This week on Layups.com – #20 (2010)
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 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. You can find all previous links right here in the Speedlinking Archive.
These are the topics for »Weekly Roundup #20«:
- 11 Ways to find your Basketball Passion again
For a basketball player, one of the worst things to happen, aside from unwanted injuries, is losing the passion for the sport itself. I guess everyone witnessed how Michael Jordan lost his passion for basketball. Who could ever forget that? The basketball world mourned over his decision to retire from basketball. However, it was not [...] - 10 Simple points on how to coach an Underdog Team
Coaching an underdog team is probably one of the most challenging work coaches have to face. An underdog team is considered to be behind, or lower, in terms of the level of basketball skills compared to the rest of their opponents. You can just imagine how much load of work coaches need to be done [...] - Portraits of top NCAA Coaches: Bill Self
When coaching at a program like the University of Kansas, you have to find a way to stand out among distinguished company. In their history the Jayhawks have produced both great players and coaches. The names are legendary: Wilt Chamberlin, Phog Allen, Roy Williams, Larry Brown and Paul Pierce, just to name a few. The [...] - Thoughts on what makes a good Assistant Coach
Assistant coaches are members of the coaching staff that contribute their knowledge and skills in helping the coach develop his players, as well as aiding the coaching in building an effective basketball system. The coach has a wide range of responsibilities. And so, he delegates some coaching responsibilities among his assistants. It is within the coach’s [...] - Layups.com Speedlinking #007
Over the course of a week, I 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. You can find [...] - How to stress Defense to your team
Nowadays, defense becomes more and more emphasized, compared to offense. Playing outstanding defense enables your team to basically rule basketball games. However, the problem is how to keep, or maintain, the aggressiveness of players in playing defense. Coaches take this a challenge and makes necessary interventions to help their players in being consistent with defending [...] - 10 Tips for girls on how to be aggressive in Basketball
There is nothing more satisfying for a coach than to see his players play basketball aggressively. Aside from boys, girls can also play aggressive basketball. You cannot count them out because if they want to, they can work hard to develop themselves in order to match up with the boys. However, the question here is [...] - How to deal with players who quit your team
One of the challenges teams are face is having members who quit the group. Nobody is permanent at all times. I guess, players do not really think much about it because they focus their attention to the sport. But when the time comes that someone has to leave, the issue becomes a problem that affects [...]
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