In basketball, like in life, mistakes are unavoidable.  As much as we would like to escape them, they’re going to happen.  The teams that make the fewest mistakes, the majority of the time win.  Occasionally, teams that make a lot of them win. How so? They don’t chase them.  Instead, they replace the mistakes by […]

  Coaching basketball over the last 25 years, I have witnessed quite a few parents mistakenly view their parenting success based on their child’s sports success. It was hard for me to understand why parents would compete with each other over the sports accomplishments of their children. It didn’t make any sense to me how […]

Developing A Practice Plan How To Develop A Winning Practice Plan With Coach Willie Williams Coach Willie Williams has had a lot of success coaching college basketball.  He has been named NCCAA Region Coach of The Year 3 times. He has also led Nebraska Christian College to the national tournament 3 years.  Coach Williams will […]

Tips For Coaching Your Own Kids How To Coach and Navigate Your Child Through Youth Basketball Coach Carl Scales has had the privilege of coaching his own children in basketball. While coaching your own kids can a rewarding experience, many will tell you that there are lots of headaches along the way. Dealing with parents […]

Why You Should Listen? After ten years of prepping himself as an assistant coach, at MidAmerica Nazarene University and Washburn University, Matt Keeley takes over as head coach for the OUAZ Men’s Basketball program. Coach Keeley was blessed to work for two college coaching legends during his time as an assistant.  He was fortunate to […]

Why You Should Listen? This podcast looks at the benefits of Dr. Dish and Pro Skills Trainer Jefferson Mason makes the case for Dr. Dish supremacy in the basketball skill development world. Jefferson Mason had great success as a basketball player.  He spent 2 ½ years at the NCAA Division I level, was named a […]

Why You Should Listen? Northwest Missouri State Head Coach Ben McCollum has developed the “BearCat Way” culture over the last 8 years.  That culture has contributed in winning the 2017 NCAA DII Men’s Basketball Championship (35-1), three Sweet 16 finishes and five MIAA regular season titles.  During that time, Coach McCollum has been named Clarence […]

Why You Should Listen? Texas Tech Head Coach Chris Beard’s coaching style was honed under Bobby Knight, and it has made him one of the top up and coming coaches in the nation.   He has amassed a 189-64 record and 23 victories per season over his eight seasons as a head coach.  His previous stops […]

Why You Should Listen? Joe Mazzulla had a simple plan, to get one percent better every day.  Following his father’s developmental plan at an early age transformed Joe into a 3 time State Champion and Gatorade Player of the Year in Rhode Island.  That success granted him the opportunity to play at West Virginia for […]

Why You Should Listen? Working for Coach Joanne P. McCallie at Duke has taught Hernando Planells that life is about “Choice Not Chance.”  To Coach Planells everything is a “Choice” is doesn’t happen by “Chance.” People justify when things don’t go their way saying, “It is not meant to be.”  Coach Planells believes that too […]

Taking over and turning around a losing program takes a plan, and Kevin Thomas has been the man with a plan at State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Missouri. Coach Thomas applied the principles he learned playing for college basketball’s all-time winningest coach Gene Bess with 1,243 wins.  He took over a struggling 4 and […]