The Season

 PART 1: BUILDUPS

- build up the vision. "do this better than it has every been done" 

- build up the core values. Compete. Connect. Enjoy. W.I.N

- build up the standards. Work. Attitude. Leadership. Team

- build up the fundamentals. Shooting. Finishing. Defending. Decision Making

- build up the actions 3v3. Triple Gap. Splits. 1st Action. 2nd Action. Stagger. Cross. 

- build up the body. 2 week pool tune up. Core Work. Light Plyos. 

- build up the mind. daily meditations 

PART 2: HABIT BUILDING

- 21 days to establish these habits for the rest of the year.... (long practices) 

- Take Great Shots. Rebound. Transition Quickly 

- Offensively playing with great spacing. Playing with great pace #1secondrule. Reading the paint. 

- Defensively guarding the ball. Jumping to the ball and handling actions. 

- Special teams. Executing situation ally. 

- Physically. Getting strong.

- Mentally. Dealing with adversity. (put the meditations into the fire.) 

PART 3: MAINTAINING

-maintaining our fundamentals

-maintaining our offense

-maintaining our defense

-maintaining our special teams 

-maintaining our bodies

-maintaining our minds

-preparing for games & competing

Closeouts

In a staggered stance, you can reach the shooter, but you are giving up an angle. 

In a squared stance, you are not giving angles, but you cant reach the shooter. 

So what we do, is play both. 

Against shooters, we want to closeout with a staggered stop. This way we can run them off the line and force them out of their comfort zone. 

Against drivers, we want to chop our feet and closeout wide. This way we can take away their driving angles and force them to shoot.

Roster Diversification

 You want 3-4 sure things. Guys who can shoot, dribble, pass and defend at an average level. The Reece Johnsons and the Ben Dorfmans. 

Than you want 3-4 guys where you might need to fix one thing, whether it be grades or shooting or finishing. 

Than on the back end, you want 2-3 guys with elite athletic tools that could blossom with added strength and fundmaentals. 

Shooting Faults

 #1 HAND POSITIONING FAULT

• We want the middle of the ball to cut the middle of the hand in half  "split the ball in half"
• We want the thumb and pinky to funnel the ball to the shooting finger 
• The hand positioning may need to be fixed at the beginning of the shot and at the end of the shot
• This can be seen when the shooter is missing side to side 
• This can be fixed with one handed shooting 

#2 WRIST FLEXTION FAULT 

• We want the wrist to reach extension (to prevent shoulder extension)
• We want the wrist to "snap" into flexion
• This can be seen when the shooter is missing short
• This can be fixed by queing backspin on the ball 

#3 ELBOW FAULT

• We want the elbow to move up the energy line at the same time that the wrist is moving out 
• This can be seen when players miss long, or shoot the arc flat 
• This again, can be fixed with one arm shooting 

#4 SHOULDER FAULT 

• This is correlated to the joints above it
• If the wrist can extend, the shoulder over extends 
• If the elbow dosent move up, the shoulder wont extend 
• This can be fixed with form shooting where the shooter finishes on their toes in full extension 

#5 CORE FAULT 

• We want the core to maintain erect spinal posture 
• This ensures that energy transfers through the abdominal muscles without leaking
• This can be see with poor posture in the shot or tight shoulders 
• This can be fixed with Mark Price Shooting 

#6 HIPS FAULT 

• We dont want our hips to change in depth very much 
• This would be seen in over squatting before the shot, which is rare 

#7 RHYTMM FAULT 

• We want the legs to drive the shot and the hands to guide it 
• Specifically, we want the achilles, gastronemius and soleus to contract, sending a wave through our body 
• The shoulder, elbow, and wrist should be able to ride this wave 
• This can be fixed with tom bennet shooting 

#8 BALANCE FAULT 

• We want the body to be balanced on the balls of the feet 
• We dont want lean forwards or the side 
• This can be fixed by setting a wide base and bringing the wide foot towards the set foot 

Skill Development

Its either shooting, or finishing. 

If he can shoot, he probably needs help organizing his feet and making reads in the paint

If he can finish, he probably needs help organizing his feet and shooting the jump shot. 

If he cant shoot or finish, he shouldn't be on the team. 

Unselfish

If you make the right read all of the time, on offense and defense, you are not going to look very "sexy." But your team will win a lot of games..

DONT WORRY ABOUT MAKING "A" PLAY, MAKE "THE" PLAY

Baseline Drives

 Baseline Drives are great for us, and not great against us. 

When the ball goes middle, everybody can see ball you man.

When the ball goes baseline, it turns the "shell" inside out. 

Chatter

 Our culture is communicated with chatter. 

How we talk to each other during training will dictate what the expectations of our training is like. 

The leaders on the team have to know that the HC will hold them accountable if standards are not met. 

Foot Organization

 Its all about...

1. Getting the first two steps organized
2. Getting the last two steps organized

FIRST TWO STEPS

We want to always be a threat to shoot. Think shoot first. We want to anchor our shooting foot, whether it be left or right to the ground. With our other foot, we want to create a base, before bringing that foot into the center in order to generate upward momentum. 

LAST TWO STEPS 

We want to gather the ball to our outside foot relative to the rim. As we gather the ball to the outside foot, we can read the "point of attack." If we have space to the rim, get there. If we are sensing contact, create the two foot base. If we are cutoff, back pivot and look to pass or finish with a hook. 

Library of Fundamental Skills

 INSIDE FOOT JUMP STOP

• pro hop 
• shot fake 
• step through 

OUTSIDE FOOT GATHER STOP

• Reach
• Outside Hand Touch Shot 
• Inside Hand 
• Back Pivot 

DRIBBLE POST STOP

• Hook 
• Fade
• Spartan Spinback 
• Shimmy hook / fade
• Shimmy reach 
• Shimmy up and under 

GATHERS

• Over the top 
• Football move 
• Squirt it through 

CHANGE OF DIRECTIONS

• Spin moves 
• Between the legs 
• Behind the back 

FIRST STEP (Off dribble) 

• Right hand right
• Left hand left 
• Right to left cross
• Left to right cross 

FIRST STEP (Off Pivot) 

• Left foot pivot go right 
• Left foot pivot crossover
• Right foot pivot go left 
• Right foot pivot crossover 

SHOOTING FOOTWORK 

• "6" Iron = foot behind
• "45" iron = to the side 
• "3" iron = to the side 
• Inside foot pivots each way 
• all of the same things off of the hop?

SHOOTING FOLLOW THROUGH

• Shooting through the center of the ball 
• Spin it end over end 

INSIDE OUT PASSING

• 1-2 Jump Pass
• Gather foot; chest, overhead, bounce, hook x2
• Final Foot; chest, overhead, bounce, hook x2, wrap around 

BALLSCREEN PASSING

• Pocket pass high and low 
• Corner pass off step back 
• Corner pass off the hook 

CREATING SPACE

• First step jab 
• Second step stepback 
• Third step punch 

DEFENSE

• Lateral Wins 
• Vertical Wins 
• Circular Wins 
• Closeout Wins??

Mental Toughness

PART 1: TRUSTING SELF-2

1. The goal is to fully trust self-2 
2. This means specifically, total immersion into the present moment 
3. Full trust of yourself and your instincts 

PART 2: ACCEPTING SELF-1

1. To get to full trust of self-2, you must reconcile with all of the machinations of self-1
2. The past; seeing the past for what it is and dealing with your own judgments about it (failure is feedback, victory is validation)
3. The future; balancing expectations with the reality of the unknown (I hope I do great, vs I am great) 
4. Understanding fight or flight. Why are my thoughts the way they are? What is their purpose? Seeing them as a river 
5. Imagery. imagine yourself playing
6. Goal setting. 

https://theartofliving.com/the-inner-game-of-tennis-summary/

Weight Room Calendar

 SUMMER

1. For players with adequate "bulk" ...
2. Yoga is the top choice 3x a week 
3. Regular swimming is the second choice 3x a week 
4. Ultimate frisbee, futsal or soccer also highly recomended 
5. For players with inadequate "bulk" ...
6. A dumbell based workout program will be recomended 
7. For players with inadequate "athleticism and adequate bulk"..
8. Another round of marinovich training is recomended

TWO WEEK TUNE UP

1. First day back is the yo-yo intermittent test. We track the average score and relate it to team success, just like randy Bennett 
2. Than we do eight tune-up sessions monday, tuesday, thursday & friday
3. All tune up sessions are led by the athletic trainier
4. They could use my recomendation of the 4 supple leopard positions; overhead, front rack, front squat and pistol squat 
5. Or they could use the FMS or another testing preference 
6. After supple leopard, where we release the myofascia, we get in the pool and activate every primary mover in our body through the full range of motion, before also doing light plyometrics
7. After the pool we lengthen the muscles with the green bands to their full range of motion 

* Note: Our skill development buildups will incorporate key sprinting, stopping, jumping, landing and sliding, changing direction movement patterns 

FIRST 4 WEEKS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM

1. Mondays; build the body from the ground up (slightly anterior focus) 
2. Tuesdays; NASM stabilize the body from the head down (less lower body) 
3. Thursdays; NASM stabilize the body from the head down (less lower body) 
4. Fridays; build the body from the ground up (posterior focus)

SECOND 4 WEEKS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM 

1. Mondays; strengthen the body from the ground up (front squat, clean, RFE)
2. Tuesdays; strengthen the upper body with BW 
3. Thursdays; light plyometrics and ball work prep 
4. Fridays; strengthen the body from the ground up (deadlift, push press) 

THIRD 4 WEEKS IN THE WEIGHT ROOM

1. Mondays; full marinovich circuit ending in depth jumps 
2. Wednesdays; full marinovich circuit ending in depth jumps 
3. Friday; full marinovich circuit ending in depth jumps 

IN SEASON

1. *** Redshirts go back to phase #1 
2. Monday = NASM
3. Tuesday = NASM 

ONE WEEK WINTER TUNE UP 

1. When we get back from break, we do a one week tune up 

TWO WEEK SPRING TUNE UP 

1. Same as the two week fall tune up 

SPRING TRAINING

1. Eight weeks of Marinovich Training while following the Verkashansky training protocol 

Offense is...

1. Two Dribble Sprinting
2. Stopping
3. Shooting
4. Changing direction 
5. Decision making (shoot, pass or dribble)

Defense is..

1. Lateral Wins 
2. Vertical Wins 
3. Wall Ups / Charges 
4. Closeouts  

Fundamentals

1. Outside Foot Gather (daily dozen) 
2. Jim Jones First Step (daily dozen) 
3. Centerline (daily dozen) 
4. Mark Price (daily dozen) 
5. Shooting Footwork 
6. Defensive Footwork (duke defense) 
7. *** Dantoni 4v3
8. *** Dantoni 3v3 

Bad Shooters

 Psychologically, there is not a lot of difference between making 3 out of 10 and 4 out of 10.