Billy Donovan – Hook Back | Coaching U Live

This past Summer at Coaching U Live in Indianapolis, Florida head coach Billy Donovan shared a play from his Hook series. Below are two options that put the defense in hard-to-guard situations. In Op...

Early Offense Slip Pick and Roll from Geno Auriemma

UCONN’s Geno Auriemma demonstrated this play this Summer at Coaching U Live in Las Vegas. This is a simple action that you get the floor moving early in the offense and keeping both bigs involve...

Coaching the Heart

One of the most compelling lessons I have learned from spending time with Kevin Eastman over the past five years, is to become a “Learn-It-All”; by reading as much as you can. If you’...

Custom Court Diagram Sheets

As a basketball X & O’s savant, it is no surprise that I am extremely particular about how I diagram my plays. After talking with coaches over the Summer and experimenting with different lay...

Individual Instruction On-Court Workout 7/22/2014

After a few weeks off because I was out-of-town at Coaching U Live, and my players have been busy with the AAU circuit, we got back in the gym for a skill tune-up today before one of my players heads ...

Elbow Flex | Duck-In

Seeing as Coaching U Live released two site dates today it’s only fair I share another one of my favorite plays from the 2011 Coaching U Live in Orlando. This play is another favorite from Brend...

Elbow Flare | Need 3

Since Coaching U released their July 2014 dates today I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to share one of my favorite plays I received from Brendan Suhr. Brendan demonstrated this play during ...

W Shooting (Bigs)

I have always used this drill since I played in high school to my days at Florida. However, Jay Bilas showed me this wrinkle during his lecture at Coaching U Live 2011. He saw this drill while watchin...

Role(s) of the Assistant Coach on the Bench

One very important thing that I learned through my experience at the University of Florida and being mentored by my good friends at Coaching U is to ALWAYS be prepared and active during games. Too of...