Excited to share Metamora Boys Basketball and 🏀 Metamora Girls Basketball 🏀 are coming together to help The Kevin Brown Memorial ToC fight glioblastoma. Campers receive free entry to all 5 days of the Tournament of Champions with their camp t-shirt! Click the link 👇 to create an account and sign up. apps.daysmartrecreation.com/dash/x/#/onlin…

ESPN keeping Kendrick Perkins over Zach Lowe might be worse than when the Sixers kept Tobias Harris over Jimmy Butler.

Credit for these analogies belongs to Dr. Rob Gray Rob Gray ⚾️👁 in his incredible books on human movement in sports.

I have been involved with athletic development for over ten years through my hockey training company. Although that business primarily focuses on online coaching, I've enjoyed my transition to coaching kids in recent years. This has sparked a deep interest in child coaching,

Basketball is reaction - not predetermined decision making The more decisions you are forced to make in a workout/practice, the better. Less “dribble to that cone and make a move” More “If you beat the on ball defender, what are you going to do against the help side?”

This is why it is important for coaches to consider moving away from using internal feedback, as frequently seen within the dominant approach.

Great Friday at MTHS. Guys played some volleyball before heading out to walk in the Homecoming parade. Coaches are grilling tonight for the Metamora Football game against Canton tonight! Let’s go Birds!!

Brian McCormick The minute you use punishment to teach discipline, you are failing as a coach. Punishments are short terms and only bring resentment. Useless. Instead, establish rules, work on engagement and enjoyment. Those are fuel for athletes.

Wicked little secret in skilled agility: it’s not about making the fastest decision, nor in moving with the prettiest biomechanics or technical model…it’s about coordinating the most functional movement solution that fits the nature of the unfolding problem.

Years ago kids learned to play without coaches - things you never see if a group of kids play on their own without adults : warm ups, dribbling around cones, drills, standing in lines, substitutes, 10-0 score line (they change the teams to make them equal) ‘No coach > Bad coach’

Bob McKillop’s 7 Fundamental Keys 1. See 2. Talk 3. Balance/Be Down 4. Flesh to Flesh Contact 5. Details/Little Things 6. Have an Act 7. Finish Everything

Great stuff here from Saban on his “2 Card” philosophy

The team does not lose, the player does not fail, because of their inability to follow the whiteboard or orders to a T. They lose because they cannot adapt successfully to the challenges of the match, of the opponent.

As a youth coach, your goal should be to make your practices, workouts, or training sessions the highlight of your athletes’ day. They should look forward to them and they should leave excited and motivated to do more. Love hearing how much players are enjoying and engaging.

The matchups for the 2025 Redbird Roundball Classic have been finalized. Looking forward to competing and watching some great HS hoops. All Saturday games and Friday’s Normal vs. Mt. Zion game will feature a 35 second shot clock.

Congrats Alivia Vaughan

Awesome morning of hoops! Thanks Washington Panther Hoops KBstrong The Kevin Brown Memorial ToC for helping us give back! #biggerthanbasketball

Metamora Basketball giving back on Saturday morning. This was the first of two service days this month. Seniors coached at our TOC satellite camp along with 🏀 Metamora Girls Basketball 🏀 players and coaches. Juniors, sophomores, and freshmen helped spread mulch in Germantown Hills.

First home game 12/3 against United Township. Exactly 7 weeks away.

“Play is how children naturally develop. It’s how they learn to push the limits and deal with fear, to solve problems, and to deal with anger and get along with playmates. "Take it away, and they’re just not going to be prepared for the stresses of life.” -Peter Gray