Indiana Isolation sets

Tom Crean Indiana University Late-clock isolation plays chalkboard.pdf

Two really good isolation sets.

Attitude

ATTITUDE:
1. Only disability in life is a bad attitude.
2. You can name 5 or 6 people who walk in the door who will pick up a room.
3. Cancer starts with one bad cell.
4. You can modify behavior but you can't rehab character

Tim McClellan Strength and Conditioning

Tim McClellan Strength and Conditioning Coaching Notes[1].pdf

Boston "up" set

Doc Rivers Boston Celtics Up Set Play.pdf

Boston sets

CRUNCH-TIME ORLANDO BOSTON.pdf

Joe Torre’s 12 Keys to Managing Team Players, Tough Bosses, Setbacks and Success

Five guidelines to help become more serene in your approach to your job

1. Focus on the Present
a. Hank Aaron said, “Each at-bat is a new day.” No matter what our line of work, we all endure slumps.
b. We can learn from past failures and mistakes, but we shouldn’t get stuck there.

2. Maintain Your Perspective
a. Sense of humor. Support of teammates. Knowledge of our abilities based on past performance. The realization that tomorrow is a chance to do better. These things make up the “big picture” viewpoint.
b. Struggling batters and pitchers benefit by learning from their mistakes. But they suffer from mistakes when they become so overwhelmed by self-doubt that they can’t stay focused enough to make useful changes in their approach.

3. Control What You Can, Let Go of the Rest
a. When you control what you can, you know you’ve done everything possible to succeed. That means hard work, total commitment, painstaking preparation, and squeezing every ounce of ability from yourself.

4. Feel the Fear, Succeed Anyway
a. Fear doesn’t have to destroy their ability to be patient, to make adjustments, to play with passion.
b. Our togetherness as a team reduces our stress levels, because we know we have one another’s support through the tough times.

5. Keep Your Cool
a. Challenge people without always having to raise your voice.
b. Practice patience in every endeavor.
c. Consistency yields calm: Don’t let yourself get too low over one defeat or too high over one victory.

Rick Pitino Practice Breakdown

1. Shooting (15)
2. Transition Offense (15)
3. Man Offense (15)
4. Zone Defense (15)
5. Pressing and Trapping (15)
6. Press Attack (15)
7. Man Defense (15)
8. Special Situations

Purdue vs. Indiana sets

Crunch-time play - Purdue VS Indiana [2][1].pdf

Bob Hurley One Day Coaching Clinic Notes

Bob Hurley One Day Coaching Clinic ][1].pdf

Pat Riley’s Philosophy

1. Bump and run on defense. Make that your go to part of the game.
2. Two most important things: REBOUNDING & DEFENSE
3. Defense: Be the most physical in the league. The idea of the game is to take the opponent out physically and mentally.
4. Spend your time getting into your players head individually. There is only so much you can do coaching a team.
5. Make certain that your players understand that if you’re going to be a team it has to be a team defense, team offense, never I always WE.
6. It’s what you get from the games you lose that is extremely important. Did we learn from losing? This is an important part of any team.
7. We want to, as much as possible, try to make our players understand who has strength in what areas. Talk about that a lot, spend time, do the things you need to do to try to make people understand that.
8. In dealing with administration, management, etc., understand that they are extremely interested in only themselves.
9. To have a great basketball team you have to have more mental preparation than physical preparation. Once you’re mentally tough, you can become tough physically. Once you’re tough mentally you can overcome being tired, you can overcome fatigue.
10. Always practice as hard as you can. Go for it even the day of a game.
11. Make certain that your team is mentally prepared. Don’t show them a ton of film. Mentally prepare them with your voice and mouth. Get them tuned into what you want.
12. Game day preparations. Real hard workout the day of the game, go after it that night.

Butler zone action vs Syracuse

Brad stevens zone offense chalkboard[1].pdf

Phoenix Suns quick hitter

Phoenix Suns quick hitter.pdf

Defensive Analysis by Greg Brown

ANALYZING OUR DEFENSE
1. One on One Defense
a. Focus on our player’s ability to fight through
i. An off ball screen
ii. An on ball screen
iii. Closeouts
iv. Shot pressure
v. Ball pressure
vi. Coverdowns
vii. Blockouts
2. Post Defense
3. Vision
4. Opponents Scoring Sequence
a. How are they scoring on us?
i. Transition
ii. Put backs
iii. Vs set defense
iv. Out of Bounds
v. FT’s
5. Penetration
a. Where does penetration occur?
b. How did they generate the penetration?
compliments of Greg Brown UCF http://ucfwbbthoughts.blogspot.com/

W.Va vs Pitt sets

CRUNCH TIME WEST-VIRGNIA VS PITT [2][1][1].pdf

4 Tips to Career Perspective

Some great stuff from Stephanie Zonars on something that is very difficult for many of us in the coaching profession -- finding balance:



Leaders are overwhelmed with many roles and responsibilities. Making life work means figuring out how to integrate the various areas of life in a way that brings satisfaction and meaning.

We’re working our way through seven key life areas that impact your life balance. So far we’ve addressed faith, family and wellness. This month we’ll look at career.

Most of my clients don’t struggle with job satisfaction, but rather with keeping their career in perspective. Perhaps you can relate. Has your pursuit of professional excellence taken over your life, prohibiting you from giving attention to other areas?

Former Ball State Associate Head Coach, Lisa McDonald, loved being a Cardinal for the last 9 seasons. Though she developed better life balance habits in recent years, life as a college coach allowed her only about 3 weeks a year with her family in Arizona. She decided it was time for a change and recently left coaching to move back to Flagstaff to work with her brother's company as a personal trainer.

For Lisa, better life balance and living a values-driven life meant changing jobs. Better life balance for you may not require a job change, but it will likely require some change. If you have trouble:



• Turning off your cell phone, or not answering work calls/emails at home or after hours
• Being “all there” mentally and emotionally when you are with family/friends
• Leaving your office at a reasonable hour
• Relaxing and turning “work” off in your mind
• Making time to exercise, recreate and eat right
• Getting through a day without caffeine
• Saying no
then it’s time to evaluate your career and make some adjustments to live a healthier life.

You want to know the truth? Are you ready? Ok, here you go— you will never get it all done! No matter how long you work, there will always be more to do. And yet, we weren’t created to work 24/7/365. Stress, burnout and health issues besiege those who try.

Your work is part of your life—and a good part. But it’s not meant to be your life. Here are a few ideas to help create more separation between your career and the rest of your life:

Take a vacation: Americans earn the least amount of vacation days in the world, and still 35% of employed US adults don’t use their vacation days. Make a commitment to take all your vacation days…every year.

Go unplugged: Decide to spend daily, uninterrupted time with your family, a friend or even by yourself and refuse to answer work calls or emails. Put it in your schedule and tell your co-workers.

Leave the office: Schedule appointments that will force you to leave the office at a reasonable time. Agree to pick up the kids three days/week or to meet someone for dinner.

Be accountable: If you know that changing a particular habit will give you better balance but you can’t seem to change it on your own, agree to pay a friend $10 for every time you don’t follow through. It’s amazing how a little cold, hard cash motivates!


Life Beyond Sport Bottom Line: you were not meant to work all the time. Losing perspective on your career and believing that you're indispensable at work leads to unhealthy habits, sending the others areas of your life into a tailspin. Get perspective on your career, set some limits around it, and become more productive and happy.


Visit Stephanie's website: http://www.lifebeyondsport.com/
Compliments of Bob Starkey / LSU Hoops

Evaluating a game the Don Meyer way

Here is a great post from Coach Don Meyer on the system he uses to evaluate his team's performance:



Tools that we use to determine how well or poorly our team actually played. Many times the scoreboard is a poor judge of your team’s performance.

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1. Turnover Margin: Looks to see if your team has “sureness” with the ball on offense and whether your team can create turnovers on defense. As the coach, you might have a goal of having a +5 margin, for instance, or you might set a mandatory goal of, for example, always having less than 10 turnovers and having a goal of forcing at least 15 turnovers.


2. Rebound Margin: Using a rebounding margin is a good barometer of how well you competed on the glass, and is probably better than measuring your rebounding effort with absolute numbers. For example, having a goal of out-rebounding your opponent by +10 is probably more realistic than saying that your goal is to get 50 total rebounds every game. Each game will have a varying number of rebounding opportunities due to the pace of the game, referees, etc.
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3. Field Goal Attempts: If everything is equal, the team that gets the most and the best shots will win. Newell’s Rule = “Get better shots than your opponent and get more of those better shots.”
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4. Field Goal %: Two rules that your program could live by are; your best shooter should have the most shots (shooting isn’t equal opportunity) and your worst shooter should have your best FG% (only takes lay-ups, wide open shots).
.....NSU Grading System:
..........4 = Wide open lay-up
..........3 = Wide open shot by good shooter
..........2 = Contested shot by good shooter
..........1 = Terrible shot
..........0 = Turnover

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5. Free Throw Attempts: The golden rule is to make more free throws than your opponent attempts.


6. Free Throw %: It’s one thing to get to the free throw line; it’s another thing to make your free throws. Great teams make their free throws.


7. No player scores more than 15 points: We like to use 15 points as a barometer to see if any one player really hurt our team. Most teams may have one or two stellar scorers that require special attention on defense and if our team can’t slow those players down, it will
be a long night. Holding great scorers under 15 points is a great measure of how well your team is playing team defense, because it’s very difficult, if not impossible, to stop a great scorer with one defender; help-side, rotations, and an overall effort by all five players on the floor is required.


8. 3-Point Game: Refers to both on offense and on defense. On offense, it’s simple enough – your team must make open 3’s. The players that are great 3-point shooters need to be the ones taking those shots. On defense, we always stress the concepts of “No 3’s to a 3” and the concept of a “Dead 3," who is a player that has at least 50% of his/her attempts from the three-point line. A Dead 3 gets no standing looks; he/she must dribble to a shot. Thus, how well did your team defend the 3-pointer? Also, how well did your team get your 3-point shooters open?
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9. Floor Game: The floor game encompasses a wide range of possibilities, including getting loose balls, taking charges, saving the ball from a turnover (saver-savee idea), etc. Your team could have a goal of taking a minimum of 2 charges, or getting 90% of all loose balls, etc.
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10. Assist Game: The assist game can mean many things. As a coach, you can look at your team’s assist: turnover ratio, possibly with a goal of 2 assists to 1 turnover (2:1). In addition, you can look at the assist to made basket %. Another, less subjective way of tracking assists would be to track how many “screen assists” your team has in a game; the number of times that a team member’s screen (possibly a back or flare screen) led to a wide open shot or lay-up.
- post compliments of Coach Bob Starkey / LSU

Some Don Meyer quotes

"For every one hundred people that can handle failure, there is but one who can handle success"

"You can't want something for somebody more than they want it for themselves"

"Pepole aren't attracted to you because of what they see in you. They are attracted to you by what you see in them"

"Players that are afraid to be embarrassed will never be great"

"An important part of coaching is to eliminate excuses by players"

"You don't have to win championships to be a champion"

Bob Knight quote

“I’ve always felt you can beat average, mediocre teams in a lot of ways. You can only beat good teams with good, solid basketball. My whole concern with everything we do is how will it work against the best teams — not in most games against most teams but in the biggest games against the best teams.”

Fran Fraschilla Ball Screen Offense

Fran Fraschilla Ball Screen Offense Zak[1].pdf

Orlando Magic Back Action

Stan Van Gundy Orlando Magic Back Action Chalkboard[1].pdf

Coach K: Components of good defnese

1. Conditioning
- never rest on the defensive end
2. Courage
- dive on loose balls / Take a charge
3. Intelligence
- understand our defense in game situations
4. Habits
- constant reps, do defensive drills daily
5. Attitude
- positive defensive attitude
- don't fear failing
- confidence in selves & teammates

Coach K: Principles of Defense

1. Vision - See ball at all times
2. Move as the ball moves making
gradual adjustments.
3. Communication- glue that holds
all 5 players together. To talk
you must concentrate on what is
happening on the floor.
4. Aggressiveness- but don't foul.

Senator Jim Tracy visits SC

Senator Jim Tracy taught a governament class Thursday morning at Station Camp High School in Gallatin and toured the facilities. He is pictured here with Za'Montreal Rodgers, the current Middle Tennessee Vice President of DECA for 2010-2011. DECA is a student organization for Marketing students at the high school and college level. Senator Tracy is being awarded as an Honarary Marketing Academy graduate. This is the highest honor a marketing student at Station Camp can earn. It requires a student to take four courses of marketing and compete at a DECA competition before judges.

Box &1 set play

BOX AND 1 SET PLAY AWESOME.pdf

We had great success with this play when John Jenkins
played here.

Station Camp offseason post workout 2010

• 5 free throws after each set
• We count makes not shots

1. Mikans 3 sets of 15
2. Reverse Mikans 3 sets of 15
3. 3 tips and in 5 sets with strong hand 10 sets with weak
4. Baseline turns 2 sets of 10 makes – 1 set on each block
5. Middle turns 2 sets of 10 makes – 1 set on each block
6. Go to moves 2 sets of 10 makes – 1 set on each block
7. Rear turn face up jumpers 2 sets of 10 makes –1 set on each block
8. Rear turn, face, 1 dribble right2 sets of 10 makes – 1 set on each block
9. Rear turn, face, 1 dribble left 2 sets of 10 makes – 1 set on each block
10. Free throw line jumpers 3 sets of 10 makes elbow to elbow

Texas vs Texas A&M sets

CRUNCH-TIME A&M VS TEXAS.pdf

Some sets used in a Texas vs A&M game this season.

Michael Jordan quotes

"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."

"I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."

"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them."

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships."


Michael Jordan

20 Shooting Tips

1) Set up with foot opposite the shooting
hand a little in front of the other.

2) Always keep your eye on your target. Focus
on the front top of the rim.

3) Keep the ball close to your body with your
chest high and elbows in.

4) Bend knees slightly.

5) Don't let the ball rest on your palm. Let it
rest on your fingertips like you're
carrying a waiter's tray.

6) Keep your shoulders square to the basket
and maintain good balance.

7) Keep your guide-hand just that - a guide. Just
let it rest comfortably at the side of the ball.

8) Have good control of your fingertips. Let
the ball come off your fingertips for
a nice, "light" shot.

9) Create a good backspin. The ball
will roll off your fingertips if you follow
through correctly. In your follow through,
extend your elbow and snap your wrist.
This creates the proper backspin.

10) Keep the back of your hand toward
your face and palms faced toward the hoop.

11) When the ball leaves your hand, keep
your head moving up and directly towards the hoop.

12) Keep a medium arch to your shot.
Not too high and not a straight arrow. Arch!

13) Use your legs for power.

14) Achieve quickness through proper
wrist action and fingertip control.

15) In order to select the proper shots,
get to know your range and skill.

16) Don't keep experimenting with your
shooting form. Find what works
and then develop it.

17) Always practice your shots at game speed.

18) Take shots you're most likely to
face in a real game - invest more of
your time developing these shots.

19) If you don't develop the proper
quickness to your shots, there is a very good
possibility you'll be blocked.

20) Know when to take the shot. If you can't
finish the shot with your head moving up
and slightly forward and your shoulders
squared away, you might generally
want to re-think that shot attempt.

More cool basketball info: http://basketball-plays-and-tips.com

Spurs 2007 Season Theme

1. Expect nothing. Ask for nothing.
2. Do not give in.
3. Do not be in a hurry to win. Win in 48 minutes. Trust our system !
4. Support and play for your teammates.

Motion offensive fundamentals

By: Bob Starkey / LSU

Spacing Is Offense, Offense Is Spacing

For us to be able to feed the post, drive the basketball, and make the cuts necessary for good offensive execution, we must first have good spacing. For us, good spacing will be 15 to 18 feet apart from all of our offensive teammates. The only time the spacing should close from that distance is during screening situations.

Communicate On All Screens

We want the player setting the screen to call out the name of the player she wants to screen. She should call out that player’s name before she takes her first step towards screening. The verbal call will also help the cutter know the screen is coming in advance and give her the necessary time to set up her defender for the cut off the screen.

Be Patient - Get Good Shots

Our offense will be best executed when we make three passes before taking a perimeter shot or making a penetrating drive off the dribble. Obviously if the defense breaks down and an open jumper for a good shooter or a drive to the lane comes open, we want to take advantage of it. But until three passes are made, we should let the offense come to us.

We Want A High Post Touch At Least Every Three Passes

By making a pass to the high post, it allows us to place maximum pressure on the defense and gives us a chance for a penetrating pass or ball reversal. It is also an excellent time to have two perimeter players screen for each other.

Move With A Purpose

You should base your movement on what is best for our offense at that particular moment. You might need to screen someone...you might need to cut off of a screen...you might need to use another type of cut...but you must move, and it must be with a purpose. Don’t mistake activity for achievement. See the floor and what is happening around you. Don’t get caught watching the basketball. Know who your shooters are and set screens for them or look to pass to them as they become open.

Never Cut Into An Occupied Area

We never want to cut to an area where a teammate is already stationed. If a player is already in that area or a player has just started to cut to that area, we want to make a choice that will not allow us to flood an area. This goes back to the importance of spacing. It should be nothing more than common sense to tell us that cutting into an occupied area can be disruptive to what we are trying to accomplish with our offense.

Receiving The Ball, Face The Basket For A Two Count

Once you receive the basketball, you should turn and face the basket and utilize a low-ball transfer. Being strong with the basketball, you should hold the ball for at least a two count. This allows you the time to see what is happening on the floor. You should especially be aware of what the passer has done in terms of movement as they will become a screener or a cutter once passing the ball.

Utilize The V-Cut

It may seem like a small part of the offense but it is very essential. We want to be “hard to guard.” To do this, we must always set our defender up and by using the v-cut. Part of the v-cut is the proper cutting angle along with the timing necessary to get open. Use change of speeds on the v-cut with a slower movement to begin the cut and a more explosive movement to finish the cut.

The Enemy we Face

Courtesy of the book, "Make the Big Time Where You Are" by Frosty Westering.

The enemy I had, I didn't even know.
He followed me unseen, wherever I would go.

He blocked my plans, he blocked my way,
He countered me, even before I could say.

Each time I would make the effort to try,
He made me afraid, so I'd let things pass by.

One night I caught him and grabbed for his mask;
I wanted to see, I wanted to ask.

But to my amazement as I looked at his face,
It was me that I saw, and I prayed for GOD'S GRACE.

The enemy who had been hiding inside,
I finally let go of, and the enemy died.

My new friend inside shares an exciting new way.
He says "YES WE CAN" as we start out each day.

Our SPIRIT in life is the KEY TO IT ALL.
Our BELIEF deep inside picks us up when we fall.

I can run LIFE'S RACE with a CALM INNER PEACE.
I GO FOR IT NOW WITH TOTAL RELEASE.

Kobe Bryant quote

What makes one guy a champion and the other one not?

"It's the will. There are certain people that have a tremendous hunger. There are certain people that have a will, determination, and hunger that you need to be the best in the world. Those people - and those people alone- become CHAMPIONS"

Butler set plays

These are some sets Butler used this season. These were passed down to me from Vanderbilt GA Sam Ferry.

Butler Plays.doc

Twelve Rules for Raising Delinquent Children

I came across this last week and it really made me think. I hope it does the same for you.

The Houston, Texas police department used to distribute a little leaflet with the above title. It was a satire on parents who don’t control their children.
Let’s take a look at what the Houston Police department finds are the causes of
delinquent children. HERE THEY ARE:

1. GIVE THE CHILD EVERYTHING HE WANTS. In this way, he will
grow up to believe that the world owes him a living.
2. WHEN HE PICKS UP BAD WORDS, LAUGH AT HIM. This will make
him think he’s cute. It will also encourage him to pick up cuter phrases that will
blow off the top of your head later.
3. NEVER GIVE HIM ANY SPIRITUAL TRAINING. Let him wait until he
is 21 when he can “decide for himself.”
4. AVOID USING THE WORD “WRONG.” It may develop in him a guilt
complex. This will condition him to believe later when he is arrested for stealing
that society is against him and he is being persecuted.
5.DO EVERYTHING FOR HIM so that he will be experienced in throwing
responsibility for others.
6. LET HIM READ AND WATCH ANYTHING HE WANTS TO. Be careful
that the silverware and drinking glasses are sterilized, but let his mind feast on
garbage.
7. QUARREL FREQUENTLY IN HIS PRESENCE. In this way he will not be
too shocked when his own home is broken up later.
8. GIVE A CHILD ALL THE SPENDING MONEY HE WANTS. Never let him
earn his own. Why should he have things as tough as you had them?
9. SATISFY HIS EVERY CRAVING. Denial may lead to harmful frustration.
10. TAKE HIS PART AGAINST NEIGHBORS, TEACHERS, POLICEMEN.
They are all just prejudiced against your child.
11. WHEN HE GETS ITO REAL TROUBLE, APOLOGIZE FOR YOURSELF
by saying ,”I never could do anything with him.”
12. PREPARE FOR A LIFE OF GRIEF. You will be likely to have it.
-John Thiesen

Coach Cal sets

This action is hard to guard because you cant simply switch the up screen with the guard setting for the big. This will lead to a mismatch for the big on the block. Therefore, the shooter has a step on his man as he steps off the screen to the top of the key. >

Cal plays.pdf

Old Dominion Zone Offense vs 2-3 zone

I really like this zone offense. Several options and excellent spacing and movement.

zone offense.pdf

Scouting Report Template

This is a simple and easy scouting template that we like.

Scouting Report Template[1].pdf

3's from Coach Allen Osborne

This is from Coach Bob Starkey at LSU. He got it from his middle school Coach Allen Osborne via email. Allen has built an elite program at Poca High School in West Virginia.



Three things in life that, once gone, never come back:
1. Time
2. Words
3. Opportunity


Three things in life that can destroy a person:
1. Anger
2. Pride
3. Unforgiveness


Three things in life that you should never lose:
1. Hope
2. Peace
3. Honesty


Three things in life that are most valuable:
1. Love
2. Family
3. Kindness


Three things in life that are never certain:
1. Fortune
2. Success
3. Dreams


Three things that make a person
1. Commitment
2. Sincerity
3. Hard work

BASKETBALL THOUGHTS - MIKE KRZYZEWSKI

Too many rules get in the way of leadership. Preserve the latitude to lead.

A real winning attitude is about standards of excellence, which are variable from year to year and from team to team. Being the best you can be, and doing the best you can, are the constants.

If you’re always striving to achieve success that is defined by someone else, you’ll always be frustrated. Define your own success.

Whatever a leader does now sets up what he does later. And there is always a later.

Success is a matter of preparing to win.

Goals should be realistic, attainable, and shared among all members of the team.

Never set a goal that involves number of wins— never. Set goals that revolve around playing together as a team. Doing so will put you in a position to win every game.

Win or lose together.

Believe that the loose ball you are chasing has your name on it.

You cannot win every game. But you can learn from every game.

Don’t let a single game break your heart.

You might have to throw out your well-crafted plan after only five minutes.

When you screw up, admit you are wrong. Apologize in front of the whole team. To admit a mistake is not a weakness, it is a strength.

Look very carefully at the demeanor of your team. Are they healthy, injured, excited, down, energized, or tired?

Ask your team leaders their opinions.

Having fun helps reduce pressure.

Maintain a good sense of humor. You don’t always want your team to see you with furrows in your forehead.

Before you ever utter a word, the team sees your face, the look in your eyes, even your walk. Show the face your team needs to see.

You do not always beat fear with a hug. Sometimes you have to attack the heck out of it.

Never forget a defeat. Defeat can be the key to victory.

At the end of every season, thank your team for their effort.

If something isn’t working, try something new and different. Innovate. Never give up. Never.

Promise Yourself

A Motivational Poem
Promise Yourself
By Christian D. Larson

Promise yourself….

To be so strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness, and prosperity
to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel
that there is something in them
To look at the sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

To think only the best, to work only for the best,
and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others
as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past
and press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times
and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself
that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world,
not in loud words but great deeds.
To live in faith that the whole world is on your side
so long as you are true to the best that is in you.

John Jenkins personal workout

John Jenkins Senior year workout. This is a workout John made himself.




Ballhandling -1 Ball
• Throw tennis ball in the air while dribbling
1. Scissors
2. Behind Back
3. Spin moves
4. Between leg crossover both hands
5. Between les behind back both hands
6. Crossovers
Ballhandling – 2 ball
1. Same time
2. Alternate
3. Push –pull
4. Winshield wipers
5. In and outs
6. One high one low
7. Push pull alternate figure 8s
8. Pound high dribbles

Mikans – 20
Bank shots @ block 20
Short corner 15 each side
Elbows 20 each side
Elbow to short corner 20 each side
Shots above FT line 40
Wing shots 30 each side
Perimeter shots switch hands 20
Pull backs switch hands and feet 26
Perimeter crossovers 15
Perimeter direct drives 15
Post moves 20 shot fake direct and crossover 10
Free throws 15
LIVE DRIBBLE MOVES
Cones – set up and make dribble move at each one- make 20
Scissors 10
Between leg crossover 10
Behind back 10
Crossover 10
Between leg behind back 10
Multiple crossovers behind back 10
Start at ½ ct go to each elbow make dribble move and finish 10
Dribble crossover 10
In and out crossover 10
5 spots shoot 20 threes
5 spots NBA 3s using dribble moves make 10
Free throws 20

Shan Foster Camp at Station Camp High School

APRIL 24, 2010
LAYUPS
Lay-ups- get ball up and out in front on last dribble.
Crossover layups- slow down and hesitate before crossover. Change directions quickly under control. Pound the dribble between legs.
“Be an encourager when waiting your turn. “ “
“You don’t win unless your teammate wins”
Ginobli layups: wanna finish with your LH on the right hand side and with your RH on the left hand side. Reach out and around defender. Get it up on the rim.
BALLHANDLING
Drill- four guys stand across from each other. Pound the ball hard, below your knees. Shan came around and says “get by me” They also did crossovers, etc here
Spend a lot of time with the basketball. Spinning, catching, handling.
Live Dribble moves
1. Studder
Counter: studder crossover
2. In and out.
Counter: in and out crossover
“Change pace” “Work slow to fast”
“If you go at the same speed all the time, you are just fast. You wanna be quick so change speeds”
Drill “Figure 8s”
Place two cones about 15 feet apart and dribble around them as fast as you can using different dribbles when changing directions. Behind back, between legs.

DEFENSE
Chin a medicine ball and do defensive slides
Zig zag drill: Used all four corners of the court. Players went 1/1 to half ct
Defense tries to “beat him to the spot”
“Practice doesn’t make perfect, Perfect practice makes perfect “
1/1 Drill with cones: Two cones are put about 6 feet apart. One is on the sideline and the other about 5-6 feet in side of it on the court. The offense will start on the outside cone, circle it, and then play and try to score on the defensive that ran and circled the inside cone. 3 Dribbles to score. Make it competitive. Keep score

SHOOTING
Start in corner and sprint towards elbow. Get pass from a coach. Plant on the inside foot and “get on the 1-2” into your shot. Last step should be long. Chop your feet to make sure and catch the pass reaching out with your inside foot. Add a dribble and “run through the ball” Get ball out in front of you.
“To work on your shot on your own, spin yourself a pass” - when you don’t have a rebounder or passer


GETTING OPEN
When your defender is guarding you by denying the ball: Take him high and make a swim move / backdoor cut. When your defender is playing even or low, walk him into the block, make contact, and break out to the wing. “Get into his body”
Key to getting open: Changing speeds: Slow to fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In slow, out quick. Get into his body.
When you can’t get open, become a screener.

BALL SCREENS
Bigs: Sprint to set. Straddle defenders top leg. Butt facing where you want the ball to go
Guard with ball: Jab and step between defenders feet to “step him off” before b/s gets to you to create space.
When the ball goes to the baseline off a b/s the big gets to the elbow





BALL SCREEN SHOOTING
Guard has ball, jabs to back his man off, big comes and sets, and a coach hits the screener
1. 2 dribbles to the elbow, big rolls
2. 2 dribbles pull back then attack to a pull up. Big rolls
3. All way to paint for floater, big gets to elbow
4. Chris Paul refusal of B/S . Screener fade

BALL SCREEN SHELL
1. Shan has ball in slot. 2 guards on one side and 1 on the other. Shan threw ball to any of the guards and the big came and screened. Spacing was important as the guard caught the ball, the other two had to space.
2. Shooter started under the rim with pin screens on each side. The other guard had the ball on the point. When the shooter caught the ball on the wing, the big ran and set a b/s . The big came from the ball side block or the opposite block. The other guard that set the pin screen had to space (to the corner I think )

Quotable Shan
“Fake a pass to make a pass”
“Success is being absorbed in something bigger than yourself”
“Basketball is what I do. It isn’t who I am” Who I am is my character, etc
“Give it your all in everything your do”
“Work, Work, Work” When your are tired do one more
“Never cheat yourself”
“No goal is too high if you fight , fight, fight”
“When you think you’re working hard, you can always go harder”
“Get your education first and foremost”
“Your parents make sacrifices for you every day. They sacrificed $ for you to come to this camp. You pay them back by doing what they ask you to do without complaining”

Don Meyer Final 4 Clinic Notes

Developing Sureness to Eliminate Turnovers
Pete Newell’s Rule: Get better shots than your opponent and get more of those better shots

1. Basketball position with hands ready and knees bent
2. Spacing – Angles – Momentum = SAM
3. Move without the ball and be hard to guard
a. Talk every cut and give hand targets
b. Open shot, no shot, curl cut example of turnover
4. Passing
a. On time and on target
b. Pass away from the defense
c. Timing + Accuracy + Quickness + Deception
d. Pass fake, shot fake, go against momentum
e. See it all, Vision, Scan like John Stockton
f. Jerry’s Rules:
i. A good player knows where he is on the court.
ii. A great player knows where everyone is on the court.
iii. A superb player knows where everyone is on the court and what everyone is going to do.
g. Hit the first open man
h. No Last Resort passing = dribble until you have exhausted every shot opportunity for yourself and then you pass
i. Give the ball to a three pointer at three and in rhythm
j. Penetration and passing we want no scare crow passes or parachute passes
k. Penetration by one perimeter other perimeter flatten or crackback
5. Receiving the Pass
a. Catch with your feet, your eyes, your hands
b. Ball in the air feet in the air
c. Shorten the passes and particularly versus pressure
d. Possession over position. Don’t pull off the pass
e. Rim, Post, Action in triple threat position
6. Triple Threat
a. Shot, Pass, Drive
b. Know who you are and what your game is to determine your order
c. 60% of your weight on your permanent pivot foot
d. Two inch shot fakes
e. Circle tight to get your first step quickness
f. Body on first on first step and last (Air Dummies)
7. Use the Dribble
a. Ball protection
b. To the rim
c. To a pull-up by getting your defender to run
d. Obtain a passing angle
e. Do not pick up your dribble without a pass or a shot
f. Speed dribble you throw it out and chase the ball
g. Power dribble versus a quickness mismatch
h. Versus full court pressure use 45 degree angle to the middle of the floor until the defense commits
i. Back Dribble
j. Pull back crossover between legs to protect
8. Measure of a Great Guard
a. He can control the game without scoring a point
b. His game is tight mentally, physically, and fundamentally
c. How fast can he go from a dribble to a pass or a shot
d. Balance Hand Pick-up
i. Start with the ball on the floor
ii. It is just like a quarterback taking the center’s snap
9. Big Picture Thought
a. What is the best thing for your team to run?
i. E.g. Don’t run four out motion with a three out team
b. Best handlers handle and make plays
c. Know who you are and what your game is
d. Tighten up your game
e. Post man is always ready to relieve pressure
10. Skill Development
a. Massed work rather than distributive
b. Do one drill fifty times rather than fifty drills one time
11. Beswick Rating Scale
Talent Mindset
A A Great
A B Inconsistent, can’t learn skills, coach killer
B A Over achiever, can learn skills
B B Gone

Newell’s Rule
Get better shots than your opponent and
get more of those better shots
OUR DEFENSE
1. Transition and talk; defensive fast break.
2. Know who you are guarding. His number, his game.
3. Ball pressure; early help and quick recovery. UBIQUITOUS.
4. Shut down a scorer in the post; no threes to a three.
5. Shot pressure; change or alter.
6. Smart fouls only.
7. BOPCRO; Block Out, Pursue, Chin the Rebound, Outlet.
OUR OFFENSE
1. Look to run every possession.
2. Handle the ball with sureness.
3. Be hard to guard; help each other get open.
4. Great shot discipline.
5. Get fouled. Make more than opponent attempts.
6. Offensive board coverage.

WE KNOW THE SHOT WE WANT
AND WHO IS GOING TO TAKE IT.

GET THE SHOT WE WANT RATHER THAN THE QUICK SHOT THAT OUR OPPONENT GIVES US.

IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW WE WILL WIN THE GAME. WE MUST KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE WILL WIN THE GAME.