Mastery Hoops

Educating the next generation of coaches.

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@CoachKJConklin Players WANT to compete and play! Having them do spot shots and running sets on air isn't going to be productive nor elicit their attention. If your players aren't engaged its most likely the coaches fault!💪🏼

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Training the basics doesn't need to be basic @byanymeansbball

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Instead of training the "basics" with young athletes, focus on training their love for the game.. which is done through games, competitions, etc. Train the basics at too young an age and the kid doesn't find the sport fun> Fundamentals don't matter if the kid stops playing..

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Major difference between training players and "working them out"

Most coaches/trainers "work out" players (aka rebound, get them a sweat)

Few "train", create a specific game plan, with clear focuses and end goals and build workouts that target and challenge those areas.

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Best way to have higher quality basketball workouts?

Don't do the same exact thing over and over again (block practice)

Simply interrupt the skill via a different skill or action.

A skill is built through challenge NOT sheer volume.

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Training basketball and lifting weights has a lot more in common than you think.. don't expect to do the same exact stuff every day and get better..

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Skill is defined as "the ability to do something well"

For basketball, that is far too basic, a proper definition, at least how we see it, is "the ability to do something well in GAMES"

You don't possess a skill until it can be used in the content it is needed. A GAME

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IMO I would say..

1. Shooting
2. Decision making
3. Mental composure and toughness

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Most important skill(s) / traits for players to have ⬇️⬇️

Obviously every player is different and we don’t only to need be great at one thing, but if you can pick 1-3 what would they be?

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This is the recipe for continual improvement and growth for not only yourself, but for the industry as a whole..

If we want to continuously push the industry forward we must all be open to new ideas and ways of doing things..

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3 Ways To GUARANTEE Improvement as a Coach/Trainer⬇️

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3. Use this feedback and your own personal assessment and deliberately work on these areas..

You won’t just get better on accident, be deliberate and purposeful in become a better coach/trainer..

The same effort you put towards getting your players better, do the same yourself

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Without unstructured play, athletes are at risk of becoming robotic, dependent and likely even burnt out.

Our options:

(1) Encourage kids to go HOOP. Without us watching.
(2) Make our training more of a playful, unstructured, creative environment.

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As the basketball industry (youth to professional) grows to an unbelievably high value, parents are rushing to get their kids in training, organized teams, and more to get ahead of the curve.

In some ways, this is leaving kids behind.

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Unstructured play is diminishing amongst youth athletes, and although as coaches we make a living to train and “teach” kids in a structured environment, for the integrity of the game it’s our responsibility to keep this a part of the basketball culture.

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We will be holding a FREE webinar Nov 18th at 9pm for any coaches and trainers.

We will be discussing the art of communication and how that effects our players results in both a team and individual setting.

https://t.co/ipViHRmqsP

[Mastery Hoops @MasteryHoops]

We will be holding a FREE webinar Nov 18th at 9pm for any coaches and trainers.

We will be discussing the art of communication and how that effects our players results in both a team and individual setting.

https://t.co/ipViHRmqsP

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We talked about this distinction in depth in our E-Book. When to be in each zone and why it’s so important…

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One of the single most important distinctions we must make in training is this..

Learning vs performance

In workouts our primary goal is learning, getting better.

In games it’s performance, making shots, and playing our best with as little mistakes as possible.

With that said

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Sadly this is what a lot of workouts look like

Loads of blocked practice, making drills easy to make both the player and coach feel good when they get it right…

Yes this may make workouts LOOK better..

But you gotta ask yourself, is that really the goal..