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Thought for the Day

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini
I always had 2-3 “Thoughts for the Day” for every practice.  I would read one before practice started and one somewhere in the middle if I thought they needed a short break and a good message.  But, I always saved ONE for the end of practice, I always picked one of [...]

Thad Matta’s #1 Goal

I once heard Thad Matta say at a clinic that the number one goal he sets for his coaching staff is to:
“establish a life-long relationship with every player that cannot be broken.”
I changed it a little for our program to include managers and changed the word “player” to “participant” so that the managers would be [...]

Basketball’s Mandatory Moves

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 [...]

Basketball Players and Officials

PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS
I have always attempted to find a way to get a local official or two to come in and work a Saturday pre-season scrimmage during one of our practices.  It really doesn’t have to be a Saturday practice, I just found that it was easier for many officials to come in on a [...]

Basketball Players in Fall Sports

It has been entirely too long since I have posted something on the blog.  I have just had so many other things going on with the Coaching Toolbox and HoopClinics that I have not been able to post as much as I would like.  I hope that today’s entry will be a useful one.
At this [...]


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