Tool of the Day Archive February 2009

February 25 TAKING CARE OF THE BASKETBALL When Coach Ed Schilling was the guest for our first webinar for HoopClinics back at the end of December, he promised that he would do a follow up webinar with us.  We have scheduled that follow up for Monday March 2 at 9:00 PM EST.  The first webinar focused on individual moves and received a lot of positive feedback.  This one will be focused on drills.   Once you register, you will be sent to a page with a video clip of Coach Schilling talking about taking care of the basketball.  It will take about 10 seconds for you to be redirected to the video. You will be able to listen and ask Coach Schilling questions relating to the topic of his newest DVD, "Mandatory Drills."  There is no cost to listen to or participate in the webinar.

February 24 AN IDEA FOR A SET PLAY ENTRY This week's offensive idea is a different entry into whatever you run against man to man defense.  It can be used to set up a ball reversal and a staggered down screen if that is something that you use or are looking for a way to use. The video is a clip from Great Scoring Plays. Offensive Entry from Great Scoring Plays

February 23 THEY'RE CALLED COACH Most of the inspirational posts I make are with the hope that you will find it something that you can share with your team. This post is meant for coaches. I am not sure who wrote it, or when it was written, but it is old enough that it is written in the masculine gender.  Certainly, the thoughts apply to both women and men who coach... They're Called Coach

February 20 DEFENSIVE CONVERSION DRILL This is an illustration of one of my favorite defensive conversion drills.  Coach Monson also makes a great teaching point as to having an expectation of getting your halfcourt defense set in five seconds. If you can't see the video right away, you might need to refresh the page.  Five on the Line Conversion Drill

February 19 MADE FREE THROW FAST BREAK An idea for a play to run after your opponent makes a free throw. Made Free Throw Fast Break.

February 18 PERSONALITY TRAITS OF WINNING ATHLETES A list that hopefully is helpful to both players and coaches.  It is posted on the same page as another notebook idea I posted previously called "The Way to Victory." Personality Traits of Winning Athletes.

February 17 STEVE ALFORD'S WHEELING CONCEPT Here is a video clip of Steve Alford teaching the motion offense concept of "wheeling" at a coaches clinic.  Even if you are not a motion team, it is a good concept to incorporate in some way into your offensive scheme.  It is a screen the screener concept that makes it tough on the defense. Steve Alford's "Wheeling" in motion offense.

February 16 PRESSURE FREE THROW DRILL Finishing out a game is a tough thing to teach and practice, but being able to do it is essential.  I have posted some thoughts a while back regarding end of game clock management.  It is tough to simulate the pressures of a game in practice, but here is a drill you might consider using to simulate pressure free throws late in a game:
Pressure Free Throw Shooting Drill.

February 13 OLIVER PURNELL INSIDE ZONE ATTACK This is a video of Clemson's Oliver Purnell teaching his inside players to "seal in and seal out" against a 2-3 zone. Oliver Purnell Inside Zone Attack

February 12 February TWO PLAYERS' NOTEBOOK TOOLS I have posted a couple of inspirational poems that we have used in our players notebooks. Ambition and the Man Who Quits.

February 11 MAN TO MAN QUICK HITTER Here is a play from Coach Burns' newsletter that is similar to one of our animated plays that we call Kentucky.  His play is called: Wake Forest.

February 10 PAT SUMMITT CONCEPTS In honor of her 1000th victory, I have posted some of my notes from hearing Coach Summitt speak in person, from her DVDS, and from her book:  Reach for the Summit. If you click the book name's link, you can read some excerpts from the book on Amazon. Whether you you coach guys or ladies, she is someone that we all can learn from: Pat Summitt Concepts on the Coaching Toolbox.

February 9 JIM BOEHEIM'S ZONE WING COVERAGE This video is a quick illustration of how Jim Boeheim teaches coverage of the point to wing pass in his 2-3 zone.  The defensive forward covers the pass until the guard can get there.  Then the forward drops to cover the baseline. Jim Boeheim's 2-3 Zone Wing Coverage

February 6 DON MEYER'S DRIVE AND SPACE Here is a video clip of how Coach Meyer teaches his drive and space concept and the terminology that he uses: Don Meyer Drive and Space

February 5 THIS MONTH'S SIMPLE TRUTHS VIDEO The movie this month is entitled Inspiration 365 Days a Year. It is a collection of some of Zig Ziglar's favorite quotations.

February 4 A BALL SCREEN PLAY AND AN UPDATE Here is one of our 38 animated plays that you can use against a man to man defense.UMass It is not our counter to our UCLA play, but you can run UCLA to set it up:UCLA. SITE UPDATE
I have been working on the site to improve its usability.  I have changed the links to blue since that is more of a traditional link color to make them easier to find, and have been working on the following pages:Animated Plays--to add links to the diagrams and videos of plays to they are all together.Drills--to collect links to the drills resources we have all in one place.
Videos--to make it easier to find and navigate the videos that we have indexed. I am still working in all three areas, but if you have any suggestions to make it easier for you or for other coaches to navigate the site, please let me know!

February 3 AN AUDIO AND A QUIZ I finally have the link to the audio with April McDivitt.  She gave us some really great insights and it is definitely worth listening to.  There is some background echo that we will have worked out for the next webinar, but she gave us some great stuff: April McDivitt Webinar I also have a short life quiz that you will want to share with your players and students if you haven't already! The Quiz

February 2 BILLY DONOVAN'S ELEVATOR PLAY Here is a play that Florida runs in transition that Coach Donovan calls: The Elevator Play