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NEW! Thoughts on Being Aggressive: Insight from Serge Ibaka, Oklahoma City Thunder
As I watched Oklahoma City Thunder Power Forward/Center Serge Ibaka drain yet another 17ft. jump shot against the Los Angeles Clippers last night, ESPN analysts Hubie Brown and Mike Tirico raved about how Ibaka’s shot has improved as well as his confidence to take it. During a pre-game interview, Serge mentioned several things I thought [...]
Continue reading »Tryouts are over. You didn’t make the team. Now what?
So you didn’t make your high school team. Now what? First of all, its OK to be disappointed. The greatest player of all time, Michael Jordan, was cut his Freshman year at Laney High School in North Carolina. All he did was use that event as motivation to become the best basketball player the world [...]
Continue reading »NEW! Northwest Elite Basketball Presents the 2012 Nike Eastside Select 30 Basketball Camp
After reading my article on camps, people must think I am anti – basketball camp. Actually, it is quite the opposite. For three years, I have been a part of the Nike Regional Girls Skill Academy in Beaverton, OR, where we work with the top 40 girls from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and Hawaii. That [...]
Continue reading »Question of the day: Why are we holding tryouts and cuts for 4th – 8th Graders?
As AAU and select teams hold their fall tryouts to fill their rosters with aspiring young basketball players I found myself getting some calls from people whose 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade sons and daughters had been cut from a select team. Upon first hearing about this I thought, ‘OK, there are some [...]
Continue reading »Are you Getting Exposure or Getting Exposed?
Every summer, today’s young players seek and try out for top AAU Teams across the country in hopes of getting exposure in front of college coaches at NCAA Viewing tournaments. But, when kids get to the tournaments some find that the flaws in their games are exposed when playing against superior competition. As a result, [...]
Continue reading »Basketball Camps: Do they really help your child’s long term development?
Not all basketball camps are created equal. Camps vary in size, price, quality of instruction, length of time, competition and most importantly, objective. Having coached at, observed and put on my own camps throughout the years, I have come to the conclusion that finding a camp that is best for your son, daughter, or yourself [...]
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