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Tips for coaching youth basketball
Tips for coaching youth basketball Introduction When it comes to coaching youth basketball, the biggest challenge is to keep it fun and interesting for the young players. It is a very important part of player development. This will most likely be the first real...
Full Court Basketball Drills by Chris Filios
Full Court Basketball Drills are a huge key to having success as a basketball team. For many programs at all levels, time is a precious commodity. Most coaches face the issues of gym availability, access to their players, and a need to keep their players as fresh as...
Ball Screen Twist Action by Chris Filios
Ball screen Twist Action The great Coach Chuck Daly used to say, "Defense can't guard two things in a row." One of the international staples to ball screen offense is the twist ball screen action. The “twist” action is where a ball screen is set and then...
Ice Defense – NBA Pick and Roll Type of Defense by Chris Filios
Beating the ICE Defense. The pick and roll defense that is spreading around basketball like wildfire is “Icing.” It started in the NBA and Europe and has now made its way to college and high school basketball. ICE Defense is a side pick and roll defense in which the...
San Antonio Spurs Post Double by Chris Filios
Spurs Post-Double: The Spurs Way In a FIBA clinic, Warriors assistant coach Mike Brown discussed his time with the San Antonio Spurs and the various ways they went about doubling the post up. The way they defended varied from game to game as their scheme came...
Popular Packline Defense tactics: Monster Post Double by Chris Filios
Monster Post Double One of the most popular ways of doubling the post is to double big-to-big, or “Monster” the post. This method is a popular tactic in the Pack Line Defense. Reason for teams utilizing the “Monster” post-double: 1. Defending against...
Spain Wins 2019 FIBA World Cup by Chris Filos
Spain defeated Argentina 75-55 in the gold medal game of the 2019 FIBA World Cup to win its 2nd world cup title. The 2019 FIBA World Cup was a highly competitive one that had a large group of teams with a legitimate shot of winning the title. With the...
Will Voight Peel Switching by Chris Filios
A newer defensive concept in basketball called Peel Switching comes from Coach Will Voigt and the Angolan National Team. Coach Voigt discusses this defensive concept on The Basketball Podcast with Chris Oliver. Peel switching is not a common form of rotation on...
Basketball Camp: Point Guard Basketball College by Chris Filios
Basketball Camp: Point Guard Basketball College It is camp season! When I was 17 years old, I attended Point Guard Basketball College at UC Riverside. It was the best basketball camp I would ever go to. At the time, it was run by founder Dick DeVenzio. Dick was a...
Basketball Camp Drills by Chris Filios
Basketball camp season is here! It is time for both kids and coaches to develop and sharpen their skills. There are tons of good, quality camps out there. Growing up on the west coast, two of my favorite camps that I attended as a kid were: Snow Valley Basketball Camp...
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