The myth: lifting ruins your shot
Reality: it’s just timing
Research shows virtually no impact on shooting mechanics. And any dip in accuracy was temporary, gone in 30 mins.
Spacing your training right fixes it.
Stronger athletes are able to express skill EASIER!
Amazing: LA schools will eliminate personal devices in K and 1st grade, and limit use in grades 2-5, and give parents more options. I think this will catch on nationally:
Jake Quackenbush is headed to D2 basketball on a full ride, won a district title and made many great memories as a senior without playing AAU before his senior year
You don’t have to play AAU to make it. Families don’t have to get ripped off like this every weekend
Take a good look folks.
These are the Minnesota boundary waters. Every Republican senator voted to allow a Chilean billionaire to mine it. The minerals will go to China.
This truly enrages me.
It should you as well.
Fuck, and I mean fuck…
The @GOP 🖕
Chase Walker and Johnny Kinziger are RETURNING to Illinois State for their senior seasons. The Redbirds won the CBI two years ago and made it to the NIT semis this year.
Walker and Kinziger are program legends in Normal. In this year, it’s more and more rare for players to stay four years at one school and these two started and will finish at Illinois State.
4 years ago @UCLAWBB let me spend a day with the team
I learned that at the end of every practice
@CoachCoriClose has players write their "Went Wells" in a journal- documenting what *went well* during the session.
At the start of this tourney I asked Coach about her went wells for 2026
Ball Reversals 🤝 Paint Touches
Arizona and Michigan EPITOMIZE this in their tourney runs this season. Both teams are putting so much pressure on the rim - Michigan with ball movement and Arizona with rebounding dominance.
Schematically, very different, but the shot quality from both is ELITE. This can equate to every competitive level 👇🏼.
Data like this is extremely powerful. This is a study of 12 'high level D1 schools'.
Regardless of level, the goal is to get to 1.00 PPP. Out of any system/style, this data shows us the key to having an efficient offense is having an element of penetration and kick.
Paint touches, and paint touches + ball reversal limit the amount of straight line close outs. They also slow down defensive decision making, which keeps the offense in a big advantage situation.
PAINT TOUCH + BALL REVERSAL is a MUST in half court and secondary transition. Think DOMINOES.
An easy way to teach this is to constrain the score differently:
- no paint or ball reversal is +0
- paint touch is + 1
- paint touch + ball reversal is +2
- explain/emphasize hockey assists and TRACK THEM
@ShotTracker
GOT OUR GUY‼️
We are proud to welcome Kyle Green as the 26th head coach in UNI men's basketball history!
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#EverLoyal | #LegacyEra | #Family | #UNIMBB125
At High Point, Flynn Clayman runs his staff differently.
Instead of assistants doing a little bit of everything, he assigns coordinators:
One owns offense.
One owns defense.
One owns special teams.
Not traditional. But intentional.
Because when everyone is responsible for everything… no one truly grows.
Clayman learned this from his mentors. When he was trusted to run the offense, it accelerated his development. So now, he does the same for his staff.
Yes, you give up some control.
But you gain clarity, ownership, and better coaching.
Assistants aren’t just helping anymore.
They’re leading.
And when coaches grow, the team grows.
Build a staff where people can specialize, own their role, and thrive, not just survive.
Are you asking your people to do everything… or putting them in positions to be great at something?