Teaching And Learning From One Of The 50 Best Players Of All Time
Early in my NBA career I was lucky enough to spend a week with an older player (I won’t name who it was) that ended
Early in my NBA career I was lucky enough to spend a week with an older player (I won’t name who it was) that ended
With the NBA teams I’ve worked for, I’m usually assigned players. The team talks to the players about working with a shooting coach, the player
I’ve got a post that I put on instagram to illustrate positive and negative power.The picture illustrating positive power will show a player with a
I get messages from young players on social media all the time saying they tried a particular habit, but it didn’t work for them and
I had a point guard in the NBA that I worked with regularly over the course of two seasons. In season we would see each
On one NBA team I worked for, we had a defensive minded centre that could make a midrange jump shot. He was a solid player,
It can be hard being a role player in the NBA. Sometimes you are called upon, and sometimes you aren’t. I was doing a workout
One of the most important NBA shooting workouts I ever did actually had way more conversation than shooting, more standing around talking than simulated game
I was watching the NBA Eastern Conference Finals one year. A back up center for one of the teams was now starting because of an
When I give an analogy of a players shot, my typical go-to is a catapult. Your lower body is the base of the catapult, and
Do you struggle with confidence while shooting? Do you get REALLY nervous about shooting the ball in games? Many times the nerves and lack of
I don’t teach players to get their feet shoulder width apart. In fact, I LOATH the fact that we teach players to get their feet
Imagine this… you or a player on your team struggles to make free throws. You make about 55% of your free throws and because of
This is one of the biggest debates in skill development. Should you turn your feet, or square them to the target? Tilt, or ten toes at
Bruce Lee, the famous actor/kung fu expert had a great quote that leads me to believe he would have made a pretty good shooting coach.“I