2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
Coach Don Showalter-Practice thoughts | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
– Opening remarks
• “It’s Sunday morning, I’ve been coaching for 36 years now and my wife said to me- do you think
anyone is going to come and hear you speak?”
– He speaks for openly and I can relate to him much more as he is relating typical problems of a
high school coach
• Teach lounge with mean teacher talking bad about one of his players
• He told her that it’s a shame that some people don’t do what their supposed to do with energy
and passion.
• It’s funny- we can work on deny defense for first two weeks of practice but then our first game
we get burned with our on the ball defense!
• We, as high school coaches, only have two weeks to get our stuff in before our first game!
o We are in a completely different boat-we don’t get workouts from August to October-we have two
weeks
• They have 27 managers, 8 assistants-I’m lucky with 1 manager and 1 assistant
• When I coached TEAM USA 16 and under we were able to do everything because of our unbelievable
talent
o With my guys-we have to make adjustments!
• I like to stress combo drills to work on more than one thing at a time
• TIME and PLACE
• We have to make sure that what we do fits
• PASSION-EVERYDAY
• Work camps-learn the game
o Make networking a priority!
– Practice Thoughts | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
1. Create a positive atmosphere that players want to come to
• We as coaches create it!
• Bring passion everyday!
2. Best teams have best players working the hardest
• The biggest motivation to this is the bench
• Do what you’re supposed to do or you’re sitting next to me
3. Hard work beats talent but talent doesn’t work hard
4. Be consistent everyday, regardless of game outcome
• Consistent leadership-they’ve got to know what to expect
• “Meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same”
5. Players are products of expectations | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
• The Gold Standard
6. What is important to you as a coach will become important to the team
• When your players tell the media what we teach that tells when you hit home
7. Team building activities
• Have players do an “I am ….”paper (one page)
• Quiz on offensive/defensive schemes
• Terminology quiz
• Assign a book report
• Team specific or player specific
8. Communication circle
• Hold hands, look to the person to the right and answer the question or prompt of the day
• Eye contact
• Different topic everyday
• What if your greatest weakness
• What is our strength as team
• What is your greatest fear
• What is your favorite movie
• What is basketball
o This sounds cheesy but it brings people together
• Lalo at Andy’s house/the 09’ team at the
Fuder’s for team breakfast
• “I value you because….”
• Must have consistency!!!
9. Team must be invested and take ownership | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
• Have captains scout
• Have players run practice
• Remember-this is their team!
10. Make drills competitive
• There are winners and there are losers in basketball!
• Losing is painful-must learn to win
• Must be worthy of winning
o “Don’t tell me how many games you played in AAU…tell me how much you’re in the gym working…with
AAU, winning doesn’t matter”
• Keep score/clock
• Have players determine punishment for losers
o Push-ups, sprints, stairs, etc.
11. Sandwich method | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
• -positive/negative/positive
• Come at a player with a positive, then hit him with criticism, but close with a positive-I know
you can do it!
12. Do I coach every play-NO
• Players make plays in the flow of the game
• We must teach them how to play, how to react, and how to make decisions
o Players make the plays!
13. Don’t worry about mistakes | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
• Observe players’ attitudes after a mistake!
• So important to respond to things in the right way
o Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it
14. Teach in soundbytes not paragraphs
• This is so important
• Coach K’s point- you don’t want to flood players
o I always explain-everything
• “Get to help”
• NOT- “you need to get to help because you are two passes away and your man is not a threat…you
need to stop the ball and the ball is over there…”
15. Awareness-coach must know what is going on!
16. Must decide on NON-NEGOTIABLES | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
• What do we really want to emphasize?!
• Can not get to lane
• Must be help on baseline drive
o You can not have 20 NON-NEGOTIABLES
• Keep them specific
• Off ball screen you must always take two dribbles
– Goal # 1-play hard:
• Playing hard is:
• Take 2 charges a game
• Majority of 50/50 balls
• Double figure deflections
• Shoot more ft’s than opponent-attack basket
• Get more rebounds
o Chart all of this
– Goal #2-play together:
• Playing together is:
• Having an assist to turnover ratio of 2:1
• Being a GOOD TEAMMATE
– Check out Kevin Eastman stuff on fundamentals-he’s the best
– If you come to our practice I hope you leave saying that the kids play extremely hard
– Grab captains and explain drill to them
• They have 10 seconds to explain and setup for the drill
– Some drills:
1. Perfect layup
• Three lane rush-if ball does not hit rim=2 points
• You want 22 in one minute
2. 120 drill
• 25 in minute
3. Texas drill
• In one minute they need to make 50 layups
• Make players listen the first time-if they know that you’ll explain it again to them they’ll
tune it out the first time because they know that they don’t have to pay attention!
• EXPLAIN IT ONE TIME
o SHOW ME IN PRACTICE
4. Texas drill continued
• Now, instead of two lines for full court lay-ups we go four lines- outlet, sprint, receive
return pass from the receiver for jump shot, then shooter goes to that line and passer goes to
opposite corner where he will be shooter on that side of the floor.
5. CUT THROAT | 2010 Nike Wisconsin Basketball Coaching Clinic Notes
• 3 on 3 (you can go 2 on 2, 4 on 4, 5 on 5)
• Rules
o Thank passer for score
o Catch square in a triple threat
o After pass you have to move (cut or screen)
• Coach is stopping for every time one of the
rules are not followed
• “You did not move, you did not catch in a triple threat, etc.)
• We have to determine our own offensive NON-NEGOTIABLES and use them in cut-throat, which
ultimately teaches the guys to play out of principles/concepts, which is what we will want after
our 20/specials breakdown!
• Defensive cut throat (half court and full court)
• No baseline drive for layup
• No middle lane
o This really works help/recover
• He does stop and commend the positives
– He closes with his card and says he will send us all this stuff
• Says thank you and that he stole all of this from someone
• Know that there are people that helped you get where you are
• Gratuity-be thankful for all-this is not a secret-all of the greats do it!
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