What’s up, coaches?
Welcome to the October edition of the Hoops Companion Newsletter.
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PLAY OF THE MONTH
Transition Trail Away - this is a simple way to get a scorer coming to the ball early and downhill in a possession
DRILL OF THE MONTH
Swing and Rip 1v1/2v2/3v3
VIDEO - Pick and Roll Progressions - 1v0, 2v0, 2v2, 3v3 (from one of our open gyms)
CULTURE THOUGHTS
COACHING LINKS
CSULB Coach Cautions Parents: Raise Men, Not Just Ballplayers (The Rusty Arm)
Against Kids’ Sports (Anne Helen Peterson - The Culture Study)
The NFL’s Empathy Gap (The Ringer)
Kim English: Ahead of the Curve - great article on GMU’s new coach (Sports Illustrated)
LEADERSHIP/GROWTH LINKS AND THOUGHTS
Subtract (David Sivers)
HOOP THOUGHTS
Why do we have our youngest kids, who have no ability to shoot the ball with anything remotely near the correct form, shooting with basketballs way larger than their hands on 10 foot goals?
VIDEOS
BOOKS
The Slight Edge (Jeff Olson) (←Amazon link)
check out the Hoops Companion Notes/Worksheet for this
NON-BASKETBALL/FEEL GOOD STUFF
If you don’t think this is awesome/funny…I don’t know what to tell you