To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.
Coaches if you are not playing Piggy Up Piggy Down at camp…add it to your list. Our kids love it & we love to see them diving on the floor for that loose ball.
Continuous Finishing
I love starting a workout with stuff like this! Gets the energy flowing and gets the players a feel for the concepts that will be in their offense.
Unpopular Youth Coaching Takeaway:
"The decision is more important than the technique."
If learn when to shoot, pass, or drive, execution will improve with time. If they never learn the decision, “perfect form” won’t transfer.
What made you rethink technique-first coaching?
I don’t think the “how did Ohio State not win a National Championship with 4 of the top 11 players in the draft?” questions are fair at all.
I think a far more reasonable question is “how hasn’t Ohio State won a Big Ten Championship in the last five years?”
Tom Izzo sure picked a great game to attend as a fan of local college hoops. He got to see five guys who played college basketball in the state of Michigan suit up for an NBA playoff game. If that’s not enough, he also got to see a Big Ten team honored for being National Champs.