THOUGHTS ON COACHING - a thread 🧵 Having participated in several 140 character back and forths with coaches, I thought I would post my thoughts on coaching, skill and learning, to get a conversation going, so here goes!

Applications are now live for the ‘24-‘25 school year! Please consider joining us at Open House on October 15th if you have interest in joining our basketball program and school community 🏀💪 GFA Dragons

GFA Boys Varsity Basketball 2023-2024 Season Schedule🏀🔥🐲‼️

For the first time this year, fans & coaches can follow our schedule using the Crossbar.org app (🔗nepsacbasketball.org.app.crossbar.org/team/33324/gam…). Major thanks to Doug Scott for spearheading this effort - the Jay Bilas of NEPSAC ® basketball ‼️🏀🔥

Cap tip to Slappin' Glass for helping Philadelphia Inquirer Sports shed light on the X's & O's that led to Monday's magic at the Palestra: inquirer.com/college-sports…

2023-24 Greens Farms Academy Season Preview recruitthebronx.com/index.php/news… GFA Boys Basketball GFA Dragons

Shaka Smart + Tom Crean delivering gold Two great coaches and leaders of young men

Talked about this today at workouts: 1 - Shoot it with swagger! 2 - Play with JOY! 3 - Feel the crowd & let it energize your game!

Fred VanVleet (@houstonrockets) keeps it 💯 about HOW TO STAY ON THE COURT at every level…👇🏽 🤷🏽‍♂️How can you STAY ON THE COURT?👇🏽 👂Listen 🥵Play Hard 🛑Get Stops 🫳Don’t Foul 🙋🏽‍♂️Take Charges 🗣️Communicate 😤Do the Dirty Work 🏆Play Winning Basketball 🤝Make your Teammates Better

"When you look across the room and you lock eyes with a teammate and your wearing the same colors, that's a 'get to' not a 'got to'. It's about knowing your role. There's value in everybody. There's value in every position." Ernie Johnson

Coaches please check out my Junior Year Mid-Season highlight reel below! hudl.com/v/2N9kmL JJ Hoffstein GFA Boys Basketball Steven Johnston Riverside Select Zach Kuba

Brendan is an example of not quitting. He was at Fairfield Prep & they didn’t give him a chance. Went to Brien McMahon and they didn’t give him a chance. Now at GFA and coach Hoffstein gave him a shot and B hasnt looked back. Proud of you and keep working hard 🙏🏾. 🧱 by 🧱

Ready for a big spring📈📈

This is absolute gold right here

.Ryan Pannone showed me film for an hour. Nate Oats talked numbers on his laptop while eating a salad. Adam Bauman sat on a couch, discussing data-driven decisions. I got a masterclass in offense, and how Alabama built the best in program history: tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/c…

Dan Hurley knew he had to change. His signature blend of toughness and defense could only take #UConn so far. This is the story of a multiyear philosophical shift that touched every corner of the program and turned the #Huskies into an offensive machine: foxsports.com/stories/colleg…

For all my basketball junkies out there...

When you do too many choppy feet closeout “drills” instead of on working actual closeouts 🤦🏻‍♂️ Work on your closeouts but stop chopping your feet to make a drill “look good” Is this even the best way to closeout? The best defenders don’t even do this…

“One thing basketball players should really learn no matter what position you play is post work. B/c that's where the footwork comes from” - Jalen Brunson