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Patrick Hunt - Characteristics of High Performing Teams

Pat Hunt the AIS (Australian Institute of Sport) Applied Technical Advancement Coach recently presented the following topic to a group of Victorian coaches visiting the AIS on a Basketball Victoria Study Tour.
Pat is a world renowned development coach and the material below was gathered from a wide range of coaches through multiple sports.
Characteristics of High [...]

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Fri, April 30 2010 » Leadership, Philosophy, Program Development, Values/Morals » No Comments

Thoughts from AIS Head Coach Marty Clarke

In February I was lucky enough to be part of a touring group to the Australian Institute of Sport and had the opportunity to watch and talk to many great Australian coaches.
Marty Clarke, who has recently taken up the Head Coaching position of the Adelaide 36ers, was very gracious with his time and gave the [...]

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Wed, April 28 2010 » Philosophy, Program Development, Values/Morals » No Comments

Steve Alford: “Keys to Building A Successful Program”

Keys to building a program:
A. Work objectives for the players
B. Coaching style - be consistent
C. Player coach relationship - open door policy
D. Player know offenses and defenses
E. Teaching methods
F. Conditioning - year round, helps eliminate nagging injuries, as important as shooting free throws
G. Team discipline
H. Sell PROGRAM ALL THE TIME
I. Team motivation
J. Scouting report

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Tue, July 21 2009 » Program Development » No Comments

Stan Van Gundy on Player Personnel

I think that what you do, at least from an offensive standpoint in this league, is pretty much determined by your personnel, I look at our team, I’m very confident that the way we play and shots we try to create are best for our team. I don’t think you can sit down and say, [...]

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Tue, June 9 2009 » Philosophy, Program Development » No Comments

Program Development - Line Game

This year in my Senior and Junior program I have instilled a “Line Game” into every training. The line game is simply a daily emphasis (for me normally defensive). If we fail to execute that particular emphasis we sprint up and back and resume the drill or scrimmage. Nothing extra is normally said to the [...]

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Tue, April 28 2009 » Fundamentals, Practice, Program Development » No Comments