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SLOB Game Winners by Chris Filios
Looking for a game-winning late-game sideline out of bounds play? Here are a couple of sets run for game-winners during the first couple of weeks of the NBA season. The first is courtesy of the Indiana Pacers. The Pacers were down 1 to the Boston Celtics with 11.8...
Šarūnas Jasikevičius Barcelona Stagger BLOB by Chris Filios
Play of the Week: Barcelona Stagger BLOB Here is a couple of baseline out of bounds plays that Barcelona has run this year under new coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius. The first is a good staggered look for a shooter. Rather than run a straight double stagger for the...
Barcelona Chicago Action by Chris Filios
One of my favorite basketball coaches in the world, Šarūnas “Saras” Jasikevičius has a new home. He left his native Kaunas, Lithuania, where he grew up and eventually became a player and then head coach of Zalgiris Kaunas Basketball Club. He has relocated to...
Miami Heat EOG SLOB v Bucks- Game 4 BY CHRIS FILIOS
Miami Heat EOG SLOB v Bucks- Game 4 Need a 3 out of the side out of bounds? Here is a great set for you. In overtime of Game 4, down 4 with 6.3 seconds left, the Miami Heat ran and executed this scissor-action SLOB to perfection to cut the game to 1. ...
Chris Filios Covid-19 READING LIST
If you are anything like me, you have used this quarantine period to try and get better- break down film, watch online clinics, go back through old notes, etc. It has also inspired me to read more than I usually do. I tried to balance my Covid-19 reading list so that...
Elam Ending & The Basketball Tournament by Chris Filios
Elam Ending & TBT Basketball is back. Just not the NBA, not yet at least. Our first live basketball in months is The Basketball Tournament. 24 teams. $1 million dollars. This is year 7 of the event, and probably the most unique. Due to the current climate, the...
Combination Ballhandling / Shooting Drills for Guards by Wes Kosel
Update: We have added a new page full of ball handling drills for all levels of coaches and players. In this post (from 2013) professional coach Wes Kosel present a nice combination of ball handling and shooting drills that you can use with your guards. This drill is...
Steph Curry Driveway Ball-Handling by Chris Filios
Want to have handles like Steph Curry? You need to put in a lot of time and practice, but this ball-handling routine is a good start. Here is the Steph Curry Driveway Ball-Handling that you can do. This is a great set of ball handling drills for your everyday...
Ball Handling Drills To Improve Your Training
[Update: Ball Handling Drills Notes and Diagrams Added in the end of the article] Having trouble handling the ball inside the court is a serious problem. Every movement within a basketball game is focused on handling the ball. Basketball ball handling drills take...
Basketball Drills for Beginners
Update: We have added a big set of basketball drills for beginners by some of the best professionals of the game in the end of this article. Be sure to check them! Your 8-year-old, his friends, and their parents have turned to you. You’re to be the next youth...