"You are never really playing an opponent.
You are playing yourself, your own highest
standards, and when you reach your limits,
that is real joy."

Arthur Ashe

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What's New

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September 4
A blog entry on the Men's Olympic Basketball Team.

September 3 Interview with Coach Ronn Wyckoff from HoopClinics

September 2 We have now been online for 6 months!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


August 29
Wide Out is a multipurpose offense available at HoopClinics.

August 28 Tommy's Playbook is a site filled with many plays and drills.

August 27 HoopClinics Filmroom will be available until Wednesday September 3.

August 26 Steve Nash on Passing

August 25 Three in One Basketball Coaching Mini-Clinics.

August 22 Click here to for the latest free HoopClinics releases: A secondary break to use when ball reversal is denied and 50 basketball quotes.

August 21 Video demonstration of Triple Threat and the Jab Step.

August 20 Dwight Howard on Rebounding

August 19 It's All in a State of Mind is in our basketball poem's file a

August 18 Attacking a 2-3 zone from the baseline shows three ways to hit a 2-3 zone from behind.

August 15 Click here for Immediate access to a zone offense for younger teams, a man to man continuity for all levels, and a 1-4 high delay game.

August 14 Our quote of the day appears on every page.

August 13 Added our icon next to our URL in the address bar.

August 12 Steps to Success.

August 11 An entry in the Coaching Toolbox Blog entitled Basketball Coaching: Closing a Basketball Game.

August 8 Interview with Stretching Expert Robert Selby. You can download it and the 2-2-1 clinic by opting in to the HoopClinics mailing list.

August 7 Pressure in the Player's Notebook Section.

August 6 Facebook group called Basketball Coaching to exchange ideas.

August 5 Download a sample of the 2-2-1 press.

 

 August 4 Added a link in the ONLINE TOOLS section to Coach John Harmatuk's blog. He has posted some of his own ideas that are very worthwhile in and of themselves, but he also has some note from some of the nation's top clinicians as well.

 August 1 We will be rolling out our new HoopClinics partnership with Perfect Practice and some great coaching ideas. Click the HoopClinics link to get immediate access to a video clinic on the 2-2-1 Full Court Press.


July 31
Added a link to Best-Basketball-Tips.com in our ONLINE TOOLS section.

July 30 Segment from the new Dick Bennett Blocker/Mover DVD. We have some notes posted from his original VHS on his Blocker/Mover. The original tape was one of our favorites!

July 29 Updated the About Us page.

July 28 Iran's Basketball Team's visit to the United States is detailed in this video.

July 25 Carlos Boozer post moves demonstration from TNT Fundamentals and YouTube.

July 24 The Road Ahead is an inspirational poem about taking personal responsibility.

July 23 A video entitled Training is Mental sent to us by the coaches at My Trainer.

July 22 Added another animated play called Bruin. It is a backdoor counter to our UCLA post isolation play.

July 21 Added Full Court Layup Drill animation to our basketball drills.

July 18 We are making an effort to add more basketball drills to our site, so we have added a Drills Tab in the basketball practice section that will eventually index all of our drills.

July 17 Coach Stinson from Perfect Practice and The Coaching Toolbox are teaming up to offer a unique online basketball coaching clinic. If you would be interested in giving us some feedback on what we should do to complete it, here is a quick survey. The survey also offers a look at what the clinic will entail.

July 16 Added a list of winning character traits called The Winning Attitude.

July 15 A quick look at Coach Jay Wright's spacing spots in his 4 out 1 in Motion Offense. The video is at that bottom of the page where you will be sent.

July 14 Championship Productions Summer Sale ends tomorrow.

July 11 Added a countodown clock...

July 10 What is A Basketall Player?

July 9 Seven Basketball Shooting Drills that you can preview free from Coach Heath Millar's Shooting Drills encyclopedia e-book. Click here for the preview, or here for information about purchasing the e-book.

July 8 A 25 minute video segment on the Flex Offense from Coach Josh Stinson at Perfect Practice.

July 7 Added The Man in the Glass to our Basketball Poems section of the FILING CABINET.

 

July 3 A video of a father's love for his handicapped son and what he has done to help him to experience the thrill of competition. July 2 A link to Coach Meyer's website has been placed in our Online Tools section. July 1 A video segment of Coach Don Meyer and how he organizes his bench and utilizes his assistant coaches. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the clip.

June 30 1000+ shots basketball shooting workout contributed by one of our subscribers.

June 27 Added a short poem on leading by example to to our basketball poems section.

June 26 An article discussing practice time spent on offense compared to defense.

June 25 Eleven concepts for Mover/Blocker Offense in our TEAM OFFENSE section. Select the schemes tab.

June 24 We have reorganized our basketball quotes section to make it easier to navigate.

June 23 Added a link to the coaching youth basketball resource, Perfect Practice in our online tools section.

June 20 Video demonstrations from Michael Jordan on triple threat, jab step, crossover, and shot fake and drive.

June 19 Our new logo was designed by Submit Solutions.

June 18 We now have a TELESEMINAR ARCHIVES tab to make it easier to find information about previous interviews.

June 17 Sam Cassell on the Mid Range Game from the TNT Fundamentals series.

June 16 We now have a "Save to Delicious" button on each of our pages to make it easier for you to bookmark us if you have an account.  If you don't, you can sign up for one by clicking on the Delicious button.  It is a web site that allows you to bookmark your favorite sites and then access them from any computer, not just the one that you marked them on!

June 13 Teleseminar Interview #6 is with Illinois men's coach Bruce Weber. Coach Weber discusses competitive basketball practices. You can listen to the interview by subscribing to the Tool of the Day. If you are already subscribed, you will receive your e-mail to get the link.

June 12 Thirty years of Abraham Lincoln's failures before he became one of the greatest figures in history.

June 11 We now have a Business Page listing on facebook. We are doing the best we can to keep up with the times! :) If you have an account here is the link. You can also find us by logging on and searching for The Coaching Toolbox.

June 10 An Australian based web site called Hoops Help is now listed as one of our online tools.

June 9 Another TNT video from YoutTube with Rip Hamilton discussing moving without the ball.

June 6 A 25 Question test called Your Worth to the Team for basketball players to give themselves and for basketball coaches to file for you player's notebooks.

June 5 We have added some more detail to our page on dribble moves with an idea on how to make your dribble moves drills more effective.

June 4 A segment from Pat Summitt's Mastering Special Situations DVD where she walks through what they do if the defense traps their point to wing entry pass. Championship Productions is having a Summer Sale that you might want to check out if you are looking to expand your library.

June 3 A video from YouTube from TNT's NBA Fundamentals series featuring Ray Allen on Jump Shooting.

June 2 The Practice Mindset is the first 12 ideas from our just released e-book, "130 Great Ideas to Get a Lot More Accomplished in Practice."

May 30 The teleseminar interview with Sports Psychologist Dr. Brian Goonan is now live. The topic is being a fierce competitor without becoming furious.

May 29 Creighton Burns, a very successful high school and college basketball coach, has put begun putting out a newsletter with a lot of great ideas from various sources. Click here to see a sample of one of the articles or download an entire newsletter. There is a place to sign up for the newsletter if you are interested.

May 28 A video segment of Division I Men's Coach of the Year Keno Davis of Drake, now at Providence, discussing coverages in his 3-2 zone. As always, the video is at the bottom of the page.

May 27 A great sportsmanship message from a small college softball game.

May 26 We now have posted a video of the superlegs workout that Eddie Enriquez described in our first teleseminar interview. The workout is also in our basketball videos section.

May 23 The Teleseminar Interview on Mental Toughness with Steve Siebold discussing the topic of mental toughness as it relates to coaching basketball.

May 22 A coaching point from Tara VanDerveer on being under control when receiving an outlet pass from her "25 Offensive Practice Drills for Success" DVD. The video clip is at the bottom of the page. If you have trouble viewing the video, it could be that your server is blocking the content. The drill is filed in our basketball videos section along with several other basketball drills.

May 21 Added to our Momentum Killers and Momentum Getters article with some thoughts on how to play basketball in a way that leads to momentum favoring your team.

May 20 New Quote of the Day feature at the top of the front page. We store our basketball quotes in the FILING CABINET.

May 19 Chris Lowery of Southern Illinois teaching how they defend 2 on 1 situations. It is from a page on Championship Productions web site. You need to scroll to the bottom of the page to view the drill. It is also filed in our basketball drills section of our basketball videos section.

May 16 The Teleseminar Interview with Jay Wolf is now live. The topic is ways to improve on shooting a basketball. We feel that both basketball players and basketball coaches will get several takeaways from listening to the interview.

May 15 Short video segment of an entry into Bill Self's High-low motion offense. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video.

May 14 Basketball Shooting Tips guest article from Coach Dave Jones.

May 13 Rebounding--A Matter of Emphasis guest article.

May 12 Some basketball quotes from Coach K's web site.

May 9 The Teleseminar Interview with Ed Schilling is now live. Coach Schilling discusses some basketball drills and ideas to help with the development of point guards.

May 8 Penn--one of our animated basketball plays with a clear out for a lob.

May 7 Article by Coach Gilad Shoham, Vice President, ACE - Applied Cognitive Engineering about their IntelliGym. Even if you aren't in the market for this technology, it is worth seeing what is being done with it. They have

May 6 The Man (or Lady) on the Bench is filed with our otherbasketball poems in our Players' Notebook

May 5 The first interview in our teleseminar series with Eddie Enriquez from the brand new My Trainer web site. Click here to register and listen.

May 2 Video of Bruce Weber going through a press offense that he uses to attack a 2-2-1 press. The link will take you to a page on the Championship Productions web site. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the segment

May 1 PROGRAM BLUEPRINT tab with thoughts for basketball coaches on organizing and buidling a complete basketball program.

April 30 Basketball by Bob Knight--some of his thoughts on what the game means to all of us.

April 29 Drake added to our animated basketball plays section. Double Ball screen with a screen the screener three point shot

April 28 Rock and Rip Jay Wright's footwork driving basketball drills. You will be taken to the basketballcoach.com web site and will need to create an account if you would like to view the basketball video.

April 25 Failure and Fire vs. Flash messages from Michael Jordan

April 24 Several new basketball drills and basketball videos--we are up to 29 now!

April 23 BASKETBALL PLAYERS TOOLBOX tab

April 22 New site design to make it easier for all of the basketball players and basketball coaches who visit to find the information and ideas that they are looking for.

April 21 The Xs and Os of Basketball is a great forum with several discussion topics going at once.

April 18 Two 90+ second demonstrations of John Wooden's UCLA offense with instructions from Coach Wooden himself.

April 17 Duke Men's Six Point Contest Defensive Drill Video

April 16 Peripheral Vision and "the Zone" Guest Contribution. An article with some unique insights for shooting a basketball.

April 15 Temple--is now in our collection of baketball plays to run against a man to man defense. The link will take you to the Championship Productions web site. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video of this set play.

April 14 Five--Set play to run against a zone defense. The link will take you to a page on the Championship Productions web site. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the video of this play.

April 11 Sideline and Under the Basket inbound play videos. Click on the plays tab when the link takes you to the videos page.

April 10 The StarFish Story in the FILING CABINET. There are several other basketball quotes,basketball poems, and basketball thoughts in the FILING CABINET.

April 9 Four Lessons reinforced by the last 10 seconds of regulation of the Men's NCAA Finals

April 8 MENTAL TOUGHNESS section and tools with ideas for both basketball players and basketball coaches.

April 7 Togetherness looks like in the FILING CABINET

April 4 Rotation animated play for attacking a half court trap

April 3 Free book excepts

April 2 Three attitude and leadership videos

April 1 Purdue animated play


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