Alan Magnani

Contact me for individual, small group & team skill development. Experienced BB coach & talent evaluator. Head MBB Coach of 4 NAIA National Tournament Teams.

[Marsha Frese @CoachFrese]

Your trainer is no different than a piano teacher. 🎶🎵 Take the new skill you learned and now go rep it (game speed please) a thousand times! A single workout is not designed to replace volume shooting!! Reps matter 🏀

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

@1gamesetmatch it's called motivation

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

Isiah Thomas on the @dpshow... "There are a lot of coaches, but there are not a lot of teachers."

I could not agree more!

Just because someone is called a "coach" does not mean he/she knows how to teach the sport and its fundamentals?

[Derek Fey @fey_derek]

If Mom or Dad are working overtime and picking up extra shifts to make your AAU/Hoop Dreams come true. Then you better play hard all the time.
I don’t care if it’s 8am…
If you won’t do it for yourself..
Do it for the people who believe in you and sacrifice to make this work.

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

@HarryDisaOG @BreakthruBball Sure it does. A player is working both hands at the same time.

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

@HarryDisaOG @BreakthruBball It’s not supposed to be easy

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

@BreakthruBball I also use gloves a lot in workouts

[Zach Elder @CoachZachElder]

We have a problem.

Somewhere along the line, “Playing multiple sports is good!” turned into, “you have to play all of your sports simultaneously year round!”

We’ve lost the plot. Kids cannot play a baseball, basketball, and football season all at the same time.

[Fastbreak Hoops @FastbreakHoops5]

All real hoopers out there have hooped with a ball like this before.

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

When your “BEST” graduation present is a NEW pair of gloves for workouts…you’re all SMILES! @Kendra_Boatman @kristykboatman @coachbrase

[Saundra Proctor @coachproc25]

Incoming Freshman:

Just a quick piece of advice for you. Nothing is mandatory:
-Summer workouts aren’t
-Conditioning/Weights aren’t
-Getting up extra work on your own isn’t
-Watching film of yourself/opponents

None of it is mandatory. BUT… neither is playing time.

🤷🏾‍♀️

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

Let's call it what it is.

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

and NAIA

[Lonnie Rowe @coachrowe20]

HS players need to start taking a hard look at NAIA basketball. Great facilities and a free education. Plus many have NIL. Not that of higher programs but still free money. And you can play right away in many cases. The way the portal and NIL is on D1 scale is killing HS kids

[Alan Magnani @CoachMagnani]

or NAIA

[Coach Robinson. @TripleDoubleXO]

High School players who aspire to play in college please Attend college basketball games.

If you think you’re too good for D3 then go to open gym your first ten minutes will change.

[Coach Robinson. @TripleDoubleXO]

High School players who aspire to play in college please Attend college basketball games.

If you think you’re too good for D3 then go to open gym your first ten minutes will change.

[Never Made the Tourney Club @NMTC_Hoops]

I've been scrolling for hours and have yet to see a single account supporting NCAA tournament expansion

[Jeff Goodman @GoodmanHoops]

Rick Pitino to @TheFieldOf68 if NCAA grants everyone a 5th year of eligibility - including this senior class.

“It would be pure chaos. Most teams have used 80% of their NIL. Next year makes sense. Now don't get me wrong, I would love to have my seniors back but our NIL is just about finished. … Unless Mike (Repole) wins the Derby lol.”

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

The 10 Truths Parents Rarely See

1. Coaches lose sleep.
2. Decisions aren’t personal.
3. Playing time is complex.
4. Culture matters more than stats.
5. Accountability is care.
6. Coaches invest emotionally.
7. Development isn’t instant.
8. Hard feedback is intentional.
9. Wins don’t tell the whole story.
10. Coaches remember kids forever.

Perspective matters.