Player Development

A lack of self confidence can be one of the biggest barriers to success for a player and an entire team. What are some ways you help improve player confidence?

Our off season training time is very limited and we have a pretty young team in terms of experience. I'm curious what other coaches say are the most important areas to focus on to prepare them for the upcoming season.

We're capable of shooting well, but our team's shooting % in games is abysmal -- despite running several shooting drills a week. What tips do you have for getting better?

A lot of current youth players have the tendency to dribble too much in the same place, oftentimes getting the ball stolen or failing to develop any sort of play. What are some drills that you use to avoid this? Here is one of mine: • Scrimmage Without Dribbling • 5v5 halfcourt scrimmage

I often am interested how other coaches schedule skill work for individuals on the team to get work in with spending a lot of time with other responsibilities each day. I have done work with players early before school and after practices at times mainly looking to spend 35-45mins on their strengths

One fundamental skill that I've noticed a lot of youth players are missing is pivoting. What are some drills that everyone uses to teach their players how to pivot at a young age? Here is an example of one of my pivoting drills: • Pivoting Basics • A series of pivoting drills going across th