Love watching the Celtics play Defense when they are locked in! #NBAFinals2022

“When you start reading about yourself and believing your own press clippings is when you start to fall . . . When you’re not hungry, you become average!” - Kirby Smart

Respectfully...💙

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Exit interview template for your middle school coaches STEAL THIS ⬇️

This is what being a winner looks like Both Donte DiVincenzo being verbal with his teammate and James Wiseman being open to the instruction The best teams are lead from within

🚨Improve your ball 🏀 handling at home. 🏡 No room, no problem. You can always find a way to work on your skills. Try the Pound-Between-Series 🏀 and then use our scoring system to challenge yourself. ⏰ #ballhandlingdrills

UCLA has one of the best BLOB Defenses in the Country! Using their 1-3-1 BLOB Match-Up. Some similarities to Brad Stevens' BLOB Defense from Butler. Winning the hidden possessions is key in March! Here's how they do it, thread:

🆕Down the stretch against 6-seed Kentucky, the Kansas State Wildcats went several times to their 4-high package to get a bucket. Here's a look at some of their favorite actions out of that formation. 📺: youtu.be/iNaGy8fd-y4

Yesterday's Lockdown Newsletter featured a simple warmup routine for defensive footwork. Read more and subscribe here: mailchi.mp/4d0d48e68b8d/c…

Playing off 2 feet: - More control (fades, half spins, drops) - More fouls - More kick out 3’s + dunks (dumps & lobs) - More balance, more power - Tougher to defend I’m all for playing off 1 foot when opportunity presents itself. Higher the level, more 2 foot play required.

OKC ran one of my favorite BLOB sets for Zhaire Smith, who scored off a slip A diagrammed compilation of the Thunder's Hammer Comeback BLOB, including a screen-the-screener and a SLOB variation 7 sets, 5 variations, many 3s

THIS IS A MUST LISTEN FOR ALL PLAYERS ❗️ Current D1 assistant coach Orin Bailey from South Alabama shared with us on The Becoming what they look for in players and how they determine if they're a good fit for the program. He doesn't mention talent/athleticism at all. 🏀🙇‍♂️🎙️

The best misdirection post play that you can add to your coaching 💼‼️…

ELITE zone ATO for a quick bucket (Via @BtrBasketball 🎥)

How do you respond to failure? Does it take 4-5 possessions? Love this clip from Billy Donovan.

STOP REFFING Players need to continuously work on handling No-Calls. The ability to move on from a No-Call (Or bad call) and use it to lock in even more is something players can’t learn early enough!!

Episode 3 dropping this afternoon! Give it a listen and let us know your thoughts! What is your #1 Christmas movie? If one of ours isn’t yours leave us a comment!