Inside the Rim Newsletter :: 30-April-2012

Published: Mon, 04/30/12

Brand New Weekly/Monthly Planner - Save 20%!

Save 20% off our new Weekly/Monthly Planner!

Valid through 5/4/2012

We just released our brand-new Weekly/Monthly Planner and you can save 20% off the regular retail price through May 4, 2012!

Our Weekly/Monthly Planner is a July 2012 through June 2013 planner / organizer / appointment book, etc. It is quite similar to the kind you will find at any office supply store -- with one BIG difference:

Our planner comes in 2 versions -- one for coaches and one for players. Each contains more than 50 tips (coaching tips for the coaches and player tips for the players)! They also include more than 50 motivational and inspirational quotes!

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The Latest...

If you haven't stopped by Hoops U. in awhile, here are the latest additions:

From our Contributors:

A Great Leader Will Keep Hammering Away at the Rock [from Sean Glaze]
Wisdom For Basketball & Life; Focus On How You Want To Feel [Keys to the Gym]
Basketball Habits; Pick Up A Loose Ball [from Keys to the Gym]

In Rebounding Drills:

1-on-1 Competitive Rebounding Drill
Develop the hustle and skill required in crashing the boards to secure a rebound. Competitiveness is also a required skill to find success in this basketball rebounding drill.

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Basketball IQ

5 Coaching Tips from our new Weekly / Monthly Planner for Basketball Coaches!

Here is an idea of the kind of basketball coaching tips you will find inside our new Planner! If you want them all, get the planner ... if not, you've just received 5 great coaching tips!

Blocking out is every day, every drill, all the time. We run sprints every time someone does not block out. -Rick Majerus
Take the time to write a handwritten note of encouragement & send it to your players. Simple gestures like that let your players know you care about them & they will work harder for you. -Submitted by Zach Keene
Simplify inbounds situations by using plays that will work against both man-to-man and zone defenses.
Regard your team as a family. Give the same attention to the bottom guy as you do the top guy. You have a responsibility to all of your players. -Pete Newell
Don't incorporate a drill into practice simply because Coach So-and-So put it on a DVD or demonstrated it at a clinic. Ask yourself if it will be beneficial to your team and players.

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Inside the Insider...

If you're a Hoops U. Insider, here is what's new for you!

Player Feedback Form

By: Brian Rea

This form is to be given to your players at the end of the season. There are a variety of questions for them to answer which will give you feedback on what you are doing and how you are doing it.

Player Evaluation Form

By: Brian Rea

Use this form to evaluate the players on your team. You will rate various skills and fundamentals which you can then share with your players. This is a great form to use for when you have your mid-season and end-of-season player meetings.

Run and Jump Press

By: Zach Keene

The Run-and-Jump Press is designed to force your opponent into mistakes, turnovers, bad shots, and to make them struggle to get into their offense. This look at Coach Keene's Run-and-Jump press defense covers his color system, things to avoid, things to remember, and diagrams to help teach the run-and-jump pressure defense.

Box Set 'One' Play

By: Jeff Osterman

Several screens in this box set play create possible scoring opportunities from the 3-point line as well as in the low post.

The Dirty Thirty

By: Brian Rea

This is our version of the Dirty 30 and what we call Fundo's. These programs are designed for the first two weeks of the season at our morning practice sessions where we hit on key areas of player conditioning and fundamental development.

10 Commandments of Practice

By: Zach Keene

Great list of 10 commandments you can use as a team handout to give your players. This list will help to instill the ideals of practicing hard, intelligently, and together as well as basketball-specific concepts such as defending and running the floor.

The Convertible Zone Offense

This zone offense is 'convertible' in that it can be utilized against odd front zones such as the 1-3-1 or 1-2-2 and even front zones such as the 2-3 and 2-1-2. It is designed to create many problems for most zone defenses.

Post Player Development: The Battle is Won on the Ground

By: Jason Parrish

How post players can learn from General George S. Patton and the Battle of the Bulge to more effectively play in the post.

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