September 15, 2008... a detailed article and animated diagram of the UCLA High-Post Offense, developed by legendary coach John Wooden (whose teams won ten NCAA championships in his last twelve years of coaching during the 1960's and early 1970's), has been added to the Coach's Clipboard Deluxe Coaching Playbook CD (and downloads).

September 1, 2008... an article from fitness-conditioning expert Tom Emma, on what to eat after a hard work-out.

June 2, 2008... a very detailed animation on the Triangle Offense (see below) has been added to the Coach's Clipboard Deluxe Coaching Playbook CD (and downloads). This animation shows the many ways to establish the triangle set, multiple options (including options off the triangle set, post options, options off the weakside two-man game, and options off the strong-side two-man game), and important concepts on reading and reacting to the defense. This animation will really help you and your players to understand the Triangle offense, while taking the mystery out of it.

May 26, 2008... a detailed article on the Triangle Offense, developed by Tex Winter, and important to the success of the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers, has been added to the Coach's Clipboard Deluxe Coaching Playbook CD (and downloads).

May 20, 2008... coaches and players, here is a review of the scientific, medical literature on the use or human growth hormone by athletes. Creatine and Andro are also discussed.

May 18, 2008... for most of us, the season is over. This articles discusses things you can do in the off-season to improve your team and yourself as a coach.

May 12, 2008... the Memphis breakdown drills (Blood-33, Knick and UCLA, Fresno-11, Fresno-22, Color, Skip 2-vs-1, and Progression) have been added to the Coach's Clipboard Deluxe Coaching Playbook CD (and downloads).

May 1, 2008... completely revised this article and defense. Two styles of play are presented... a more conventional,conservative 1-3-1 zone, and a more aggressive, trapping 1-3-1 zone defense.

April 29, 2008... completely revised this article. The 2-3 zone can be played either as a "sagging" zone, or a more aggressive, trapping zone, with "Hot" and "Fist" trapping stunts.

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March 23, 2008... added this new play and animation for attacking both man-to-man and zone defenses.

March 13, 2008... a number of good YouTube basketball video clips are included, mainly with player drills, as well as links to many of the YouTube basketball videos.

March 9, 2008... New articles include "Coaching Shooting", "Shooting Mechanics", "Confidence and Rhythm", "Correcting Shooting Errors", "Developing a Quick Release", "3-Point Shooting, Rhythm and Range", "Shooting Free-Throws", "Shooting a Hook Shot", "Basic Lead-Up ShootingDrills", and "Off the Dribble Shooting Drills"

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March 6, 2008... former NBA instructor Dr. Hal Wissel explains the hook shot, how to correct errors, and presents a few drills.

February 24, 2008... This the latest "hot" offense, actually a 4-out, perimeter-oriented offense, developed by Vance Walberg and adapted by John Calipari at Memphis. It features guard penetration and kick-out passes for 3-point shots.

February 18, 2008... added "OSU" play and animation that runs out of the 3-out, 2-in set vs man-to-man defense. Options for O4 and O2.

February 14, 2008... added a new zone play "Chicago" to 2-3 Zone Plays and updated the animation.

January 20, 2008... "Attacking the 1-3-1 Zone Defense" has been completely revised with three offensive sets for attacking the zone, and new set plays.

January 13, 2008... a special defense for defending against a star perimeter player.

January 6, 2008... a sagging man-to-man defense that you see more college teams using nowadays. Close the gaps, defend the paint and deny dribble-penetration. On the web-page, click "Page Animation" in the top menu.

December 30, 2007... To better assist our international visitors, using Google's translator, the Coach's Clipboard Basketball Coaching web-site is now viewable in many languages. See the flags at the bottom of any page on the web-site.

December 23, 2007... This article reviews acclaimed shooting coach Jay Wolf's Star Shooter Deluxe Program, which includes two shooting DVDs, the shooting strap, and a Practice Manual. This is an excellent shooting program... read this article for more details.

December 3, 2007... This drill, submitted by Ken Sartini (Coach Sar), features a half-court 3-man weave combined with mid-range jump shots, defensive close-outs and box-outs. This is a good pre-game, warm-up drill.

November 18, 2007... Two new drills ("Rebound-Outlet-Break Drill" and "Pepper-Runner Drill") to help your running game, submitted by Ken Sartini (Coach Sar).

October 18, 2007... This play, submitted by Ken Sartini (Coach Sar), is an excellent sideline play designed to get either O2 a dribble take to the hoop, or a lob to O4.

October 3, 2007... This drill, submitted by Ken Sartini (Coach Sar), is an excellent hustle drill, combining a number of things, including taking a charge, scrambling for a loose ball, running the floor, dribble-moves and more!

September 3, 2007... Some years we have a talented O4 who can play both inside and outside. This is good play to get O4 a shot or a take to the hoop.

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August 29, 2007... a sagging man-to-man defense that you see more college teams using nowadays. Close the gaps, defend the paint and deny dribble-penetration.

August 23, 2007... By Tom Emma, this article describes in detail the challenges of the college level student athlete.

July 29, 2007... This article discusses the qualities and attributes that make a good assistant coach, as well as specific duties and responsibilities.

July 6, 2007... Three new plays that use the 4-across low set have been added, including animations.

May 29, 2007... The Internet basketball community has lost a great coach and friend, Michael Wells, who recently passed away. Coach Wells had a very popular Yahoo coaching egroup, which sadly, is no longer in existence. However, a new group has been formed with the support of many coaches formerly in Coach Wells egroup. Please join!

May 11, 2007... Using drill progressions to teach half-court offense and plays, defense and defending screens, press offense, match-up press defense, and transition offense.

May 10, 2007... In addition to the classic half-court defensive shell drill, three new favorite "live" half-court drills have been added.

April 18, 2007... Updated several areas including defending screens, defending post players and cutters, and the long-awaited detailed animation is now available! The animation shows what's really important.

April 14, 2007... The Amoeba defense, developed and used by coach Jerry Tarkanian at UNLV some years ago, is a gambling zone defense that will help you get steals and fast breaks. Used as something disruptive, at various times in a game, it can confuse the opponent.

April 13, 2007... Sometimes, after getting a rebound, a player will force up a bad, contested shot inside, when the better option would be to pass back outside and then immediately re-post... the focus of this drill.

April 12, 2007... a surprise tactic, trapping the first pass from the point guard O1 to either wing (O2 or O3). Use this as a surprise, after a time-out, or a made free-throw, or with a new O2 or O3 substitution, or a late game tactic, when you are behind and need a steal.

April 8, 2007... three sample practice plans were added to this page, including the first practice of the season, a mid-season practice, and a tournament-time practice.

April 4, 2007... Adding this counter play to "Arizona" gives O2 even another play and way to score.

April 1, 2007... Adding these four options ("back", "middle-cut", "back with skip-pass", and "Flex cut") to our Zone-2 offense gives our shooter O2 several more scoring options. Use the "Zone-2" offense against almost any zone defense, especially one-guard fronts (1-2-2 or 1-3-1 zones).

April 1, 2007... Starting in the 1-4 low set, pass the ball to your talented O4 at the high post. There are several options, with O1 and O2 making "scissors" cuts off O4.

March 26, 2007... several new plays added to the 1-4 set offense.

March 25, 2007... Using the 1-4 low stack set, this play could get you a corner 3-point shot, or a hi-lo feed into the low post.

March 18, 2007... Usually this play is run out of the 3-out, 2-in motion offense, but could be run from any set. Several options... an open shot for O2 or O4, or a post up with O5.

March 17, 2007... You are leading by 1-3 points with just seconds remaining. How do you defend against the last second shot?

March 14, 2007... This article discusses some thoughts on how to build a basketball program for your school and community.

March 11, 2007... When interviewing for a coaching position, the question almost always comes up, "What is your coaching philosophy?" This article discusses a number of thoughts relating to this topic.

March 8, 2007... Run this play out of the "4-Low" (4-out motion offense) set, against man-to-man defense. This play is good when you have an athletic O2 who can shoot or attack the basket, and an O5 who can post-up.

March 1, 2007... Teams that play good man-to-man defense will double-team our low post player with their helpside defender, making it tough to score inside. Here are a couple things that you can do to counter the low post double-team.

February 27, 2007... Updated "91" and added "94" and "95" to the "90 Series" page, and updated the animated diagram. Options include a 3-point shot for your best shooter O2, or a lay-up for O4.

February 26, 2007... Added this new play to the "More Out-of-Bounds Plays" page and updated the animated diagram. Several options, including a shot for your best shooter O2.

February 25, 2007... Feeding the low post oftentimes requires the perimeter player to make a dribble adjustment, in order to get a better passing angle into the post. These new drills, added to the "Guard-Breakdown Drills" page, should help!

February 24, 2007... Updated the "Close Seam and Recover" drills to include a 2-on-2 option and also a "roll-out" option (which also re-inforces good close-outs and helpside positioning).

February 22, 2007... Added this new play to the "4-Low Out-of-Bounds Plays" page and updated the animated diagram. Several options, including a shot for your best shooter O2, and also an inside screen, seal and roll option for your post player O5.

February 18, 2007... Some years, our point guard O1 has been one of our best players, and best scorers. So rather than O1 just being a passer and a play-maker, we wanted our O1 to get more shooting opportunities. This page lists and describes plays that we have used to get our point guard good shots.

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February 12, 2007... Does your team have a good shooting guard (O2)? Looking for plays to get O2 open for good shots? This page presents a number of plays (including 7 new plays) that are designed to get your shooting guard open for good shots.

February 11, 2007... The "Redhawk" plays feature two double-screens and get players moving and cutting, each with several options.

January 28, 2007... There are times when the defense is pressing, either full-court or half-court, or aggressively double-teaming and trapping. This page will give you tips on avoiding and escaping from traps.

January 23, 2007... This is a simple man-to-man offense that can be very effective if you have a good, athletic O4 who can shoot the shot from the free-throw line area, and also make a 1-on-1 dribble move to the hoop.

January 21, 2007... updated this article, adding more strategy for attacking the box and 1 when either O2 or O1 is your star. This compliments this page's already detailed discussion.

January 20, 2007... For attacking the 2-3 zone defense, this simple play gets O2 a shot in the paint, and works well against teams that play the middle low defender (X3) fairly low in the paint.