This breaks from any coaching criteria. But it doesn't. Even yesterday reading the final pages from our Book Club there was this quote: "...Understanding things well enough to be able to change the future." The problem is I do not understand. I don't understand enough about the situation to help make a change, yet. I … Continue reading A Coach’s Responsibility Towards Racial Equality
"I start with the team because it is the team that wins and loses, not individuals. I have not emphasized this enough throughout the book: Understand the team first and its players second (assuming the goal is winning, not improvement of players, which is more common at lower levels)." Key Takeaways: Basic Tools to Evaluate Team … Continue reading Finishing Basketball on Paper
"This is the problem for coaches, a lot of whom have been raised with the thought that more equal distribution of the ball is better, especially when their stars aren't very efficient. Coaches want even more distribution of the ball, but should they?" Key Takeaways: Volume Scorer Conundrum Individual W/L Contribution G.O.A.T. Volume Scorers The … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Scorers & G.O.A.T.s
Coaching burnout is an interesting topic because there are so many different directions this conversation could go. Coaches burnout from the grind of the career (e.g. relocating, pay scale, politics) Coaches burnout from losing Coaches burnout from time-commitment Coaches burnout from the stress of competition The stigma surrounding mental health in sports is starting to … Continue reading Coaching Burnout
"Every coach wants to win and every player wants to win, but one of the difficult things about being a coach at an amateur level is deciding the degree to which you want to win games versus everything else you want to do as a coach." Key Takeaways: Project Defensive Score Sheet Coaching Success vs … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Individual Defense & Donovan
"Wake up in the morning, take a shower, and have breakfast over the box scores. It's the perfect way to start a day." Key Takeaways: Where was the game won? Estimated Pace of Play Numbers that Stand Out My parents would grab the newspaper and I'd steal the sports section as soon as they'd set … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Reading the Box Score
"These statistics can tell you whether a player who is scoring a lot is really doing it like Mike or if he's doing it like Isaiah (Rider). The star players will have high ratings and use a high percentage of their team's possessions. The good role players will have high ratings and use a low … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Individual Performances
When dealing with off-season focus, there are a number of things that need a coach's attention. These items can range from things that need to be improved on the court as well as things that need to be improved off to court. As a coach approaches the off-season, the goal at the end of the … Continue reading Off-Season Focus
"Players don't win games, teams do. As a result, players shouldn't look for their own points, they should look to maximize team points. Players shouldn't care about stopping their own man if it means that other guys are scoring easily against teammates. Basketball is a team game, where winning as a team is all that … Continue reading Basketball on Paper: Playing the Blame-Game
As they say, "So you want to get into coaching?" If you click on the thread below there is a collection of coaches giving 280 character snapshots of their journey. Every spring flooding into the summer there is a "Coaching Carousel" that has given prominence to accounts, such as HoopDirt or AtticusFinch. The landscape, particularly … Continue reading Coaching Carousel
