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Talented Freshmen on Varsity (opens the original)
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This article includes excerpts from Free Play: A Decade of Writings on Youth Sports.A major discussion in high-school sports is when to promote an underclassman to varsity ahead of an upperclassman or when to start the underclassman ahead of the upperclassman. Talent, skill, or size is not the only factor when promoting a player; we must consider the whole person. Deciding a frosh is marginally more skilled than a senior should not be the only factor.
Re-Framing Concerns about Lop-Sided Scores (opens the original)
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Blowouts became an issue again late this summer, at a time when nobody should be in the middle of a basketball season except the WNBA. Should teams press when leading by 20 in an U11 game? We are asking the wrong question.I have coached on both sides of the blowout issue. In my first experience in Europe, I coached an U13 game for one of my players. We lived on an island of around 15,000 permanent residents and played a t
The Evolution of Great Team Defense (opens the original)
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Yahoo Sports WNBA analyst Nekias Duncan celebrated this Golden State Valkyries defensive possession on his Twitter feed. I concur. This is a very good defensive possession and fits well with NADA defensive principles. However, as I watched with the voices of my former coaches in my head, I saw mistake after mistake from the traditional shell-drill d
Sport-Specific or Sloppy Training (opens the original)
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A trainer posted a video of a team warming up with a standard dynamic warmup and asked if the warmups wasted the players’ time. His solution was to do the same routine while dribbling. This idea has gained popularity in our sport-specific, post-block practice world. I hate it.I never did a dynamic warmup as a player. We static stretched. I included static stretching among my first Fake Fundamentals, in part, because I injured myself twice with inappropriate static stretching. I strained my quad
Dictating End of Quarter Situations (opens the original)
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Indiana had the ball with 10 seconds left in the quarter. Dallas had a foul to give. Indiana ran to set an on-ball screen for Caitlin Clark with just over 6 seconds left, and Paige Bueckers grabbed her arm, eventually leading to the referee blowing the whistle. This play happens every NBA and WNBA game: Defense has a foul to give when the offense has the ball with shot clock off, and the defense fouls to force the offense to inbound.I don’t understand these plays. I know the purpose. I know they
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