Review: KBA Playmaker Basketball Clipboard with Dry Erase Marker

Review: KBA Playmaker Basketball Clipboard with Dry Erase Marker

I’m planning to write about some of my coaching tools for the next couple of blog posts. I’m sure that every good coach has some handy helpers, which aid him in being organized, prepared and professional. Today I’d like to share with you one of my most important assets: My Coaching Clipboard.

Now, there are a lot of good coaching clipboards available, and I’ve had a lot of them, but for the last 5 years I have sticked to one particular clipboard, the KBA Playmaker SPM-16.

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How to make your Basketball Shoes sticky on the Gym Court

How to make your Basketball Shoes sticky on the Gym Court

The basketball court can be pretty slippery. With the moves that you have to make to out beat the defense, you might have to maneuver in ways that you might not have thought were possible. That means that your shoes have to be ready so you don’t slide. How do you make your basketball shoes sticky on the gym court? I might have the answers. Here they are just for you to read and maybe find some helpful hints for you to remember and try when you are on and off the court.

The first thing you can do is buy a special mat. This is called the Stick’Um mat. All, you and the members of your team, have to do is step on this, and it will give your shoes a certain grip. You might have to re-step on it every so often though.

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