brady Walmsley
Brady Walmsley is the State Performance Manager for basketball in Queensland North, an unbelievably passionate and knowledgeable coach...
Jack Fleming
Jun 15, 20202 min read
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