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Basketball Australia Performance Coaches Course Recap

Welcome to my report on the recent Basketball Australia Performance Coaches Course held in Melbourne, Australia. It was a 3 day event...

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...

7 Brian Goorjian-isms: Longevity in Coaching

I was fortunate enough to spend 5 days as team liaison working for Showtime Basketball with Brian Goorjian and his new team the Zhejiang...

The Power of Conversations

Famous life coach Tony Robbins said “Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.” We are so...

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...

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...

Erik Spoelstra — The Apprentice

In Mastery by Robert Greene there is a great passage put like this, “In the stories of the greatest Masters, past and present, we can...

Coaching Strategy & Tactics

Every coach (including myself) loves to geek out on coaching tactics — the Brad Stevens game winning SLOB plays with the Boston Celtics,...

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...

Guy Molloy — 7 Principles of Offence

Guy Molloy — Head Coach of the Melbourne Boomers & New Zealand Tall Ferns delivers a clinic on his principles of offence. I was fortunate...

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...

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...

How To Win With Less Talent - Will Voigt

Transcendent Themes How can your team be special? What can you be the best at your conference at? Give yourself a chance in your league....

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...

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...

Jay Wright — 4 Out 1 In Motion Offence

Jay Wright, Head Coach of the Villanova Wildcats delivered a clinic on his famous motion offence at George Raveling’s Coaching For...

George Raveling - Nuggets of Wisdom

The following notes are from the Tim Ferriss Podcast conversation with George Raveling, one of the ultimate pioneers and mentors to the...

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