Rematches
As much as I used to love watching film and looking at stats, nothing beats when you’ve actually played a team and are getting ready to play them again. Like…
Category: Coaching
Team Chemistry
We were at a critical point in the season. We were 5-4 and had lost two in a row but we showed signs of life in the second half of…
Slaying Goliath
Every conference has that one powerhouse team. Sometimes they are at the top for just one or two seasons and sometimes they are at the top for years and years…
Same Old Sh*t
When I was an assistant at Colby College (ME), every year we would play Bates College twice. Jim Murphy was the head coach at the time and by my second…
$2/hour and a National Championship
$1500. That’s how much I made the year I was part of a national championship team at Trinity (TX). I had a full-time job and would come to practice after…
Lineup has launched!
Our starting lineup of reasons to order Lineup or Lineup Plus: Save Time – Lineup works in seconds rather than having to watch the film multiple times Get More Data…
Fold, Call or Raise?
I love the movie Rounders with Matt Damon and Edward Norton. It’s about a poker player who is trying to avoid the perils of playing high stakes poker in law…
How Can Statistics Make You Better?
As another basketball (or really any sport) season approaches, how can you use stats to improve your team? 1. Get yourself some good stats – this is the first hurdle…
Team Input
One thing I learned from working with University of Vermont coach Lori Gear McBride actually took place at halftime of every game. Coach McBride had the team go in the…
Creating Goals For A New Season
With the start of practice upon us, I thought it would be a good time to discuss goals. There are a number of different approaches to achieving great things, but…