Todd Countryman

Husband, father, teacher, basketball coach, Chicago sports fan (minus the Cubbies)

[Todd Countryman @ToddCountryman]

@SlangsOnSports what is the current percentage of swings on the first pitch of a game? Thank you

[Todd Countryman @ToddCountryman]

@CoachHackGO Clinic

[Matt Hackenberg @CoachHackGO]

It’s officially 🏀CLINIC SZN‼️

To receive 136 pages of FREE clinic notes from coaches like Billy Donovan, Pat Summitt, Bruce Pearl, Quinn Snyder, Brad Underwood, and more

⭐️ RT this post and comment “Clinic”

I will DM you the notes

[Matt Hackenberg @CoachHackGO]

I spent 20 hours detailing my ENTIRE defensive system into a 22 page PDF

Comment "Defense" and RT

I'll send you the notes in a DM (FREE)

Schemes included: Wolfpack Defense, 2-3 Zone, 1-3-1 Half Court Trap, Diamond Press, 2-2-1 Tempo Press, and more

[Todd Countryman @ToddCountryman]

@CoachHackGO Defense

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@GentsCoachD Chin

[Todd Countryman @ToddCountryman]

@IdoBasketball @CoachHackGO @stavros_evge @KostasKal4 @tonywmiller @coachcascio @BucketsBBALL1 @hardwoodtexas @basicbball_ @MaxFrontini @SlappinGlass ZONE

[This Day in Chicago Sports @ChiSportsDay]

The Bears are 64-101 (.387) since the firing of Lovie Smith.

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

The state of Colorado hasn’t witnessed a beatdown that bad since 24 hours ago

[Coach Dan Casey @CoachDanCasey]

Washington State ran the 2-QB Boot!

[Billy 🏈 @Billyhottakes]

Better than Odell’s

[Matt Hackenberg @CoachHackGO]

Sexy horns action right here

[Coach Tony Miller @tonywmiller]

Coach Doug Novak explains how he installs new set plays with his team for improved learning. (Part of the clinic session, "Rethinking Practice Planning.)

Full clinic session: https://t.co/5m3AwwNKFp

[Jacob Carmichael @JacobCar3]

I already run something similar to this but I’m now adding the backscreen lol. 😂 this is nasty.

[Herb Lawrence @Ecnerwal23]

Brian Kenny with a great breakdown of what went wrong with the #WhiteSox under Kenny Williams & Rick Hahn

(As an aside, Brian is criminally underrated as an baseball mind and his book, Ahead of the Curve is an insightful read for any baseball observer)

[Buckets Basketball @BucketsBball_]

This play will get you LAYUPS 🏀

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 are always tough to guard

𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 - 𝐄𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐑𝐢𝐩(𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧) 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 📝

Full Purdue Playbook: https://t.co/pQBvlY0xdQ

[Chester Frazier @_ChesterFrazier]

You have to be a sick person to scheme this set!!! This is big time

[Jon Finkel📚💪 @Jon_Finkel]

I just gave my kids an epic "Back in My Day" Summer rant and I got on a roll...

Here are 16 reasons Summer in the '90s crushes Summer in '23 and why our kids are soft:

1) Gatorade Citrus Cooler > every crappy Prime flavor

2) No Gatorade? Thirsty? Any garden hose on the side of a house in the '90s will do. Tasted better, in fact...

My kids: "Gross. It has no filter."

Me: "Filters weren't even invented when we were kids. Drinking mud and hot copper from the hose made us stronger."

3) Kids in '23: "Can you text Joe's mom to see if he's home?"

Really? Now we have to go through 7 texts so you can see your friend? The old way was perfect:

Kids in the '90s: "I'm calling Joe's house to see if he's home."

4) Even better in the '90s...

Kids: "I'm biking to Joe's to see if he's around."

Parents: "Good. Be home at 5."

Biking > driving

Calling > texting

5) Kids in '23: "Can you set up a playdate with Ed?"

Parents, when did the term "play date" take over? It's lame, weak parent-speak. It's our fault.

We should stop using it.

Our kids don't need dates to shoot driveway hoops.

Kids in '93: "Can Ed come over?" (simple)

6) Kids in '93: "Ken Griffey Jr. is the most awesome baseball player ever!"

Kids in '23: "What's baseball?"

7) If your kid likes a PB&J sandwich in 2023 it takes them 10 minutes to say so:

"This PB&J is so gas it's fire my guy no cap."

Describing a tasty PB&J in the 90s: "It's good."

8) Kids in '93: "I'm going to see The Sandlot in the theater with all my buddies Saturday afternoon."

Kids in '23: "We're watching some streaming super hero thing I don't know what app it's on."

9) Kids in '23: "I found this funny online video it has this guy at the zoo and he...."

Kids in the '90s: Chris Farley. Jim Carrey. Adam Sandler. Will Smith.

10) Kids in '23: "Alexa, play that AI song with Drake and KPop?"

Kids in the '90s: "I memorized all the words to Tribe Called Quest's 'Scenario'"

11) Kids in '23: "I'm watching this YouTube channel of this kid with a British accent making fun of high school videos he finds on YouTube."

Whaaaat??

How absurd are these shows?

Kids in the '90s: Saved By the Bell

12) Kids hearing a joke in '23: "i loled"

Kids hearing a joke in the 90s: ***actual laughter***

13) Kids in '23: "I'm on a group hangout with my friends."

Kids in the 90s: "A group of us are going to the park to hang out."

14) Kids in the 90s: "Can me and my friends walk to the pizza shop to get lunch?"

Parents: "Here's $5 to get two slices and a Coke."

Kids in '23: "Can we order Uber Eats for lunch? It's only $47.50?"

15) Kids in the 90s: "It's Friday night! Let's go to Blockbuster and cruise the aisles and grab a New Release and get some Junior Mints and popcorn."

Kids in '23 sitting on the couch: "Disney+ doesn't have anything new."

16) 90s kids: Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.

Kids in 2023: LeBron James' usage rate is....

ughhhhh zip it, dorks.

Jordan was better.

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[Bri Lewerke @brilewerke]

Everyone is gonna share the photo of Nikola Jokic as a chunky kid without his shirt… but what about this one when he was 5 years old in Serbia rocking a Denver Nuggets sweatshirt 🤯

The universe works in crazy ways sometimes

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

This White Sox fan went on one of the most legendary sports fan rants you will ever hear

(via @ESPN1000)