I have spent more than fifty years in basketball, coaching youth basketball up through national teams, and as a player, lecturer, author, court-side commentator, and even refereeing. As an international consultant, my programs have reached hundreds of players and coaches around the world. I coached four national teams and have conducted national player camps. In my forty-plus years of coaching, I coached boys, girls, men and women, from the playgrounds to national teams, winning over 70% of these games. The international club teams I coached won over 80%.

For beginners, the most important teaching of use of the weak hand will be for teaching dribbling.  Teaching how to shoot with the other hand, especially shooting the lay-up or other finishing s...

When a new basketball coach is attempting to put together a coaching plan of action, including how to teach, what to teach and when to teach it,  who do they ask for advice?  This mentoring shoul...

Teaching man-to-man principles and techniques, starting with a basic stance, then movement, then playing on-the-ball and off-the-ball, before even considering teaching zone defense just makes s...

If both teams are equal, and every player handles the ball equally, how much time will each player have with the ball? In this example, defense is fifty per cent of the game. Well, then that means hal...

Defense begins with the individual. In Part I, I covered individual stance and movement that applies to playing on the ball, equally, both in man and zone defenses. Too many coaches fail to see this f...

Defense begins with the individual. Team defense is only as good as its weakest player, so I look for players who have the will and desire to become defensive specialists. I want players who will take...

Whether I’m teaching post offense to a 10-12 year old novice boy or girl or an experienced 16-18 year old, I always start with the same technique tests from the low post.I want to see how they move ar...