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… and Making it “Learnable” for High School Teams Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini First of all I think that there has to be a natural progression from what is taught at the lowest level in your program and the Varsity.  I suggest a meeting with all coaches before the season starts to map the [...]

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini At the beginning of every season, one week into the season, we had a mandatory meeting with all players and parents.  We had what we called a Blue-White game before the meeting.  We had two referees come in and discuss any new rules with the players… then had a short question and [...]

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini I am not sure when I started telling my players about this, but I do know it was when I was coaching high school players. As we all know, most, or at least many of our players NEVER fouled anyone.. it was a BAD call.  Of course, as coaches we felt [...]

This webinar with Coach Randy Brown (Coach RB) runs a little over an hour and a half.   It is FULL of great coaching tips – this is one of our BEST webinars to date.  The audio is a bit shaky at the beginning but gets much better as the webinar goes on. If you take [...]

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini This is the time of the year that some coaches dread and can you imagine how the players are feeling during these times? We had some where between 7-8 days of free play before we held tryouts.  My AD accused me of using this time for tryouts… well, not exactly [...]

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini Offensive player O1 on left side 10-12 feet out of the lane….. (facing the basket) Defender X1 in the paint in help position. Player or coach on the wing opposite (C). Post player O2 just above the block on the wing side with the ball. O1 flashes to the ball, [...]

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini There is always this situation that comes up from time to time… being behind late in the game… when do I start to foul to give myself a chance to get back in the game. This is another one of those things that you have to have a philosophy going [...]

Contributed by Coach Ken Sartini (aka Coach Sar) I think that most of us are always looking for different things to use at our camps… things that will keep ALL the kids interested and wanting to come back. This can be tough if you have kids of various ages, sizes and strengths. Were you ever [...]

Brian Williams The Coaching Toolbox Take some time to tweak your press offense and half court trap attack to find ways to get your best player the ball in the middle of those defenses.  If you can get your best player the ball in the heart of the defense, and with the defense spread, you [...]

Contributed by Coach Creighton Burns Throughout a basketball game players will be involved in what is called a “three in a row” situation. This occurs when a defender is directly between the passer and the potential pass receiver. Players must understand passing lanes and be able to create a passing lane. To begin, players must [...]