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Plays Tony Duckworth, Head Men's Basketball Coach at Huntingdon College, gives this basketball "Chalk Talk" on Out of Bounds Plays. These simple, yet effective basketball plays against both the Zone and Man-to-Man, begin on the slap of the ball and end with the score! |
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Coach Lappas covers basketball coaching philosophy and inbound plays. The inbound plays are walked through and covered in detail. Also covered are side inbound and full court situations with seconds left on the clock. |
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Coach Hatchett demonstrates breaks, presses and inbounds plays against various defenses. |
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Coach Cornelius demonstrates some of the basketball warm up drills he has used to get his teams to their peak performance prior to a game. These basketball drills can also be used at practices to help develop skills your athletes need. |
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Starting with philosophy, Basketball Coach Theokas moves to guarding screens and then to questions from the audience as he covers Team Defensive Concepts. |
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Fundamentals What's the most important thing about shooting the basketball? You want to make the basket! Basketball Coach Rick Swing discusses and demonstrates the proper technique for shooting the basketball in this video set. Beginning with the proper athletic stance and following through the shot, this basketball set is perfect for young players. Various shooting styles are demonstrated as Coach discusses what works, what doesn't, and why it's good to have a shooting style that you are comfortable with. In the end, it's not so much how you start, but how you finish that matters. |
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This basketball video series is great for coaches, athletes, and parents. Head Basketball Coach Tony Duckworth discusses and demonstrates the fundamentals of Shooting, Passing, and Catching the basketball. Coach offers coaching tips for teaching youth players these basic skills and demonstrates various basketball drills coaches can use in practice or players can use at home. |
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Coach Tony Duckworth, head men's basketball coach at Huntingdon College, discusses practice organization and the philosophy of coaching Youth athletics. The most important aspect is knowing and understanding your athletes. Practice should be organized around the strengths and weaknesses of younger athletes. Coach goes into the age-specific needs of youth teams, including attention span, skill level, teaching basic skills of the game versus complex strategies, and much more. Great video for anyone involved in youth athletics. |
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Rick Swing, youth basketball coach and former professional basketball player, discusses offensive philosophy for Post and Perimeter Play. This series includes specific basketball coaching strategies and simple drills for both areas. Great series for youth coaches, parents, and athletes! |
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Coach John Harbin, Head Basketball Coach at John Carroll Catholic High School, starts with the fundamentals in this basketball video series. From the basics of handling the basketball to the finer aspects of passing, catching, and shooting, many of these drills can be performed in the gym or the driveway. Learn proper shooting form, including how to hold the ball and the essentials of balance and body position. Then, use these drills to put that knowledge into action! From fun to intense, these basketball drills offer something for athletes at every level. |
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Coach Harbin has used these basketball drills for years to turn out top notch basketball teams by teaching players essential fundamental and advanced skills. The basketball drills include Two Ball Dribble to Star Drills, 5-Man Weaves, and much, much more. |
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Coach Tom L'Italien guides you through the development of a basketball player starting with the warm up period and continuing to how to run your practice to get the most out of your athletes in the least amount of time. |
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Drills It's time to work on Rebounding Skills. The Outlet Push Drill lets players practice getting the ball out quickly off the defensive rebound to the outlet man. Push the ball up the court. Fill the lanes. Look to Jump Stop. Make the right read and transition. Bounce Pass....and hopefully get the Lay-up! Add to all that some challenging passing situations and you've got a workout! |
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This basketball drill works guards through the Hop Step into a controlled Jump Stop and Kick Out to the 3 point shot. Focusing on ball control and footwork skills, this drill primes players for the 3 point shot. |
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Coach Thomas Dow lays out this basketball drill for young athletes attending the Auburn Tigers Basketball Camp. This drill teaches athletes how to set the pick and roll. But, it doesn't stop there! Setting screens, how to come off the screen, and the essentials of timing are a part of this drill too. Pick and Roll! Screen and Shoot! Wait a minute....there's a song in there somewhere. You go ahead and watch the video while I try to figure it out. |
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"Practice like this is the game! You've got to sell the drill!" says Coach Kevin McMahon. This basketball drill, courtesy of Auburn University's Tiger Camp, takes athletes through the fundamentals of setting the screen, including footwork, coming off the screen, and making the jump shot. "Set your man up. Plant. Hard off the screen. Catch the basketball! Now, square to the basket! EXPLODE up and down through the jump shot." This drill will get athletes moving in the right direction - toward a winning score! |
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Behind the back. Between the legs. Face toward the basket! This one-on-one basketball drill from the Auburn University Tiger's Camp concentrates on crossover moves. Getting by the opponent and getting to the basket are the objective. Of course, basketball handling skills are essential to keeping the ball as the player works the court. This video works for young athletes learning the fundamentals of basketball. |
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It's great to have a basketball player who knows how to shoot. But shooting skills won't help much during team play if an athlete can't catch the ball. Donald Green, Assistant Basketball Coach at Auburn University, begins this series with the fundamentals of catching the basketball. Starting with the correct catching stance, athletes learn how to step into the basketball to maximize momentum for the action that follows. What follows in this series is the Shot Fake. Coach Green demonstrates the Shot Fake technique and the moves needed to get past the defender and into attack position. The Shot Fake may have the defender off balance, but your team will be right on target with these moves. |
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In Basketball, "it's critical to learn the proper techniques early on," according to Jeff Damron of Lyman Ward Military Academy. Damron, former Head Basketball Coach for the Academy, shows the young athletes attending Auburn Tigers Basketball Camp what real ball handling is all about. Repetition of correct techniques makes for a strong player. These ball handling techniques work on developing both hands and both feet. Slapping the ball from head to toe, these drills call for speed and repetition. Dribbling drills, including the Stationary Dribble, the Half Crossover, and the Figure Eight, keep the basketball moving side-to-side and behind the back. It's about speed and technique. It's about the art of the game of basketball...and..... it's worth watching no matter how long you've played (or coached) the game. |
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Auburn University's Basketball Camp is the setting for these basketball passing and catching drills. Coach JoJo Cadray of the Paideia School (Atlanta, GA) shows these athletes how to move the basketball: from man to man and down the court. The Three Man Weave Drill, the Sideline Pass Drill and the Partner Passing Drill are great for learning proper spacing and changing sides. These drills help athletes "see the floor" as they handle the ball and sprint to the basket for 2 points. Hoop! There it is! Now watch it! |
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Where's the BEEF?! At the Jeff Lebo Individual Basketball Camp at Auburn University, of course. Coach Albert Weeden of Tri-Cities High School (Atlanta, Georgia) coaches on the fundamentals of shooting: Balance, Eyes, Elbows, and Follow-Through. These basketball drills are great for improving footwork and shot technique. Bank Shots, Jump Shots, the Shot Fake, and proper Dribbling technique to avoid the steal are all here! |
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Clinics Coach Bill Self, head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, discusses his ball screen offensive strategy at the Fort Walton Beach Basketball Clinic in this video series. In his first season at Kansas, Coach led his team to the Elite Eight at the NCAA tournament, and that was just the beginning. Watch this video series to learn the offensive strategies that have helped Coach Self keep his team at the top of their game. It's a ball screen strategy that works. "No matter how you guard the ball, we have a way to combat it." Watch and find out how. |
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In March of 2001, Sports Illustrated featured "five college coaches waiting in the wings." One of those coaches was Stan Heath. Heath is currently head basketball coach at the University of Arkansas. Under Heath's guidance, Arkansas has seen continuous improvement in their numbers in just about every aspect of the game. In this basketball clinic presentation, Coach Heath discusses the development of a successful offensive strategy. Having a successful strategy on paper is one thing, but in this basketball video series, Coach provides the plays and drills to help you and your team bring that strategy to the court. |
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Jim Yarbrough, head men's basketball coach at Southeastern Louisiana University, began his coaching career at the high school level. Advancing quickly, Coach Yarbrough has been twice named National Association of Basketball Coaches South Region Coach of the Year. In this basketball video series, Coach discusses the Zone Offense. Both practical coaching advice and detailed play sets make this a "must see" series. |
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Steve Ridder, Head Basketball Coach at Embry-Riddle University in Daytona, Florida loves basketball. He loves coaching basketball even more. Ridder has developed one of the nation's most respected and successful programs during his 16-year tenure at Embry-Riddle. Coach Ridder led the Eagles to the program's first national championship, followed by the program's best ever record in 2000-2001 and a # 1 ranking nationally. How did he do it? In this basketball video series Coach tells you. With humor and passion, Ridder offers ten components of a successful basketball program. It doesn't take a lot of money or state-of-the-art facilities. It does take hard work and team work and commitment. This is a great basketball video series whether you are a new coach or you've been coaching for years. |
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"You better get #25 out of the game. He's killing you. Love, Mom," read the note sent to Coach Jack Robertson during a championship game. Talk about a Coach who understands the pressures of the profession! Coach Robertson, Head Basketball Coach at Faulkner State Community College, began his coaching career at the high school level before heading to college athletics. In 32 seasons with the Faulkner Sun Chiefs, he's guided the team to 637 wins, two state championships, and 10 Southern Division championship wins. In this series, Coach shares his plays, strategies, and practice tips for the Zone Offense. With lots of ball movement and endless formations and play variations, the Zone Offense works! The key is timing and attention. Players need to be quick - but, don't rush! You can rush, however, to watch this video series!! |
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Jimmy Tillette, Head Basketball Coach at Samford University, knows the art of coaching. Tillette served as assistant coach at Mississippi State, then at Tulane, before settling in at Samford. Coach Tillette is the only coach in Samford history to record consecutive 20-win seasons and has twice led the Bulldogs to NCAA Tournaments. In this basketball video series, Coach Tillette shares his philosophy on leadership, learning, and game play. Along the way, he covers specific offensive plays and strategies and even a few basketball drills that have helped him build a winning team. |
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Recently named as a Consultant to the Commissioner for Women's Basketball in the Southeastern Conference, Coach Joe Ciampi knows basketball. Ciampi coached at the collegiate level for 27 years, 25 of which were spent leading the Auburn University Women's Basketball Team. During his years at Auburn, Coach Ciampi led the Auburn Women to 16 NCAA Tournaments, 10 Sweet Sixteens, 6 Elite Eights and 3 Final Fours. In this video series, "Captain Hook" lays out the basketball defensive strategy he used to take Auburn to the top. This Match-Up Defense is designed to Delay, Disrupt, Deflect, and Disguise. The Match-Up Defense is a "take charge" defense - no sitting back and waiting for the offense to call the shots here. Coach Ciampi goes through the "rules" of the Match-Up for the each player in various game situations. Sharing coaching philosophy and techniques, hard & fast plays, and basketball practice drills, Coach shows you how to build a defense that makes the rules! |
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Gregg Marshall, Head Basketball Coach at Winthrop University, draws the X's and O's through a number of offensive plays designed to get the basketball to the rim. With Lob Plays and Lay-Ups, Coach shows the strategy that has helped him lead his team to five NCAA tournament appearances. Relying on sequential play rather than signals or verbal cues, Coach Marshall shares the fundamentals on teaching players to follow an offensive strategy and adapt to the unexpected. His approach makes for a "hard to scout" basketball offense that leaves opponents one step behind - on the court and on the scoreboard. |
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It's late in the game. There are only a few seconds on the clock. Your down by 2, maybe 3. You've got to score. Your opponent is sweating it out. They have to keep you from scoring before the buzzer sounds. Both offense and defense need special strategies for these "end of the game" situations. Well, MyCoachOnline just happens to have a few for you - courtesy of Coach Gregg Marshall! As Head Basketball Coach for Wintrop University (Rockhill, South Carolina), Coach Marshall has led the Winthrop Eagles to five NCAA tournament appearances during his seven seasons there. Everything from the Spread Motion Offense to a Three-quarter Court Zone Defense is put into motion as coach draws the X's and O's of these high pressure situations. Zone pressure. Time pressure. Man pressure. Whatever the challenge, this basketball strategy series has the solution. Now, take some pressure off your feet, have a seat, and watch these videos. |
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Coach Mark Gottfried began his basketball coaching career at UCLA under the guidance of coach and mentor, John Wooden. Now Head Basketball Coach at the University of Alabama, it is clear that Mark Gottfried is dedicated to success - the success of his athletes. Know your athletes and their the skills. Give them offensive strategies that maximize their talents and teach them how to bring it all together. Using the UCLA High Post and Guard Cut Offense, Coach Gottfried discusses strategies and options that can be adapted to your players' specific skills. |
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This basketball skills series begins with the fundamentals of playing the post. Basketball Coach Patrick Sellers of the University of Massachusetts walks through the coaching progression used for successful post moves, then goes on to perimeter moves. Great series for coaches as a progressive teaching model. |
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Athlete Development Youth Basketball Coach Rick Swing discusses the good and bad of travel basketball in this video segment. From the benefits of healthy competition to the pitfalls of a win versus learn" attitude, Coach shares his perspectives of the travel team approach. |
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Basketball Coach Tony Duckworth of Huntingdon College discusses Division Three athletic programs in this video segment. While it's true that Division Three schools don't offer athletic scholarships, Coach discusses the other scholarship opportunities available to students. Coach also discusses recruiting high school athletes for Division Three and commitment to coaching style based on philosophy rather than entering students. |
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Youth Basketball Coach and former professional basketball player Rick Swing talks about the Coach who influenced his life the most. Coach Swing's story is yet another reminder that coaching is far more than teaching kids how to play a game. |
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Coach Tony Duckworth discusses the transition from high school to college for the student athlete. From catching the eye of the college coach to taking the ACT, Coach goes over the things student athletes and their parents should consider when choosing the right setting for learning and competition. |
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Coach Boyko covers the basics of strength, conditioning and nutrition for your athletes. |
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The press is an effective weapon for any basketball team, and Head Basketball Coach Marty Smith of John Carroll Catholic High School covers some basketball drills that will help your basketball team master the press. |