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HoopClinics Relauch Thursday

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:59:20 +0000

We will be relaunching HoopClinics on Thursday with the same great coaching information, but in a format that is going to make it easier to access whether or not you are at your computer. The clinic will still include the topics of Open Post Motion, Flex Offense, Pack Line Defense, and Program Development, plus some very special bonuses for coaches who purchase the entire package for $77. Each individual clinic is available for $25.

The clinics were created to dig into not only what to teach, but to show you how to take the information and apply it immediately to your team and to your coaching situation. I really think you are going to find great value in the information and the way we have it packaged.

When Josh and I first started talking about HoopClinics back in June, one of the things he and I discussed was how cool it would be for coaches to receive streaming basketball clinics while sitting in front of their computer and that is exactly what you are going to be able to do. But, we also realized that many coaches would also want to receive a physical version of the clinics. So…

One upgrade we are featuring is that in addition to having access through the members only area when you are at a computer with online access, you will receive a physcial CD in the mail via your chosen shipping method, that you will have for times when you have your computer, but are not online. The format will be such that both windows and mac users will be able to get the information from the CD. The only clinic that will not be sent to you on a CD is the free 2-2-1 clinic, but you will be able to access it online.

The final piece of the HoopClinics puzzle is the multimedia format that will enable you to get the concepts quicker, more fully, and most importantly, teach them to your players in an organized way. More on that coming shortly…

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HoopClinics Webinar #3–Mandatory Drills

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:56:07 +0000

The third in the series of HoopClinics webinars will once again feature Coach Ed Schilling. The webinar is scheduled for Monday March 9 at 9:00 EST. That is a change from the originally announced date. You can register for the webinar at this link: Mandatory Drills

After you have registered, you will be able to see a video of Coach Schilling talking about taking care of the basketball. You will also receive, over the course of the next week, 2 more videos of Coach Schilling teaching other individual concepts.

On March 9, the topic will be Mandatory Drills. It is a follow up to Mandatory Moves the webinar that HoopClinics conducted with Coach Schilling at the end of December. As in the previous two HoopClinics webinars, anyone who is listening online can submit a question for Coach Schilling to answer dealing with Basketball Drills and the development of basketball skills.

Here is a link to more information about Coach Schilling’s Mandatory Moves DVD: Mandatory Moves

Here is a link to listen to Webinar #1 with Coach Schilling over Mandatory Moves: Mandatory Moves Audio Archive

Basketball Skills and Basketball Drills

admin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:00:01 +0000

Growing up and playing high school basketball in the state of Indiana, then becoming a high school basketball coach, I know how all of the young players grow up dreaming of being Miss or Mr. Basketball. Only one player of each gender is awarded that title each year that goes along with recognition by the state coaches and media that he or she is the best player in our state. No one ever achieves that honor without years and years of hard work leading up to that senior season. It takes several hours of working to perfect your basketball skills through repetitions of basketball drills.

April McDivitt Foster lived that dream during the 1998-99 season as she was selected “Miss Basketball” .She then headed to Knoxville to play for the Lady Vols before finishing her playing career in the WNBA. All of the lessons she learned and hours and hours of practice, both practicing basketball skills individually, and practicing basketball drills with her teams, have made her a great resource for ideas to improve the individual aspects of any player’s game, of any gender, and any level of competition.

HoopClinics has scheduled an interactive webinar with her for Monday January 26 at 9:00 EST. For more information on the event, check out this link:

Basketball Skills and Basketball Drills

Individual Skill Development

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:00:57 +0000

Coach Ed Schilling is one of the best teachers of individual skills in the game of basketball. That is why he has NBA and Division I players come to him to have him help them to improve their individual skills and individual scoring moves. But, Coach Schilling also has extensive experience working with players all the way down to grade school through 25 years of working at basketball camps and as the Executive Director of Champions Academy in Indianapolis, Indiana.

That is what makes his new DVD, “Mandatory Moves” one of the top training DVDs on the market for coaches and players of all age and ability levels.

If you are watching the DVD as a player, it is just like you are in the gym with Coach Schilling. If you are a coach, you will pick up several teaching points and some terminology that can help you to teach your players to make plays in a much more effective way:

To see a small segment of the DVD, click here: Ed Schilling Short Corner Moves

For more information about the DVD, click here: Ed Schilling Mandatory Moves

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Ed Schilling Mandatory Moves

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:56:29 +0000

I recently watched on of the best individual basketball skills training DVDs that I have ever seen. The DVD is entitled “Mandatory Moves” and it features Coach Ed Schilling working with three younger high school players on individual scoring moves from four separate areas on the floor. The DVD has a lot of great information that players (regardless of their age or level of competition) can use to improve their games immediately.

For coaches, Coach Schilling breaks down the “Mandatory Moves,” how to teach them, when to apply them, and it shows Coach Schilling re-teaching and emphasizing the specific teaching points that allow these players to show some improvement during the drills.

I believe that better players and not just better plays is what leads to offensive success in basketball. If you are in agreement with that, then you should take a look at Coach Schilling’s DVD “Mandatory Moves.”

Here is a link to a segment from the Video: Ed Schilling Mandatory Moves

Here is a link to more information about the DVD: Ed Schilling Mandatory Moves

Basketball’s Mandatory Moves

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 14:47:09 +0000

I first saw Ed Schilling play when I competed against him in a high school varsity basketball game. Even though he did not score much, he controlled the game as the point guard for the Lebanon (Indiana) Tigers. He got all of his teammates the ball where they were most effective with it, hit the big shots, and made his free throws down the stretch as we were fouling in an attempt to catch up.

That was 25 years ago and since then he had a great career as a player at Miami (Ohio), became a head high school coach at age 23, became an assistant at: UMass, the New Jersey Nets, Memphis, and the head coach at Wright State. Now, he focuses on developing individual skills for players of all levels at his Champions Academy Training Facility in Indianapolis. He works with all ages and ability levels, including recent NBA first round draft choices Greg Oden, Mike Conley, George Hill, Courtney Lee, and Eric Gordon.

So, with all of that experience and ability to teach players how to play basketball, he has put together what I feel is one of the best DVDs that I have in my coaching library–Mandatory Moves. In the DVD, Coach Schilling goes shows how he teaches individual moves from various spots on the floor. The DVD is more than just demonstration. He is working with three young high school players and you can see not only what he teaches, but also how he teaches it, and how the players benefit and improve immediately from the teaching points he emphasizes.

This DVD is something that players and coaches from every level will be able to apply immediately to their games to improve themselves, or to develop the individual skills their players need to make plays that will improve whatever offense you run.

Here is a link to more information about the Mandatory Moves DVD:

Ed Schilling Mandatory Moves

Basketball Coaching Clinics Film Room

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:40 +0000

We have opened the Film Room at HoopClinics until September 3 for everyone to see what we are putting together. We have posted some of our own videos as well as some of the better ones that we have found on Youtube. Our goal is to assemble some of the best basketball coaching videos on the internet to save coaches time from having to do it themselves. We want to make it convenient for you to find them in the HoopClinics Film Room rather than having to search for them yourself.

Click here to visit the Hoop Clinics Film Room

At this time, some of the topics we have in the film room are motion offense, zone continuity offense, transition offense, out of bounds plays, offensive spacing, and individual development workout drills.

The launch of HoopClinics is Wednesday September 3 at 7:00 pm EST.

We have one more giveaway this coming Friday. We have enjoyed bringing you the information that we have posted and e-mailed out since August 1 and hope that you have enjoyed receiving it as well.

Online Basketball Coaching Clinics Sneak Peek #4

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:57:12 +0000

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Hoopclinics online basketball coaching clinics Sneak Peek #4 is now available. If you haven’t registered for HoopClinics yet, you can do so by going to:

HoopClinics

We already have 800 other basketball coaches who have registered since August 1. We’d love to have you join us as well!

This miniclinic is a transition that serves two purposes:

1) You can run it if the defense attempts to deny ball reversal

2) It flows directly into the UConn Continuity that was a part of sneak peek #3

We hope that you are finding the sneak peeks valuable. If you are, then we think that you will really like our HoopClinics release #1 that will be launched on September 3 at 7:00 pm EST. We are putting the clinics together with the purpose of providing basketball coaches with a contextual, focused, and detailed presentation of information and materials that can be put to use effectively and immediately at all levels of basketball coaching.

We’ll keep putting out more information about the HoopClinics program on this blog and also on the HoopClinics Blog, so please keep your eye on each one!

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Three in One Basketball Coaching Mini-Clinics

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:28:59 +0000

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Sneak Peek #3 from the online basketball coaching clinics site, HoopClinics is available for download. Just Click on this link to register:

HoopClinics

The miniclics that are available for registering are:

80 minute video chalktalk breakdown of the 2-2-1 fullcourt denial press
36 page eBook on the 2-2-1 press
eBook and audio interview with stretch expert Robert Selby
Chalktalk breakdown of a 1-4 High Delay Game
Chalktalk breakdown of ‘U-Conn’ continuity offense
Chalktalk breakdown of Pop – a youth league zone offense

Each of these miniclinics gives you an idea of the way that HoopClinics will be presented and we also hope that it gives you some great information that you can use somewhere in your basketball program.

The launch date for HoopClinics has been delayed due to the fact that the original launch date was scheduled for Labor Day. We were so busy working on the project that we thought that labor day was the 8th! Thanks for your understanding…

We are excited about the following that HoopClinics is generating. We have over 900 registered to download the miniclinics and Sneak Peaks and are approaching 8000 visits to the online basketball coaching clinics site.

We will be posting about Sneak Peak #4 very soon. Until then, take a look at the blog, the articles we have posted, and the new feature that we are launching–The HoopClinics Film Room.

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