The Skill Development Playbook blog has all the information you need to improve as a player or coach. This blog will give you tips, workouts, and drills to help enhance any players skill set.
I have heard of Skill Development Coach, been to the website, and had a very respectable coach highly recommend the use of Skill Development Coach. But it wasn't until I got the opportunity to interview Rich Walton that I really got to hear about what SDC has to offer. During this podcast we discuss what is skill development and how important it is to the game of basketball, but most importantly we discuss SDC and how it can benefit the player, coach, or parent.
Read MoreChris Oliver is the head men's basketball coach at the University of Windsor and the Founder/Operator of BasketballImmersion.com. With 20 years of basketball coaching and training experience, Coach Oliver shared some great insight into how he conducts skill development training with his University of Windsor basketball team and camps he host. His training goes against the traditional way of training majority of coaches use today, but his methods are practical and skills learned can be transferred to a game.
Read MoreSkill development has turned into a big deal. If you go to Google and type in skill development trainer you will get a very large result of coaches, trainers, and academies. Some are really good and some not so much. Lets be honest, majority of the skill development done is on offense. It focuses on ball handling, shooting, passing, and footwork. Those things are great for the individual player or when conducting small groups. But if you are a coach at a middle school or high school you tend to spend more time on the team vs the individual.
Read MoreBasketball season is here and is in full swing. Coaches are preparing their teams for the next game with scouting reports and watching team film. Teams are also prepping for competition by executing half court offensive plays and defensive schemes in practice. Each one of those are very important to team success, but coaches and players must also remember to get in some skill development time.
Read MoreI've been conducting skill development workouts since 2001. I actually wanted to become a college coach and never even thought about doing skill development workouts for a living. When my basketball career was over and I moved back home to finish school I was approached by the University of Central Arkansas' head men's basketball coach about working out one of the team's returning point guards. I have to admit I had no idea of what to do. So I just put him through the same drills I did when I prepared for the upcoming season. We only met a few times but that gave me enough to wet my appetite.
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