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What’s with the jersey number you might wonder, and why do players hold on to superstition? Superstition with numbers comes with any game, and you can’t leave basketball players far behind in this. The power of numbers is not known, but is somehow limitless. In the glamorous sport of basketball, referees, coaches, players, fans etc [...]

This is my first review out of a series of Basketball products for coaches and players alike. During my years of coaching I have gathered a lot of useful coaching equipment I’d like to tell you about. If you’d like me to review a product or if you have a suggestions, I’d be happy if [...]

The other night, one of may players asked me, how he could deliver a steady perfomance in games. I’d like to share some of the keypoints from conversation. Please feel free to add your thoughts in the comment section.
Before you become a steady performer, you must know your own strengths as well as weaknesses. [...]

Guards are very important to any basketball team. It is my opinion that guards are even more important than the center of any team. Why are guards so important? They are the foundation of any great basketball team. Guards tend to become the leaders of teams with controlling the basketball as [...]