That Basketball Life

 There are many ways to train.  Some ways are not efficient and you waste a lot of time working out but the results are not gained efficiently.  HIIT is a way to get good results in a small period of time.  HIIT involves small intervals of high intensity training followed by a small cool down and/or a quick rest period.HIIT requires a smaller amount of time than normal training and the high intensity part of it provides  the opportunity for your body to lose weight, burn fat,  build muscle, and boost metabolism.  So what is HIIT and how can it be applied.  Let's look at answering these 2 questions. What is HIIT? High Intensity Interval Training is pretty self explanatory. High Intensity - You can do this running, biking, doing aerobics, stair master, jumping rope, squatting, lunges, pull ups, push ups, Bulgarian Squats, boxing, MMA and many more.  You can be creative with this section.  Now the question you may ask is what is High Intens...

 With my last blog entry we introduced the idea of the process.  I also mentioned the 5 pillars of the process and how important it was for every player on the team to focus on the process and to let the wins take care of themselves.  Getting into more detail I mentioned that the process has 5 pillars: effort, execution, evaluation, teamwork, and trust.  What I will do next is discuss these 5 pillars in more detail. Energy: Energy is very important and hard work will affect both practice and games in a positive way just like laziness will infect both practice and games.  I've had good teams that were lazy and lost and I've had average teams that worked hard and overachieved.  The one thing a coach needs to realize is that players cannot turn effort on and off.  Players will play the way they practice.  If you practice with effort you will play with effort.  As a coach you need to make sure this pillar permeates all aspects of practice.  ...

 What I'm about to say might be viewed as controversial but here goes.  When coaching a team, the mindset you should be instilling in your team is not about winning games.  Instead what you should focus on is the process.  Some of you may be looking at me and saying what are you talking about?  To me, if the players understand what the goals of the team are and trust the path you as a coach are putting them on to achieve those goals then the process has begun. Setting Goals When I talk about setting goals, I'm talking about setting team goals about specific basketball characteristics you want the team to have.  I do not mean wins and losses.  To me the goals of the team should revolve around what the object of the games is, to score more points than the opposition.  To do this your teams should focus on the following: Taking more shots than the opposition-you do this by taking care of the basketball.  Limiting turnovers when you have the bal...