Print this form and fill it out for the 2008 tryouts.

2008 Registration Form

This is the Rick Pitino Kentucky (or maybe now Louisville) workout drill. The drill takes about 42 minutes to complete and involves work on individual skill development and conditioning.

This handout is provided courtesy of Coach Stanley Fleming.

PitinoUKBBworkout[1].doc

A great drill to use every practice as a warm-up shooting drill. Developed by Alan Lambert of The Basketball Highway.

Daily_Dozen.doc

The form is from Coach's Clipboard, a fine site run by Coach Gels. This is an exhaustive scouting report with plenty of diagrams for filling it during a game.

BasketballScouting_Forms_prepared_by_Gary_Schulte.doc

Nine basketball half-court diagrams for noting plays, sets and defenses.

NineBasketballCourtDiagrams.xls

A chart to keep track of your shooting when you use the Five Star Program above. This chart was developed by the Five Star Camps program.

Summer_Shooting_Chart.doc

101 Points of Review for Basketball Coaches by Ken Lindsey, Master Coach

Basketball_Coaching101.doc

A good overview for coaches on coaching house league players in grades 2-4 by Master Coach Ken Lindsey.

CoachingKids7-9.doc

A detailed checklist for scouting an opponent.

BASKETBALL_SCOUTING_CHECKLIST.doc

PRESS_BREAK_RULES_AND_PRINCIPLES.doc

This short affirmation about a youth's perspective on basketball is originally from "Basketball Chalk Talk" and appears on Coach Jackson's website.

A_KID.doc

This handout was first developed by a basketball club in Australia called the Greenvale Grizzlies
(www.greenvalegrizzlies.homestead.com), which was kind enough to post a draft on their website. The list has been altered to some extent and listed by grades 5-8. This chart lists the types of skills that players should be developing and a level of knowledge/proficiency that should be achieved at each grade level. This checklist is a guideline and subject to amendment. By mastering a skill, it does not necessarily mean that a player is the best he can be--it does mean, however, that the player understands what needs to be done. The ability to perform the skill will only improve will practice and experience.

On the checklist chart, the symbol "I" means "Introduce the concept," the symbol "R" means "Review the concept," and the symbol "M" means "Master the concept."

basketballskillschecklist(1).xls

MOTIONOFFENSEDRILLS[1].doc

spreadoffnse[1].doc

BB-Drills.doc

Coach Joe Izzo discusses how to organize your practices by planning what material you want covered and how you want to cover it. He also presents some rules for organizing a practice and then goes over the practice plan structure that he has found useful.

How_to_Organize_a_Practice.doc

Coach K is interviewed about his tips for coaches and parents of younger basketball players.

Mike_KrzyzewskiInterview.doc

PhilosophyofDefense[1].doc

Some helpful points to consider as you and your child think about the traveling tryout process, which will be held on the first two weekends in October. Hope these are useful!

PARENT_DO.doc

A great individual workout format from Five Star Camps for guards and Wing/Forwards. This workout program was developed over 35 plus years with the input of many coaches. Give it a try and see the results.

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A very good article on offensive and defensive post play.

Post

A great individual workout format from Five Star Camps for post players. This workout program was developed over 35 plus years with the input of many coaches. Give it a try and see the results.

fivestar2

A summer shooting program to keep a player in top form and develop "muscle memory."

FIVESTARSHOOTING_PROGRAM.doc

A guide to understanding the Georgia Motion Offense. Concepts and principles are outlined. Good Guide!

georgia motion

A great comprehensive offseason ballhandling workout from the Lady Dragons club.

Ballhandl

A great comprehensive offseason total workout. (Sorry, we don't have the source for this wonderful workout!!)

IndivDrills

Coach Ken Lindsay's off-season workout for perimeter players. Very thorough! Check it out.

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Coach Ken Lindsay's off-season workout for post players. Very in depth.

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“The Clock” A 1-3-1 Motion

This offense is made available by Coach Paul Heinsohns at www.hoopgazette.com

"This is offense was taught to me by the legendary voice of the Boston Celtics, Johnny Most and his assistant Hank Kirshe when I was young boy playing CYO basketball. It is a simple 1-3-1 motion offense that is great for teaching to young kids. I use it will all of my youth teams and it’s also great for high school teams."

Clock Motion Offense

Basketball teacher and coach Tom Lynch draws on his own experience as a youth level coach (grades 3-6) and sets out some simple rules for having a successful team experience and developing a learning program for young players.

FiveKeystoWinningattheYouthLevel[1].doc

This is the ballhandling workout performed everyday by Tony Bennett, currently an assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 Final Four team. He played his college ball at UW-Green Bay where he still holds the NCAA 3-point % record. He played professionally for the Charlotte Hornets and then was a star player/coach in New Zealand.
This handout is provided courtesy of Coach Fonz at Hoops U.

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This jump training, or plyometric program, can be a valuable asset for those who use it. This program helps to increase leg strength and vertical jump, as well as to reduce knee and ankle injuries.

This program comes with a list of exercises to perform, complete with detailed descriptions. You will also find a printable form to help you follow the program adequately. The form is at the end of the drill descriptions.

Whether for beginners or advanced, this is a great program for basketball players to follow. This program is available here as a courtesy of Coach Fonz at Hoops U.

jump drills

A motion offense designed by Canadian High School Coach John Rice.

Fredrickson HS

Here is a short series of drills to improve the footwork of post players. Courtesy of Canadian Coach Oliver Reid.

Post Player Drills

A system for attacking and breaking the half court press. From Yahoo Groups Basketball Coaching, author unknown.

Press Break

A great piece on the role of a substitute player on a team and the effect the sub can have on the team's success. By Jan Lahodny, Winning Coach of the Champion Victoria (Texas) High School Stingarettes.

Role Substitute

Here are some great warm up and warm down excercises for players to use to prevent injury and enhance performance. Courtesy of Brian MacKenzie of England.

Stretch UK

A comprehensive strenth training workout for older players (high school and above). Check with a basketball coach or strength coach before using this workout to find out if there should be any modifications for you to use. This workout courtesy of Craig Ballantyne of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada).

basketball strength

The Open-Post offense is designed to facilitate a team when you have no superior post players and take advantage of a man-to-man defense. The offense could be almost considered a guard-type offense. The design is exactly what is says, the post remains open. You have no players "in the paint". All five players are set along the perimeter. The offense is designed to played against a man-to-man defense. Also, you should keep in mind that this offense has all the elements of a motion type offense.

There are four basic rules to this offense.

Fill all five spots.
A player must fill the open spot that is closest to the ball.
Anytime you are overplayed when trying to recieve a pass, cut to the basket.
In the words of renowned coach Pete Carril, "Anytime the ball is dribbled toward you, you must cut to the basket."
The free throw line plays a key role on the Open-Post offense, it is referred to as the "Read Spot". Anytime a player makes a cut from the wing to the top of the key, the player will cut to the Read Spot and decide to pop out or cut to the basket. this essential for the offense to be run properly.

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Here is a structured and adaptable defensive system to use with your high school or advanced AAU team to handle any defensive situation during a game.

Def. System

A great, comprehensive practice planner system that will keep your practices on task and efficient. This is an Excel spreadsheet document that you can save to your hard-drive and then modify to fit your own uses. Courtesy of the Winnetka Bullets Basketball Club.

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Some interesting thoughts on what makes a good high school or college guard.

Good Guards

Here's a fastbreak drill that involves the whole team and can be run each practice for 10 minutes with great results. Run at full speed!

FullctDrill

A list of 101 checklist points that every high school and college could must consider before the first game of each season. From Coach Ray Lokar's great website, which is linked on our Coach's Info page.

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An offseason workout from Val's website.

build better

Here's a great drill to practice handling the ball against aggressive full court defenses and presses. Courtesy Coach Steve Jordan.

Guantlet

Bob Foley has coached boys and girls at every level over the past 35 years. The previous 24 years have been spent coaching at the Division 1 College level where he has won over 400 games and been involved in 10 NCAA tournaments. His coaching stops before coming to The University of Richmond, were at Providence College, Penn St., and Colorado. He has been regarded by his peers as an outstanding teacher of the fundamentals. His teams and players hold many records and have won numerous awards for offensive excellence.
Bob Foley
bob@bobfoleybasketball.net
Next Level Basketball
11308 Deephaven Court
Richmond, Va. 23233
804-968-5488

agility

Coach Curtis Perry does a great job describing the 4/1 motion offense and setting out some drills to breakdown and practice the offense. Very good!

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Here's a great score sheet for tracking game points, fouls and substitutions. This should help AAU, traveling and house league coaches.

Score Sheet

An in season weight workout from from Power Performance.

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Coach Winter's in-season weight workout.

inseason workout

Strength and conditioning forms an integral part of the development of all AIS Basketball athletes (Australian Institute of Sport is a program of the Australian Sports Commission). Programs are designed by the AIS Strength and Conditioning coaches to allow each athlete to progressively achieve their optimal performance. A general outline of the plan can be viewed here.

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A short article on some of the coaching philosophy points of renowned "big-man" coach Pete Newell. Courtesy of TeamArete.

Coaches

College coach Mike Durbin sets out 10 things that are expected of post players and 10 different things that are expected of guards. Review these and share them with your players. Courtesy of TeamArete.

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ESPN analyst and former college coach Fran Fraschilla explains and diagrams the controlled Princeton offense. Very detailed and well done.

Princeton Offense

A good guide for rating each program you are interested in when assessing the program to see if it fits with your needs and desires. For high school players. (Wish I knew the source of this great checklist!)

program asses

The 1-2-1-1 Diamond press, in either a half or full court variation, has traditionally been one of the strongest presses for overcoming deficits or extending a lead in a short period of time. The advantages of the 1-2-1-1 lie in being strong around the perimeter area, where double teams are easier because of the proximity of the players in the diamond to the corners and sidelines in the backcourt.

This press allows a team to dictate tempo, initiate spurts and create turnerovers. A 1-2-1-1 zone press can be an effective offensive weapon as well.

But how do you counter this pressure and break the press consistently?

Here are two diagrammed variations from Coach Gels of Coaches' Clipboard.

Break Press

UCLA's Wooden High Post Offense--It has been 27 years since John Wooden's final game, the NCAA championship victory over Kentucky in 1975. But, the "UCLA High Post Offense" is, still today, one of college basketball's most popular offenses and timeless in its effectiveness. Former college coach and now-ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla discusses and diagrams the popular offense.

High Post

A great checklist from Coach Bob Foley on recruiting for high school players and their parents.

recruiting

Here is a version of the Swing Offense, popularized by Wisconsin Coach Bo Ryan, developed by Coach Genis for his varsity girls team in Illinois. Thanks to Coach Genis, who can be contacted at:

Dave Genis
Varsity Girls' Basketball
Niles West High School
5701 W. Oakton
Skokie, IL 60077
(847) 568-3646 office
(847) 586-3949 fax
davgen@niles-hs.k12.il.us

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A very tightly organized 1-hour individual workout from Basketball Highway.

One Hour Workoiut

Coach Ken Lindsay explains how to implement and designate multiple defenses and concentrates on the system that North Carolina great Coach Dean Smith used. Study this well!

Mult Def

While basketball is a running sport, the running occurs in short, powerful bursts with quick starts and stops and also involves continual jumping and landing. Distance running fails to train the Type IIa or Type IIb fibers for quick, explosive movements. Does this make a difference in conditioning training for basketball? Two very interesting articles with drills.

Conditioning Workouts

"Competitive reactives" are a whole host of drills that pit one athlete against another and require quick movement and agility. Read about the rationale behind these drills, see some examples and get some suggestions on how to design you own competitive drills.

Competitive Reactives

Ray Lokar, Head Boys' Varsity Basketball Coach at Bishop Amat High School in California, gives positive coaching seminars. Here's an overview of his talk on "positive coaching." There's a lot of valuable information in this short handout.

Ray Lokar

"Opposing guards bringing up the ball yelled 'man' but the guys along the baseline were shouting 'zone'..."

CREATE YOUR OWN DEFENSE USING AMOEBA FUNDAMENTALS--

Once you've mastered Amoeba principles, you can:
**Dust off that old favorite defense and add Amoeba techniques.
**Start in any defensive formation - then slide into the Amoeba.
**Add Amoeba options to any successful defense to give it new effectiveness.

AMOEBA FUNDAMENTALS CAN BE ADAPTED TO ANY ZONE OR MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE

amoebba

Some thoughts.

devphil

This is a great inspirational story from February 2006. Both the player and the coach can feel great! Doesn't this make it all worthwhile??!!

rudylike

Some good ideas on the theory of the fast break and how to put it into your offensive schemes.

fastbreak

A fairly straight-forward motion offense to use a primary offense. Quick-hitters and a secondary transition offense can be dove-tailed with this primary offense.

St. Paul

A comprehensive checklist for coaches that cover the entire year.

coach list

This article will teach you how to get the most out of the off-season through a workout and cardio with a 12 week program. Be warned though these programs are anything but easy. Courtesy of bodybuilding.com

bbworkout

A list of expectations from Coach Larry Ronglien of St. Louis Park (MN) High School for team captains. It is handed out to the incoming captains in April, at the end of the previous season.

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