Winning Hoops

Developing Decision Making in Your Basketball Program

The purpose is to reinforce the importance of sound decision making and some of the major decisions teams should be prepared to make.

The Best BLOB is no BLOB: An Alarming Discovery

The players started to communicate on BLOB situations like they never had before coming up with simple ways to get shots.

Winning At Halftime Through Effective Adjustments

It may not but a long period, but halftime needs to be used by coaches for to make adjustments efficiently.

Four-Minute Coaching Sessions

Whether it's during practice or a basketball camp, incorporating these four-minute coaching sessions can help increase situational awareness.

How to be Unscoutable to Opposing Basketball Teams

You may find that being unscoutable is an enjoyable part of running your basketball program you never thought about. 

The ‘Daily Dozen Drill’

This is a great drill to either begin or finish practices. The object of the drill is to make 12 consecutive layups without the ball touching the floor or committing a turnover.

Tennessee War Drill

This drill was presented by University of Tennessee head women’s basketball coach Holly Warlick at the 2014 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s national convention.

Unconventional transition offense keeps D off balance

We’ve successfully developed and implemented a system of transition offense that’s unconventional and tough for opponents to defend.

‘5-on-4 Scramble:’ Taking the shell drill to another level

We created a 5-on-4 Scramble as a competitive and fun game that would reinforce the defensive skills learned from the traditional Shell Drill.

A comprehensive, five-week preseason running program

Our fall basketball preseason running program is designed to give all prospective players an opportunity to get into good physical condition.

Stressing post fundamentals in your program

So many factors are critical in having a team that’s competitive, game-in and game-out. But perhaps none are more important than being fundamentally strong in the post. This doesn’t necessarily mean...

Get on Target: A five-point plan to coaching happiness

During my 28th season, I got sick. Exhaustion. Fatigue. A minor heart problem and vertigo hit me hard — hard enough for three hospital visits during the season. I even missed a game. My doctors...

The ABCs of shot selection

Grass Lake High School's Marc Comstock shares the ABCs of shot selection to help make players conscious of good, tough and bad attempts.

A simple, effective and flexible full-court press break

Attacking and breaking full-court pressure defense is no different than attacking any other kind of defense. Emphasize both an attacking mindset and good shot selection. Try to keep everything...

‘5-on-4 Scramble:’ Taking the shell drill to another level

We created a 5-on-4 Scramble as a competitive and fun game that would reinforce the defensive skills learned from the traditional Shell Drill.

Emphasizing passing, catching fundamentals reduces turnovers

To truly develop passing and catching in your basketball program, fundamentals need to be emphasized on a daily basis in practices.

Ready for anything: A full-court play with 1 second on the clock

Coaches, especially young ones, often don’t spend enough time game planning for specific situations. You need to be ready for anything when you’re on the basketball court, which is an important...

‘Four’

DIAGRAM 1: From a box formation, the shooter (1) takes the ball out of bounds. 1 passes to 2 popping out.

’51’ attacks the post

This is an offensive play used against man-to-man defense. It has a few simple steps but can be a powerful asset for your team. This play is great to use in transition offense, for a quick basket or...

4-on-4, touch-the-line drill