New site layout and design
Most of this week has been dedicated to making The Coaching Toolbox site easier to navigate and easier to read. We hope you feel that it is an improvement. Leave us a comment and let us know what you think!
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Archive for April, 2008
Xs and Os and odds and ends
We have added a new feature at The Coaching Toolbox–we are beginning to compile a list of some of the best online tools to add to the information that we have already posted for basketball coaches and players. Here is the first site on our list. We definitely feel that it is worth [...]
Never criticize players publicly
A coach should never criticize players publicly or in the media. Bear Bryant said: “If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi good, we did it. If anything goes really good, then you did it. That’s all it takes to get people to win football games for you. ” If you want [...]
Throw the ball inside your 3 point arc with under 3 seconds to go
One of our clock management rules at the end of the game is that if we gain possession with the clock running in the opponent’s half of the court at the end of a game where we are trailing with three seconds or less, we call timeout. For this reason, we save our timeouts until [...]
Foul at the end to preserve a 3 point lead
These are my thoughts (and my reasoning) as to why you should foul at the end of a game to preserve a three point lead.
Once the clock gets to seven seconds (so the clock will stop at 6 on a foul) and the ball is in the front court, you have to take the ball [...]
