Archive for July, 2010

Bobby Knight on the Dribble Against Zone and Man Defense

Downloaded some great notes the other day which cover Bobby Knight's DVD on Practice Planning and Drills (notes created by coaches at Springs Valley Blackhawks). One interesting tidbit that I thought I would share is Coach Knight's philosophy on the dribble, against zones, and against man. He says that the dribble is the most effective [...]

Roy Williams Running Game Notes from NIKE Clinic

I don't think it ever gets old, anything about early offense and the secondary break of Coach Roy Williams at the University of North Carolina. I pick up a thing or 2 from these clinic notes every time, these are from the NIKE Las Vegas clinic this past May. For example in these notes below, [...]

Ball Screening Offense from Xavier’s Chris Mack

Here are some recent notes that I downloaded from a talk that Chris Mack, coach of Xavier University did on his ball-screening offense variety (notes via Zak Boisvert and DribbleDrive). Just some general information about running a ball screen offense, reads, etc... With Mike D'Antoni running his euro-style ball-screening, Coach K at Duke running their [...]

The NCAA Vault March Madness On Demand

Ever since the school year finished up this past week, I've been addicted to this site. Probably most of y'all have heard it, but in case you didn't, you'll thank me on this one. It's the NCAA's Vault, past March Madness games going all the way back to 2000 for the Sweet 16 and rounds [...]

Mario De Sisti’s Top Teaching Points

For me, the offseason is all about reflection and ideas. It's the time for coaches to do the deep thinking that we don't get to do during the season, with the necessary chaos of practices, games, and ya, of course teaching. I keep coming back to these set of notes from Mario De Sisti and [...]