Brendan Suhr 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes

BRENDAN SUHR (Chuck Daly’s asst. coach with Detroit and he played for Hubie Brown)

QUESTION: Would you or could you play for yourself?

1. Best at Player/Coach relationships | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• Coach K
• Doc Rivers
• Geno Auriema
• Greg Popovich
Obviously successful coaches. This is what it is all about.

2. PRACTICE (legs at end of year mind and legs go hand in hand) | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• Evaluate
• Time
• Cut it down as season goes along
• LEGS (After pre-season in lockout year Daly did not practice one time)
• Practice smart and efficiently
• Teach both sides of the ball at the same time

3. MEETINGS: all attention spans are short | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• 13 clips of film max
• Learning must take place in film: not punishments
• ANGER LEAVES SCARS
• Shout praise and whisper criticism
• In an NBA season there are 2800 meetings which include time outs quarters etc. You better be able to teach in one to two minute increments.

4. EXECUTION | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• Teach well
• Be prepared

5. BELIEF SYSTEM | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• What do I stand for?
• Offense
• Defense
• You get buy in with belief. Your best player needs to buy in and the rest will follow

6. OFFENSE: | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• Dangerous time is the off season and going to clinics
• Must fit talent
• Take bits and pieces to put into your pot
• Can you compete with the best teams with your style? (Hubie Brown tenant Who cares if it works against Country Day? It must work against Dematha)
• Pistons played a play-off style all season so they didn’t have to change in the play offs.
• Don’t change vs weak teams
• FAST BREAK
• M2M stuff?
• You need a PNR attack if not you better learn quickly
• Baseline screens for shooters
• Do I have 3-5 plays for my best player?
• CRUNCH TIME OFFENSE: developed in preseason but saved for when you really need it
• ZONE O: How many?
• PRESS O: How many?
• SPECIAL SITUATIONS: Are you drawing stuff up in the dirt or is this something your kids have run before?

7. DEFENSE | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• Guard the ball
• PNR
• Post D
• Best player defense: Box-1 Tri-2
• Out of Bounds

8. DISCIPLINE vs STANDARDS RULES vs PRINCIPLES | 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes
• Help win games
• Coach K Gold Standards: Be on time. No excuses, RESPECT THE GAME
• Vision for the program and seeing ahead: What can happen at 2:00 a.m. and how will you deal with it?

College professors with PHD’s don’t care what grades their students get. Your players had better get an A in your class!

Note: I would recommend reading the book Brendan wrote about Chuck Daly. You can only get it on the iPad. One of the best coaching books I have ever read.

Click on the pdf link to download the basketball coaching clinic notes:

Brendan Suhr 2014 Coaching U Live Basketball Clinic Notes