One of the more interesting phrases coined in modern media is the term “Impact Player”. The phrase is often used to define a positive performance on the court by either an established starter, star, or rotation player. What it is exactly that has led to this impact performance can sometimes hard to define as the need will change depending on the context of each game and the situations that unfold during the performance.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching No Comments ↓ The role of an Assistant Coach can be varied and very different depending on the needs of the individual program. A Head Coach will ultimately be the main driving factor within the role of what an Assistant Coach must complete. This is probably the defining point to the role of an Assistant Coach,
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Player Performance at first glance to the outsider is about statistics. Questions commonly asked by the media, parents and players alike often sound like “has a players fulfilled their potential statistically throughout a game?” But there is a lot more to player performance then just how many points a player has achieved or rebounds secured.
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The Team Captain is a very important role within any sporting environment. In general, this is a role upon which great expectations are placed upon by both a coach and also the team’s members. A team captain will have a number of different desirable characteristics, and the internet is littered with information about what a good leader looks like and these can easily be linked to the same types of attributes commonly desired across most sports.
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Play Calling is the action of instructing what the next play will be on offense. It is one of the single toughest responsibilities to master and one of the hardest for a coach to be able to relinquish to their Point Guard (or any player). In fact, there are some coaches who will never pass the responsibilities of play calling to a player on their team.
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