Basketball Coaching can involve such as wide and diverse demographic that sometimes the needs of individuals, like veterans, can be lost in the overall strategy of the sport. Basketball because of its semi-contact and dual gender nature is an example of a sport that can be played by an individual even when they would have to leave other collision-based sports behind.
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The First Training Session of a new season can be quite the challenge even for an experienced coaches. There are any number of tasks to be undertaken which will help with the rest of the season in planning, implementation and ongoing management of the team. The first training session for a new coach will be a time to settle their nerves and start to implement their philosophy.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching, Planning No Comments ↓ Improving Decision Making is one of the holy grails of sports coaching. In many aspects of sports there are times when players have a number of choices. Good decision making leads to the right choice being made, while poor decision making leads to the wrong option being selected. There are obviously varying degrees of how effective or unproductive the decision making process is and utilising different activities to decrease this margin of error especially in professional or highly competitive forms of the sports is vital.
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, Defensive Philosophy, Offensive Philosophy, Planning, Team Defence, Team Offence 1 Comment ↓ A Training Session is the breeding ground for a team’s success in the sport of basketball. Both in individual focused or team based sessions having the right mixture of pace and speed is vital for creating pressure and realism. No matter what type of training session it is,
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Coach Riches Posted in Coaching Philosophy, General Basketball Coaching, General Coaching, Planning No Comments ↓ As a coach one of the constant points up for discussion is how you can make your Training Sessions better. Every moment, every drill and every action can be broken down and analysed. This makes for great conversation points amongst coaches as they try to always extend their own results and performance just that little bit more.
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