Basketball season is here and I know coaches are concentrating on offensive and defensive philosophies and getting the team prepared for upcoming games. One thing that often gets neglected is skill development. Coaches often feel they don’t have the time to incorporate skill development in practice. Well, I beg to differ. If you are organized and plan out your practice you can get in about 20 minutes of skill development in your practices. I have a few tips below that will allow you to incorporate skill development in your practice.

DrillsCoach TJNovember 14, 2013practice plan, skill development, practice organization, team skill development, team practiceComment

2 Cone Knock Down

Free 2 ball drill to improve ball handling, passing, and weak hand development.

Video drillsCoach TJNovember 13, 20132 ball drills, passing, cone drills, weak hand drills, advanced drills Comment

Ball Handling and Shooting Drills

Basketball season is here and now is the time to showcase those skills you have worked on so hard throughout the off-season. I have some free ball handling and shooting drills that can be added to your library.

Coach TJNovember 11, 2013ball handling, shooting drills, skill developmentComment

2 Ball Drills

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Free Shooting Workout

This is a great workout to go through if you need to improve on shooting off the dribble or if you just need to keep your skills sharp. It can be done by yourself or with a partner/rebounder. If you have rebounder you will be able to get through the workout faster. Here are some tips on shooting off the dribble before you go through the workout:

Coach TJOctober 22, 2013shooting workout, shooting off the dribble, change of direction dribble, pull up jump shot, jumperComment

What it takes to be a good guard

Far too often, high school guards believe that what college coaches are looking for is someone to light up the scoreboard. While scoring is certainly an advantage, you can make it as a college guard if you understand and master all nine points listed below, even if you are not a great scorer.  

Good guards...  

Coach TJOctober 22, 2013good guard, guard play tipsComment

Dribbling Tips

Every basketball player, no matter your position, should be able to dribble and handle the basketball to some degree. Before I get into tips on dribbling and ball handling lets first discuss the difference between the two. Dribbling is performing a cross over, between the legs, behind the back, in and out, hesitation, or any other dribble move you can think of. One form of ball handling is what you do with those dribble moves. Speed dribbling down the court and then changing direction with a cross over dribble is ball handling.

Coach TJOctober 22, 2013dribbling, ball handling, dribbling vs pressure, ball handling tipsComment

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