Jeremy Lin Scoring Workout

By Brian Williams on May 2, 2012

These drills came from Alan Stein’s Coaching Nuggets Collection.

They cover many areas of coaching basketball.

He even put my 37 ideas pdf in there!

These are 4 drills that Jeremy Lin uses as a part of his scoring workout.

There are more drills from the workout available at the URL above.

EXTENDED LAYUPS

Because he isn’t the most athletic player, Jeremy must do a good job of extending to the basket on all layups to separate from defenders.

Drill: Player takes large strides to jump and make extended layup on both sides of the rim. For next rep players self passes to FT line for catch, pivot and score.

STEP THROUGH LAYUPS

Jeremy must also use the art of misdirection to score against larger help defenders.

Drill: Same concept as extended layups but make first step a misdirection jab step before extending into layup. Done on both sides of the rim.

STOP AND GO ATTACKS

This is the move that Jeremy used on John Wall to get the dunk the other night. Defenders try hard to stop NY’s pick and roll. Jeremy reads this well and makes defenders pay by rejecting the screen and attacking.

Drill: Cone is screen (chair can be used too). Player sets up the screen and then makes movement towards it. Player quickly crosses back to other hand and attacks rim with layups already practiced or pull up jump shot.

BOUNCE OUT TO RE-ATTACKS

Lin has great ball handling ability. He is able to keep a play alive when bouncing out from help defense to re-attack.

Drill: Come off pick and roll and attack second cone. Bounce out with dribble and re-attack either driving baseline or crossing over to the middle. Do drill to both sides of the court.

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Extended Layups

Motivation for Basketball Players

By Brian Williams on April 30, 2012

This is a short video that is a good message for players to hear regarding basketball practice.

The thoughts apply to both in season practices and to out of season workouts.

I think that sometimes it is good for the players to hear another voice other than their coach’s.

Especially if that voice has credibility.

Even if you don’t want your players to watch the video, I hope it gives you some thoughts to add some variety to the messages you give your players regarding practice and skill development.

It is a YouTube video, which I know some of your school networks may block.

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Basketball Drills Guard Workout

By Brian Williams on April 27, 2012

Found this guard workout in an old Xavier Newsletter.

This is a great guard workout we used during our spring period of individual instruction. It is very similar to the Musketeer Post Drill. As a team, we stress running the floor at all times. This is a drill that encourages that idea with our guards. It has a great conditioning aspect to it and has proved to be one of our most effective quick guard workouts.

Player passes to coach, comes off of an imaginary down screen, catches, shoots, rebounds, and repeats for 5 shots.

Coach is the dribbler down the court. Player sprints full court to the opposite basket, cuts out to the second shooting area and repeats the 5 shot process.

Player advance to the 3rd and 4th shooting areas, repeating the 5 shot process.

After the 5th shot at the 4th spot, player releases and sprints the floor. Coach throws a home run pass for a lay-up.

Ganon Baker’s Kobe Drill

By Brian Williams on April 23, 2012

I like to end our workouts with a toughness drill.

If the players have worked the way they should throughout the workout, they should be fatigued before starting this drill.

You can score it the best way that fits your players.

You can time them and require that they make each shot (no matter how many attempts are needed to make each one), prior to moving onto the next shot.

Or, you can time how long it takes them to shoot all 4 shots and add penalty seconds for the misses or subtract time for each make.

It is a good way to end a workout.

The contest is not open to beat Ganon, but you can certainly set up a contest to have your players compete against each other or themselves on the time that it takes them to make the 4 shots.

The video is a You Tube video and the sound is not the best, so you might have to adjust your volume setting to hear his instructions.

Pat Summitt Quotes

By Brian Williams on April 20, 2012

By clicking on this link, you can read some excerpts from her book. Reach for the Summit. I hope these thoughts Pat Summitt quotes will be a useful resource for the team building and leadership aspects of coaching basketball.

There is no such thing as self respect without respect for others.

Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.

People who do not respect those around them will not make good team members and probably lack self esteem themselves.

Being responsible sometimes means making tough, unpopular decisions.

Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you’re never wrong?

Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.

Surround yourself with people who are better than you are. Seek out quality people, acknowledge their talents, and let them do their jobs. You win with people.

Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.

Communication eliminates mistakes.

We communicate all the time, even when we don’t realize it. Be aware of body language.

To make sure that they are getting her message, Coach Summitt has asked her players to respond to a correction in practice by saying “rebound,” and to being praised by saying “Two points.”

Make good eye contact.

Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.

Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.

Self discipline helps you believe in yourself.

Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.

Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.

Do the things that aren’t fun first, and do them well.

See yourself as self employed.

Put the Team Before Yourself.

When you understand yourself and those around you, you are better able to minimize weaknesses and maximize strengths. Personality profiles help.

Success is about having the right person, in the right place, at the right time.

Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.

Be flexible.

Teamwork doesn’t come naturally. It must be taught.

Teamwork allows common people to obtain uncommon results.

Not everyone is born to lead. Role players are critical to group success.

In group success there is individual success.

Make Winning an Attitude.

Combine practice with belief.

Attitude is a choice. Maintain a positive outlook.

No one ever got anywhere by being negative.

Confidence is what happens when you’ve done the hard work that entitles you to succeed.

Competition isn’t social. It separates achievers from the average.

You can’t always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.

It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts the most.

Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven’t been before.

Handle Success Like You Handle Failure. You can’t always control what happens, but you can control how you handle it.

Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.

It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.

Basketball Drills Five Minute Shooting

By Brian Williams on April 19, 2012

Scroll below to see the drills

These basketball shooting drills below were from the Arizona Men’s Newsletter.

If you are interested in subscribing to their newsletter, email me and I can put you in touch with their staff.

I need your name, your school, and your coaching position to get you added to the Arizona list.

Here is another link to a short video of a shooting drill that Coach Calipari uses in his Dribble Drive Motion Offense. You do not have to purchase anything to see the sample drill.