Our practices are 90 minutes. Our practices also cover everything you need to be successful. If you want to improve further, it is through shooting.
Breakfast club is at 7am, 3 days a week. You shoot for 45-60 minutes than go to breakfast together in the dining hall.
Breakfast Club Shooting:
Off the dribble shooting
5 before 4 shooting
Louisville Shooting
Bird Shooting
Australian Shooting
*all records will be recorded
(Obviously the start time will be relative to the first class at the school)
Its all sprinting.
On offense, we want to sprint to the rim. We are going to set a screen so that the ballhandler can sprint to the rim. If that is taken away, we are going to hit the screener for a sprint to the rim. If that is taken away, we are going to hit the perimeter player for a shot or sprint to the rim.
In this way, we are a “sprint” first offense.
Defensively, we want to take away all sprints. We find ways to take away the offenses sprint to the rims.
Basketball is simply a game of starting and stopping.
Starting to run, and than stopping. Jumping, and than landing. Sliding and changing directions. Our strength and conditioning and fundamental development needs to reflect this:
RUNNING
Running applies in our first step. The whole idea is to find an angle, and than sprint for 2-3 steps into that angle. To improve our running, we need to establish equilibrium in our force couples. Our quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves all need to fire appropriately for our running become optimal.
STOPPING
Stopping applies to our finishing at the rim. After finding an angle and sprinting into it, we need to come to a stop. To stop, we need to receive force optimally through our quads, hams, glutes and calves.
JUMPING
We need to be explosive in our jump shot and our first step. This requires balance, deriving from the nervous system and tendon stiffness, which creates elasticity.
SLIDING
We need glute/ham mobility and strength to slide efficiently.
CHAGING DIRECTION
We need both core strength and a high functioning nervous system. With those two systems firing, our body will be able to process information faster.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30618415/wait-did-mike-tomlin-say-deciphering-steelers-coach-many-slogans
This is an awesome post abut Mike Tomlin and his slogans about his standards of attitudes and actions.
Singing the fight song is awesome. We sing the fight song in the locker room after every win. Freshman and transfers have to sing the fight song solo, at various intervals of the team retreat.