Would travel to Indiana and watch practice It was the most organized practice I had ever seen. It was amazing as a young coach to see the execution Watched Louisville, and their practice was the exact opposite of Indiana Went to Bloomington and beat Indiana. Most important Lesson: “I realized that there are a lot of different ways to coach”
Mentor: High School Coach Allen Osborne
He had a strong influence on me. He was standing next to me when I got married. This is the example of the impact High School Coaches can make. 1. Talking What are you doing every day to teach, stress, and emphasize talking? “If you are not teaching it in practice, you can’t expect it on game night.” - Hubie Brown
Coach K’s Three Phases of the Game:
1. Offense 2. Defense 3. Communication Buzz Williams: Will audio record his practices and listen to what they sound like.
What does a good practice sound like?
Stop from time to time and ask players how their practice sounds Have a team vocabulary that your players know and use. Involve talking in drills and offseason conditioning.
“It’s not what you say, it’s what they hear.”- Don Meyer
Visually communicate with player when you can.
Tim Elmore: “Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future” Look at how you communicate, motivate, and inspire this particular generation. Small “i” (iPhones, iPads) How are you utilizing those things? Take advantage of them.
Coach Starkey sends their players a text with a graphic of the defensive emphasis for the day. Visually teach them Visually information is going to stick with them a little longer. Do a little video every day with players
2. Thinking: Disadvantage Drills Don’t always stop and teach/correct. Allow players to figure it out for themselves and THINK! When you make them think, they start talking to each other. Create a little chaos in practice and create problems and adversity for them. That is exactly what games are.
Practice Thoughts:
Bob Knight’s Three Phases of the Game:
1. Offense, 2. Defense 3. Conversion.
Whatever you accept in winning, you accept in losing.
Demand on a daily basis.
John wooden Practices: Offense one day-Defense on another.
Understand the importance of flow and pace in practice. o Jumping from one drill to the next drill quickly. o Put pressure on players to do this.
Great time right now to do a serious review of how you play and how you practice. o This is a great time to eliminate stuff. o We tend to add too many layers. ”Do you want better plays or better players?”- Don Meyer Culture
Every program has a culture.
First thing to decide is what you want your program to stand for. Communicate and live it every single day with your players! If someone were to walk up to one of your players and ask them what your program stands for, can they answer exactly how you would? “You have to fight for your culture every day!”- Doc Rivers Example: 2-3 zone is a part of Syracuse’s culture.
Example: Coach Knight was asked this question in a clinic: “Coach what do you think is the best zone defense to play? His Answer: “We don’t believe in zone defense and believe in individual responsibility” Asked again: If you were to play zone, what zone would you play? His Answer: “I don’t like any of them, that’s why we don’t play them.” (Same person raises hand a third time) Coach Knight: “What?!” “If the NCAA passed a rule that you had to play zone, what defense would you play” His Answer: I would freakin quit! Now don’t put your hand up again!”
THAT WAS THE CULTURE OF INDIANA.
“BASKETBALL IS NOTHING BUT AN INSTRUMENT TO IMPACT YOUNG PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITIES.” -DALE BROWN “YOUR PROGRAM NEEDS TO STAND FOR MORE THAN JUST WINS AND LOSES.”-DON MEYER
The Process:
Nick Saban: The process is being able to control the things you can control, and not worry about the things you can’t. Unless you are the quarterback, you have absolutely no reason to look at the scoreboard o It has nothing to do with the job in front of you o Concentrate on that particular play, then turn around and do it again. Did not have or talk about numerical goals for the season (# of wins) or championships. o Can get in the way of you being successful Be the best at that particular time and moment.
At LSU, they challenged their captains on the basketball team to come up with a goal for the season Their Goal: Be the best practice team in the country. Made a list of what that looks like, sounds like, feels like. Be an NBA player: Next. Best. Action It is the only thing you are responsible for o If you get beat, have the best next possession you can. o Same if you make a great play on offense. Don’t celebrate. “Just want to have a good practice today”-BILL BELICHICK
Player Notebooks:
Notebooks: Include something on CULTURE AND TEAM every day.
Some players still like to see things written out. Figure out how your players learn. It helps with retention; WRITE IT DOWN! They have a Notes section for speakers that talk to them. Motivation section. Team Standards and Traditions sections.
Before practice, have players fill out one goal they have for that day and put it in a box. Discuss later with players
Pre-Practice:
Great way to develop skill!
One of the easiest things to get away from late in the season is fundamentals
We deal with kids where good is okay to them.
Good is the enemy of great! You need to push and demand for people to do their very best! Texas Tech Kill Drill: 3 straight PERFECT stops. We are not interested in good or mediocre
There are going to be times when the shots are not falling, so you have to be able to play inside. You can have a great paint game with 4 and 5 out offenses. Transition can be a part of your paint game. Lebron James: After they lost to Dallas in the Finals, he spent time with Hakeem to work on his paint game/post ups.
IMAGES AND THOUGTS THAT CAN HELP YOUR COACHING:
Do You Have a Plan and Practice These Things?
Pat Summitt would not sign a recruit until they came and watched practice. She wanted the players to see what they did day-in and day-out.
*If you stop and correct your players in a drll, you have 7 seconds. IMAGES AND THOUGTS THAT CAN HELP YOUR COACHING: Sandwich Technique: Positive-Negative-Positive
What do you do every day to teach shot pressure blockout?
What is your “Why”?
IMAGES AND THOUGTS THAT CAN HELP YOUR COACHING
Coach Starkey’s Contact Information:
Q&A Do you think there is such a thing as over thinking? Yes. The more you think, the slower your feet get.
How do you work on offensive rebounding?
You have to have guidelines. Who are you sending 4 and 5 go to the glass. 2 and 3 go to glass if below FT line-Get back if above FT line. 1 get back *Chart it, stress it, and show clips of great rebounders.
How do you get kids to finish through contact?
Utilize blocking dummies, male players on practice squad Technique: Post players-low man wins- good strong base Transition and layup drills: create contact using whiffle ball bats and dummy pads Drilling it one or two days is not going to fix it. You have to do it every day. Mikan drill with blocking pad every day.
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