Studying Film
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 w...