What’s up, internet basketball junkie? In honor of another school year kicking off… We are 30% OFF store-wide, today and tomorrow only! This includes Powerhouse Program Building 👀 SHOP HERE THE STARTING FIVE 🥇 Best of the Week Did I invent a new defense? Enough coaches thought it was interesting to warrant a newsletter share… even Chris Mack chimed in to discuss the concept. TBH I never ran the defense, just fleshed it out on FastDraw trying to get creative PG - 🐥 If I had to choose one and...
21 days ago • 3 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? Calling all assistant coaches, aspiring head coaches, and first time head coaches… I made a video just for you: In the video I talk at length about how to navigate the early stages of your coaching career to set yourself up for long term success in coaching. THE STARTING FIVE 🥇 Best of the Week A collection of five SLICK special situation plays: -SLOB Panic Backdoor -Jump Ball Back Screen Lob -SLOB Blind Pig Backdoor -Zone BLOB -Need a Three (Half Court)...
29 days ago • 3 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? I switched up my banner. Reply to this email with an emoji if you like it The Blocker Mover Offense product is FINALLY ready For a 3 day launch (starting today), you can also get the brand new "Your Best Shell Drill Ever: 25 Tips To Master Teaching the Shell Defense Drill" with it for FREE! I'd call it a "twofer" but I just did that last month... The Blocker Mover guide is 50 pages of detailed writing and a 38 minute film breakdown of the offense. "Your...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? I’ve been running exclusive sales in my Instagram stories… If you use the platform and want to get in on the exclusive deals, FOLLOW HERE Now, let’s dive into the content! THE STARTING FIVE 🥇 Best of the Week This tweet resonated with people. I think because of the generational bond coaching creates. There are plenty of parts of coaching that are not great, but to me, they are far outweighed by one of your former players calling “COACH!” from across...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? I'm launching two products TODAY! 🎉 FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS you can get both for the price of one product - $19.99 After that, they will be priced separately. The products are: Tandem 2-3 Zone Defense Diamond Press Breakers UNLOCKED To view the sale, CLICK HERE THE STARTING FIVE PG - ✍️ What is the Tandem 2-3 Zone Defense product? Think Joey Gallo/Merrimack 2-3 zone. High and wide to take away the three-point line, and matching up on high post catches. A...
2 months ago • 3 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? One participant, I felt lied, and lied A LOT. The other had a hard time articulating his thoughts. Of course the debate I’m referring to is the one between Coach Kramer and Coach Battenberg, as they debated the merits of a 5-out fast break against the merits of a 4-out fast break. Coach Battenberg scored key points on his ideas for using a post player in a 4-out fast break attack. Coach Kramer demonstrated how the 5-out fast break had a seamless flow...
3 months ago • 3 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? My dad coached me in high school basketball, as many of you know - a special bond we will always share. Thanks dad, for running all those plays for me 🫡 I remember when my dad was the only reader I had for my newsletter - now there’s 12,700+ of you! Anyways, I’m a dad now too. And getting to watch my dad and my daughter interact always remind me of how special the cycle of life is. We are doing 30% off this weekend only, in honor of all the dads out...
3 months ago • 4 min read
What’s up, internet basketball junkie? In coaching, my 100th win came and went with no celebration… No one was tracking, and it wasn’t until I had about 115 wins that I did that math and realized we missed the milestone altogether. It was a sad realization. So when I noticed I was creeping up on 100,000 followers across all platforms from sharing basketball content online, you better believe I’m going to make up for it! No pictures were taken or game balls delivered, but I can tell you, a...
4 months ago • 3 min read
Good morning to all 11,800 internet basketball junkies receiving this newsletter! If you’re looking to land a high school basketball head coaching job, you are in luck. I dropped a long form video on YouTube outlining the step-by-step process of how to go about accomplishing that. I would never say it’s easy, but the video outlines a fool-proof system on how to go about doing that. If you want to watch the video, it leads off The Starting Five this week… THE STARTING FIVE 🥇 Best of the Week...
4 months ago • 3 min read
