Vincent Taylor

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5 offensive “truths” that are making your team easy to guard. ↓

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11 SHOOTING CHALLENGES 🏀

If you’re looking for ways to make shooting workouts a little more competitive — without needing anything complicated — try some of these.

Save this one for your next workout or practice.

1. 3-Minute / 5-Minute 3s
One shooter with a rebounder/passer. Put 3 or 5 minutes on the clock and shoot 3s from anywhere around the arc — the only rule is you can’t shoot from the same spot twice in a row.
Score: Total makes.

2. Hubies — 3 Minutes
Use 5 spots: both corners, both wings and the top. Start in a corner and stay at each spot until you make 2 shots in a row. Then advance.
Score: Total spots completed in 3 minutes.

3. Big Shot
Shoot from 5 spots around the arc. Stay at each spot until you miss 2 shots in a row, then move to the next spot.
Score: Total makes across all 5 spots.

4. 3-In-A-Row — 3 or 5 Minutes
Shoot continuously from around the floor. Every time you make 3 consecutive shots, you earn a point. Miss before getting to three and the streak resets.
Score: Number of 3-make streaks.

5. Free Throw Golf
Shoot 18 free throws and score each attempt like golf:
Swish = -1
Made FT that touches rim = 0
Miss = +1
Lowest score wins.

6. FT Streaks — 3 Minutes
Shoot free throws continuously for 3 minutes. Instead of counting total makes, track your longest consecutive streak.
Score: Longest streak of made free throws.

7. Money Ball
Shoot from 5 spots around the 3-point line. At each spot, shoot four 1-point balls and one 2-point “money ball.”
Score: Add up your points across all 25 shots. Maximum score = 30.

8. Alford Drill
Three levels of scoring:
Layup = 1 point
15-footer = 2 points
3-pointer = 3 points
Play against a teammate and race to 21, or put 3 minutes on the clock and see who scores the most.

9. Around the World
Use 5 shooting spots. You must make a shot to advance to the next spot. Go through all 5 spots and then work your way back. Great as a 1v1 race — or pair players together and make it 2v2.

10. Gator Shooting
Shoot 3s while working from one end of the court to the other. Keep moving between baskets and accumulating makes.
Race to 25, 50 or 100 makes, or put a set amount of time on the clock and see how many you can get.

11. Solo 5-Minute 3s
No rebounder? No problem. Pick any basket, put 5 minutes on the clock and shoot 3s while getting your own rebounds.
Score: Total makes in 5 minutes.

The best part: almost all of these give players a score to beat next time.

Compete against a teammate.
Compete against another group.
Or compete against your previous best.

Which one are you trying first?

🏀 More drills, plays, actions and practice ideas are organized inside the Hoops Companion Master Playbook & Drill Library — 650+ pages with ongoing updates.

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The Language of the Game 🏀🏀

[Randy Lambert @RandyLambertMC]

Love Illinois’ Off. Rebounding rules
A) above ft line you’re back
B) below ft line go to glass. 70% of missed shots are going offside or middle
C) In corner, attack glass from middle, not baseline
D) Off rebounding must be an established priority. You drill it to emphasize it.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Bobby Knight didn’t believe in luck - he believed in preparation.

"The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare."

Top performers look to outwork you and outperform you.

6 Preparation Habits of Top Performers👇

[Duke Men’s Basketball @DukeMBB]

Running back The Brotherhood Run!

🆚 @harvardmbb
🤝 Coach Amaker

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Do your players know what to do when:

- the ball is driven baseline
- they are denied a reversal pass
- they are dribbled at
- the ball goes into the post

????

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Does your team speak the same language?

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

DeMar DeRozan explains how Gregg Popovich treated basketball as almost the least important part of coaching

“There used to be days… We’d come in there thinking we had practice… But Coach Pop would show us Something going on in a third-world country… With 13-year-old kids being trained… To be killers with AK-47s.”

“He would say, we get to come here… and shoot a basketball… Make millions of dollars… Take care of your kids.”

“He used to do a lot of things… To put stuff in perspective all the time. That’s genuinely who he was… At all times.”

“It was always basketball last. You as a man first. Family, everything else before basketball.”

“He would tell us, this basketball stuff ain’t nothing. F— wins and losses. F— championships. What’s really important is: How are you doing? How’s your family? How are your kids?”

[Coach Ben Witherspoon @CoachBenW]

The championships standards set in training camp by Mike Brown for this year's champs, the Knicks:

1. Sacrifice
2. Connectivity
3. Competitive Spirit
4. Belief in the process & each other

All coupled by accountability.

[Joe Haefner | Breakthrough Basketball @BreakthruBball]

When you're in the lab, working on your "bag" this offseason, remember...

- 46.5% of your shots come with no dribble (catch and shoot)
- 22% of your shots come with 1 or 2 dribbles.

And don't forget, the more dribbles you take, the lower your shooting percentage gets.

No Dribbles - 1.19 Points Per Shot
1 Dribble - 1.10 Points Per Shot
2 Dribbles - 1.01 Points Per Shot
3+ Dribbles - 0.97 Points Per Shot

With a side note, layups are by far the most efficient shots in basketball, so use that dribble to get to the rim if you need to!

But becoming a complete scorer isn’t about collecting more moves.

It’s about developing the shooting, ball control, footwork, decision-making, and finishing skills to create the right shot without wasting movement or dribbles.

This data was taken from the 25-26 NBA season. It barely changes season to season.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

1: Discipline over motivation
Motivation goes up and down. Discipline is a choice.
• Show up whether you feel like it or not
• Stick to your routines
• Follow through

Discipline isn't a one-time event - it's a daily choice that you make.

Think of it as a subscription.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

2: The rent is due every day
Success isn't something you where you only need to show up once.

It's rent you pay daily.

Most people can't handle it. Why?

Because repetition is boring. Embrace the boredom of consistency because that's where growth and mastery happens.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Mike Tomlin said, "It's not what you're capable of. It's what you're willing to do."

t reframed my entire mindset.

I stopped asking: "Can I do this?" and started asking: "Will I do what it takes?"

Most people won't. Here are the 4 costs they refuse to pay:

[𝐎𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 @opolot_ronnie]

Beautiful Obama girls 😍

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🏀 Charles Klask explains Denver’s split-action reads — starting with rip screens and flares to create 2v1 advantages, rim pressure, and multiple counter options.

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PISTOL DDM

[That Chick..… @Bloop_1]

Well this is just the sweetest thing. Bam asked A’ja dad for her hand in marriage and saying he’s the dad he’s always wanted. 🥹🥰