Practice Structure Determines Success.

The Single Most Important Aspect Of Coaching Is Running Effective Practices

Practice Structure Determines Success.

All The Years I Coached, We Sent A Card To Every Professor For Each Kid I Had, And I Was Able To Keep Track On A Daily Basis Who Cut Class Or Who Was Dropping A Grade Average. What I Did Was Bring That Kid In At 5:00 In The Morning, And He Would Run The Stairs From The Bottom To The Top Until I Told Him To Quit.

As I've Said, Basketball Has Been, I Think, A Real Cooperative Venture. There Have Been A Lot Of People That Have Been Involved In It: Coaches, Administrators - Not Recently - Fans And Nobody, Nobody Any More So Than Students Over The Years.

When We're Playing A Good Scoring Center, We Tell Our Team That It Is Not Our Defensive Man's Job To Stop The Center. It's The Responsibility Of Our Perimeter People To Stop The Ball From Going Inside.