Collin Vanicor

God first ✝️, Lacassine WBB Assistant 🏀

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

Transition being the easiest way to score the ball, means that transition defense should be at a premium in all programs.

What’s your coaching points? How many layers? How likely is your team to get a stop and get the floor to neutral?

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Mike Brown Gold

“We have rules: Protect basket…declare ball…load paint…find most dangerous guy…last guy down weak side…We turn over etc…sprint back…high level next play speed…separates good teams from great"

(Via @NBA_NewYork 🎥)

[James Purchin @JamesPurchin]

"Be on time" isn't one of Pete Carroll's rules.

"Be early" is.

He won a Super Bowl with 3 rules total.

Rule 1: Protect the team.

Not the slogan. The mindfulness.

It's pulling a teammate out of a fight.
It's not hitting the guy late in practice.
It's the call you make when nobody's watching.

Rule 2: No whining, no complaining, no excuses.

Stolen from Coach Wooden

The point isn't to be upbeat.
The point is your self-talk runs the show.
Words come first. Behavior follows.

Rule 3: Be early.

Not on time. Early.

You can't be early by luck.
You thought about it the night before.
You set the alarm.
You knew the commitment.

Being early is a sign of respect you can see.

3 rules to run an NFL locker room.

Most teams have 12 values nobody can recite.

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

"Success isn't owned. It's leased. And rent is due every day."
-@JJWatt

[Derek Deprey @derekdeprey]

Culture is what you tolerate! Not the poster in the locker room, team slogan, or pregame speech. Team culture is rarely destroyed by one bad player. It’s destroyed when selfishness, laziness, negativity, disrespect, excuses, entitlement, and bad body language get ignored by coaches, defended by parents, laughed at by the bench, or allowed by veteran players and captains. The best teams protect the standard together.

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@tonywmiller I try to go 3 or key for the most part. Neautral 3s or walk up 3s are a no go.

Wr have a list of gold silver and bronze shots that we chart for the players.

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@TweetsbyCoachP No cursing.

Running for missed practice. No matter the excuse.

It’s not a punishment. It’s make up work. Your teammates got better. You didn’t. You’re behind the ball now.

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

Anyone have clinic notes or anything from Bucky McMillan?

Would love to study his system!!

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@CoachMattDennis In the mists of it. Sometimes it feels like a lot and it sucks. But looking back the grind and the journey is so worth it.

The late night stories, the crazy games 2 hours away going to OT, the bus or transport not working, it all sucks in the moment but looking back. It’s fun

[Aaron Kallhoff @CoachAKallhoff]

Four kinds of competitors:

Commander - A competitor who pulls others with them.

Competitor - Internally motivated to be their best. Has a championship mindset.

Contender - Need external motivation.

Survivor - Gets by. Takes the easy way out.

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@danbeckrants @TweetsbyCoachP Youth sports are 100% for development. My youth team growing up won the state championship every year except 1. We got to high school and had no sense of how to guard. And didn’t work well with other players that we didn’t play with yet. And didn’t have good culture. Lost. Alot.

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@codyroyle 🙋‍♂️

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@tryfactor Coach what’s your best way to simulate game actions?

Do you have managers that help with this? Assistant coaches?

I’m coaching highschool ball and I know reads are the best thing for players to drill. But how can I break this down without much help from managers ?

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@Coach_DeMarco Transition defense is priority #1. Transition buckets are the easiest points. Stop them from happening.

In the half court, ball pressure = turnovers. But it also = help & defensive rotation. So focus on the backside of the actions just as much as guarding the action itself.

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

“Sharpen the sword for the sake of the sword being sharpened. Don’t wait for the war to start. You prepare for war in times of peace.” - Michael Beasley 🗡️⚔️

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@JoshChambers @umichbball Coach what do you do with these notes? I find myself taking notes on things like this and I learn. But in a month I forget about majority of it.

How do you keep the things that stick with you, with you?

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@CoachLync Knight

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@coachkaitkeat @CoachSD_ [email protected]

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@tylercoston RDS

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@CoachNick_G @TrenPerkins So to hone in on it would be hard.
I used to think I was good at skill development and game planning.
Then I changed jobs, now I’m more into decision making, correction, & scouting. (Just the role)
I have the opportunity to go to another place and run the offense. So idk tbh

[Collin Vanicor @CoachCollinV]

@CoachNick_G @TrenPerkins So I’m going into my 5th season.
2 seasons with two totally different teams and two totally different roles.
First two seasons I was the head assistant and made LOTS of decisions on and off the court.
Last two seasons I’ve done more learning. TBH idk what my “thing” is.