That Basketball Life

One of the things I like to do with the kids I train is video them while they train.  In today's day with all the technology around it is easier than ever to do so and the feedback these videos give are priceless.  As a coach or as a player who manages to video training sessions what should you look for?   To begin with I want to make clear that we are talking about training here and about individual improvement.  A coach will be looking for other things not included in this post if he is filming his team practices, his team's games, or opposition games (we'll cover these in another post).   With that out of the way, what do we look for when we review a training session on film?  There are a number of things: Form when performing the drill - how does the form look?  Say you are teaching a reverse layup, how does the kid look when finishing with no one defending?  Does it look effortless or does it look like there is a lot of discomfort when the drill is being performed?  Is

Here at That Basketball Life we have spent a lot of time discussing drills that can be used to help improve your basketball game.  There are a ton of drills for dribbling, shooting, agility, defense and all the rest of the good stuff.  What I haven't spent a lot of time doing is discussing how you can incorporate all of the drills into a useful plan to help take your game to the next level.  In order to do this you need to incorporate a plan that not only teaches you how to use the skills but also when to use them.   The "when" is done with the mind processing information.  At first your mind will be slow to process this information as you will spend more time thinking but eventually the thinking will become reactive and instinctive.  To nurture this process, you need to be involved in battles against other players.  I love small sided games (SSG) for this reason.  Going 1v1 or 2v2 or even going 3v2 and learning how to capitalize on the advantage are all invaluable ways o