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Coach Riches on Podcast

Posted on January 14, 2020 by by

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Recently the founder of Functional Basketball Basketball, Chris Riches had an interview on the Podcast, Australian Basketball Coach.

3 Reasons Why Form Shooting Should be Important to You

Posted on November 30, 2014 by by

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Form Shooting allows players to improve their technique when performing a Set or Jump Shot by working on form and the fundamental technique (Photo Source: Jeramey Jannene)

Form Shooting is a type of shooting method where each item of the technique is broken down into more easily manageable pieces and corrections made accordingly. Form shooting allows for a coach or player to spend time with their shot ironing out any particular flaw that maybe having a significant affect upon their overall shot.

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Overusing Drills for Your Team

Posted on October 15, 2014 by by

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Good Drill Progression is a building block for individual and team development. Overusing drills however can slow this progress and development for players (Photo Source: Jim Larrison)

When looking to start out planning a training session many coaches will start by formatting a session in the time-honored way of selecting activities or Drills for a warm-up, skills based section, tactical segment and then finally finishing with some conditioning and cool-down activities. This strategy helps give some fundamental structure to a session,

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Developing Relationships with Senior Players

Posted on July 23, 2014 by by

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Senior Players will require patience and understanding just the same as juniors. A key difference is that personalities can be a lot bolder and stronger (Photo Source: USAG- Humphreys)

Many coaches can easily observe the relationships between coaches and senior players through the media. Even if an individual has never coached in this environment, a simple scroll through any sports news website or quick look at the sports section of a paper will reveal numerous examples of the difficulties faced by those in these positions.

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Basketball Coaching in a Remote Community

Posted on July 2, 2014 by by

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Coaching is a small town provides a number of challenges for building and sustaining a program (Photo Source: Bobby P.)

Basketball Coaching does not always happen within a supportive environment like in an established program. In the corners of many rural or regional areas clubs, schools or associations are started or established by individuals, not boards, or committees. In these types of situations where there is a “bare bones” approach to what can be offered,

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