Are the Basketball Odds Against You?

When we are kids, we continually told we can be anything we want to be.  There is a good stretch of time all the way up until we turn 12 […]

Thoughts on the 2012 NBA Finals (through four games)

Westbrook is never going to be a pure point guard, but I think that is okay. There are two things I think he definitely needs to get better at (which […]

Advanced Statistics – What They Mean and How to Use Them

As we mentioned in the last post, advanced basketball statistics or “APBRmetrics” attempt to take the stats we already keep and make them MUCH more meaningful.  There is a reason […]

An Introduction to Advanced Statistics

All our readers know this is a basketball training website.  Some of you may be wondering why we are venturing into advanced statistics, and some of you might not even […]

The Importance of Switching Gears

In your basketball training, you need to work on skills beyond the basics (shooting, ball handling, etc.).  As a player, particularly as a guard, and especially as a point guard, […]

How Bad do YOU Want it?

I thought this video was so great that I had to share it.  If this doesn’t inspire you, than you probably shouldn’t play/coach sports anymore.  Can you summon up this […]

The No-Stats All Star

With the movie “Moneyball” recently coming out, Michael Lewis is a relatively well known guy these days.  He is best-known in the sports world for his book “Moneyball” in which […]

Confidence – Expect Greatness

Confidence, cockiness, swagger, arrogance…In everyday life these words are sometimes thought of as negative traits.  However, when you think about these words from a basketball standpoint the meaning flips.  Think […]

Running the Fast Break: Turn a 3-on-1 into a 2-on-1

There are a number of different fast break scenarious you encounter as a player.  Today I am going to cover, what you shoul do on a 3-on-1 fastbreak. I see […]

Mid and Late Season Basketball Recovery

As basketball players and coaches we need to make sure that we are allowing our bodies (and our player’s bodies) to recover.   Reovery is a HUGE piece of basketball training.  […]