This week on Layups.com – #14 (2010)

11. Apr, 2010 0 Comments

On Layups.com I’ll publish articles on a daily basis. For those of you who do not have the time to visit daily, here’s is a good place to get a quick overview of the last articles. The Weekly Roundup will be published on each Sunday of the week. Please feel free to revisit and comment.

Over the course of a week, I also visit several websites and blogs to read articles on what is going on in the Basketball Coaching Network. Along with the Weekly Round of articles published here on Layups.com, I’d like to share with you some of the greatest articles I found on the web.

These are the topics for »Weekly Roundup #14«:

Gaining Weight as a Basketball Player
The game of basketball is fast paced and very racy, every move at every second counts. You need a body that will sustain the high energy impact that this game requires. It’s not about being skinny or fat, it’s about gaining weight the healthy way, after all you don’t want to be pushed down or [...]

8 ways for Teaching your players to play Defense
NBA players call it D … the key to winning championships. Defense is the ability of a player to seize his opponent from getting and taking the ball to the basket. This is an excellent basketball skill that all players must learn. Optimum physical conditioning and strengthening are two major key to develop a strong [...]

4 important Rules of Passing
Generally spoken, Passing is the ability of a player to throw a ball into the hands of another player. This is a skill that requires accurate timing, great visual acuity, speed and fast decision making abilities. Its perfection cannot be learned in short time. It takes years of playing the game to be able to [...]

Thoughts on dealing with Jealousy in a team
It’s not just with Basketball, but with any other team sport or, for that matter, any kind of sport where the vice of jealousy steps in at some point of time. You could be jealous at a new team entrant, if you see that he’s got more potential at the game than you do. You [...]

6 ways for creating a Championship Mindset
Whatever sports you are into, if you are a professional the ultimate goal will always be the championship crown. In the sports of Basketball, a championship mind set should be implemented as early as the first meeting of the team. It is important that the players already settle their minds in achieving a championship.
Championship [...]

How to develop character in your players
Webster defined character as the combination of qualities that distinguishes an individual, person, group, or thing; moral strength; reputation; disposition; a person of marked individuality; an eccentric; and a person. In other words, your character distinguishes who you are as a person. It mainly reflects your personality.
In the sport of basketball, you can hear coaches [...]

Analyzing Game Statistics effectively
Many people do not realize that a basketball coach’s job does not end when the game does. After a game, there are statistics to analyze, performances to judge, and decisions to make. Learning how to analyze game statistics effectively and accurately to get the information you need is critical to your success as a coach [...]