• NEW: Create and Maintain the 1-second Advantage - drills and concepts used with the Senior Men's team by Coach Leo Rautins and his staff.

• Competition - looking at Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) or Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD).

• 1 and 1.5 - those 2 numbers help convey key components of offensive and defensive philopsophies to players.

• Change of Pace - it's important that younger athletes learn how to play at different speeds.

• Loading a Warmup - FIFA has developed a dynamic warm up for preparing athletes to play soccer, and it's easy to adapt to basketball.

• Loading - how to load various games a drills to keep the players interested and development progressing.

• Conceptual Offensive Drills - reviewing basic offensive concepts.

• Basketball Cricket - some basketball games that use the cricket concept.

• Having a Ball - a bunch of games that were inspired by the book "Having a Ball: Stability Ball Games" by John Byl.

• Development Team Training - preparing players to play international basketball.

• Lateral Dribble Moves - excellent for moving the defender while keeping the eyes on the basket.

• Teaching Closeouts - a little progression used for teaching players the concepts of closing out and protecting the basket.

• Continuous Press Break - a progressive drill that works on the concepts of pressing.

• Player Evaluation - a year-end player evaluation form by the Crocus Plains Varsity Girls basketball team.

• Jail Tag - a fun game for almost any age group, though best with 7-10 year olds.

• Keep Away - effective in teaching players how to pass and move without the ball.

• Renovations - renovate your game for the next season - it starts with the desire to become a better player.

• Hockey Nutrition - a series of fact sheets, ranging from nutrition away from home and during games to actual meal plans.

• FIBA Exam

• FIBA - 2-Person Mechanics (Powerpoint)

• FIBA - 2008 Rule Changes & Interpretations (Powerpoint)

• Working Against Pressure - improving ball handling while being closely guarded.

• Loading the Toss Drills - variations on toss drills.

• Penetration - players need to be able to develop the skills to create hard penetration.

• Gather Step - when playing inside players must be able to maintain a strong solid stance

• Maximizing Learning - working on the basic shell drill for defensive positioning.

• Reversal Shooting - working on spacing, passing and movement off penetration.

• Offensive Spacing and Angles

• Playing Inside

• Tapering - effective use of the training period immediately preceding the major competition phase.

• Physical Activity and Motivation - youth sport, in its current state, is often the cause of youth obesity not the cure.

• A.C.T. - understanding the sequencing of offensive concepts in attack basketball: A = Attack the basket; C = Create space; T = Teammates

• Guelph Clinic Notes - from a May 2008 clinic given by Mike MacKay, Manager of Coach Education and Development for Canada Basketball

• Foods & Fluids for Team Sports - tips and meal plans for pre-workout, post-work-out and while on the road.

• Nutrition - Tournament Tips - foods and fluids for multi-day events.

• Physical Literacy - this 35-page (4Mb) document will make you question what we do currently in youth sport. Adult sport models do not develop physical literacy.

• Butt Cut - the "new" offence that spreads the floor with the post starting away from the ball.

• Setting safe and effective screens - stance and position.

• My Kid is Going to Make it...to the Big Leagues - the athlete family: keys to success

• Pushing - players need to be in a position to push.

• Push and Pull Off Penetration - here's another situation where pushing and pulling apply - dribble penetration.

• Dribble Game - every player has a ball, one extra ball is the game ball, and all must be dribbled to move.

• Speed and Agility Drills for Basketball Players - an article by Lee Taft.

• Where to Fit Speed Training into Basketball Practice - an article by Lee Taft.

• How to stay injury free - some basic concepts.

• Full Court Game - Offensively and Defensively - a lengthy article by Allison McNeill.

• Managing Long-Term Player Fatigue - a lengthy article by Thomas Emma.

• Shooting: Release - excellent for players who struggle with the proper release action.

• One-on-one Stance & Wrist Set - working with players on an effective stance, many do not set their wrist.

• Tips on Shooting - players need to develop proper shooting mechanics for when they have an open shot.

• Read and React Offence - Rick Torbett on teaching a conceptual offence.

• Coaches 3 Most Costly Mistakes - make Clarity, Balance and Analysis useful tools.

• Recovery and Regeneration - reducing fatigue helps athletes "bounce back" for the next session.

• Korea - continuity offense that the Korean team ran at the Jr. World Championships.

• Counting - if you count something interesting you will learn something interesting.

• 1 on 2 to 2on 1 - forces players to execute their skills at speed and then quickly change to another role.

• Circle Passing Progression - builds into a great passing drill with lots of moving and communication

• Foul Shot Ritual - this comes from a study done of all the great foul shooters over history. Theses were the things they had in common.

• Foul Shooting Games - to help put pressure on the foul shooter.

• Hot Potato - a progressive passing relay.

• Passing to the Post - helping players to understand the subtle nuances.

• Rethinking the Post - another look at post strategies.

• Transition - for younger players.

• Cuba - a defensive drill used to help players defend for an entire 24 second possession.

• Cuba for Guards - the post version of Cuba.

• Two in a Row Shooting - here is a shooting game that can be used for cool down or as competitive conditioning.

• Three Player Toss - the progression we used in the three player toss drill. We then expanded to 2 on 2.

• Allison's Guard Workout - some drills that Senior national team coach Allison McNeill did with the NEDA guards.

• Toss Drills - a progression that starts with one player doing a self toss, building through to playing 2 on 2.

• RTC Coaching Tips

• Maravich Drills

• LTAD - Long Term Athlete Development Model - 10 key factors that are the cornerstones on which LTAD is built.

• Debriefing - designed to assist coaches in the various forms of debriefs that can be used with players, assistant coaches and the coach.

• Wisdom From Great Coaches

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