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Category Archives: Talent Development
College basketball sucks
The sentiment amongst the media, fans, and even coaches during this men’s college basketball season has been that the level of play has been sub-standard. In Thursday’s USA Today, Steve Kerr said, “The quality of play is down” in an … Continue reading
Who’s in charge of a player’s development?
After I wrote about the growing disparity in girls basketball, I and a couple others engaged in an email discussion about my article and another similar article. One high school coach suggested that the disappearing club programs was not a … Continue reading
Long-term athlete development, recruiting to junior colleges, and the development of tall players
I have spent this week watching the girls’ basketball state play-offs with an eye on evaluating players for the junior college where I work as a strength coach in the event that the basketball coaches ask for a second opinion. … Continue reading
Posted in Talent Development
Tagged being tall, LTAD, post players, recruiting, talent ID
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What is a player’s coach?
In the media, on fan message forums and twitter, and in conversations in gyms across the country, many feel that this generation of players need a more player-friendly coach. This term is thrown out frequently, but rarely defined. What is … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, communication, consistency, discipline, players coach
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Disasters, bounce back, and adaptability on the basketball court
The January 2013 Wired has an interview about Hurricane Sandy with Andrew Zolli, author of Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back. While I in no way want to equate anything that occurs in a basketball game to the devastation of Sandy, Zolli’s … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptability, offensive systems, resiliency, Vance Walberg
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The Genius of Roger Federer
I have written about Roger Federer with regards to athleticism on several occasions (here and here). In a recent New York Times article, Federer’s fitness coach adds some insider insight into Federer’s genius:
How the NBA and NCAA Stifle Innovation
During and after the Olympics, I saw many from Australia and the U.K tweet about school sports and ask whether their sports systems would be better if sports were more engrained in the schools, as they are in the U.S. … Continue reading
Developing Basketball in the Developing World
When I wrote Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development in 2006 (and previous articles about the basketball system), I focused on basketball in the U.S., as I witnessed or heard about many of the events chronicled in … Continue reading
The 2012 NBA Draft: Finding the LeBron James & Kevin Durant Antidote
In 2009, I wrote “The Donte Greene Experiment” and suggested that Donte Greene learn from Trevor Ariza and become the updated Shane Battier/Bruce Bowen: A defensive stopper able to match up with superstars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Paul … Continue reading
