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 | Jul 28, 2019 | Coaching, Team, Training
In the video below we provide visual of some of the skills and concepts that we emphasize in our player development program. This is certainly not an all inclusive list, but some of the skills and concepts you will see in the video include “catching to...
by PMax Basketball | Jun 5, 2019 | Drills, Leadership, Training, Youth
Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” The same principle applies to your summer workouts or even a general work-day. If you have an hour set aside to work on your game, take the first 10...
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 | 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...
