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No coach ever truly wants to deal with tough coaching situations or more commonly, problem athletes. Soon or later, you are going to run into that one athlete which will make you wonder why you wanted to coach in the first place. Instinct will tell you to get rid of that particular player, however, you [...]

Not just anyone can be a leader. Some know this for a fact and when you ask them if they are the leader, they will answer that they are not. To be a good leader you have to possess some qualities that are essential. Want to know what a few of these are? Here are [...]

Have you been out for a while? Maybe you gave up basketball after high school to focus on college. Maybe you had a family. Maybe you are starting it up to get back in shape. We can go on forever as to why you quit and are now finally coming back. However, that will get [...]

The importance of good shooting is underestimated in some of today’s basketball players. Short and slow players can still make it a long way in a basketball career and obtain scholarships so long as they can shoot a high percentage from a long range. This isn’t to say that a well rounded game wouldn’t get [...]

There are physiological and developmental differences between coaching girls versus boy’s youth athletic teams. Nothing is ever set in stone for there are often exceptions to every the rule, but there are some standards in the way coaches teach the different genders the sport of basketball. Most of the time little boys tend to be [...]

So, you want to play the point guard hey? Then you need to know the skills of what it takes to be a great point guard. You don’t want to go messing this chance up do you? Well, here is a sample of what it takes to say that you have the skills. The first [...]