by PMax Basketball | Dec 22, 2020 | Coaching, Drills, Parents, Practice, Training, Youth
With the ever-growing access to information it’s reasonable to fall into the trap of thinking that we aren’t doing enough or that we don’t know enough. Players are subliminally tweeted at and their feeds are cluttered with various people posting fancy moves, “new”...
by PMax Basketball | Aug 28, 2019 | Coaching, Drills, Parents, Practice, Training, Youth
“When you’re not practicing someone else is getting better.” “Open Gym= Optional, Skills Workouts= Optional, Playing Time Next Year= Optional.” “___ % of high school players play college basketball, ___% make 500 shots a day.” My social media timeline is constantly...
by PMax Basketball | Dec 11, 2018 | Coaching, Practice, Training, Uncategorized, Youth
Maybe it was engrained in you that the “right way” to pass the basketball is via a two-hand chest or bounce pass with the thumbs down and pinkies up. Conventional thought isn’t always wrong, and something new isn’t always right nor does it...
by PMax Basketball | Oct 29, 2018 | Coaching, Drills, Practice, Team
While visiting Houston, the Rice University Men’s Basketball staff was kind enough to open their doors and allow me to sit-in on practice. Attached are notes that I took from the practice. Rice University Men’s Basketball Practice...
by PMax Basketball | Jul 25, 2018 | Coaching, Drills, Practice, Shooting, Training
I recently saw a tweet from a coach stating that they loved coaching individual workouts. The tweet then hit on the commonly accepted notion that playing AAU games over a weekend won’t get you better but getting in the gym and working on fundamentals will. Embedded in...
by PMax Basketball | Mar 26, 2018 | Coaching, Practice, Training
If you’ve tuned into the most recent NCAA tourney you will have seen a number of teams deploy zone defenses. Some of those teams have been “regulars” in their use of zone defense over time, others have used the strategy in more recent years. Some use it for a few...
