Basketball was my BRIDGE – A shoutout against racism and inequality and the lessons we can use as players and coaches I’m sick of it. I’m tired of turning on the News and watching the senseless hate and violence toward Black people over and over again. The history of our country is a lie, we …
WHY EVERYONE NEEDS A MENTOR: My name is Ganon Baker and I’m a Coach for a living. I have always been coached in my life by my parents, team captains and basketball coaches. However, the greatest help I have ever had was from my mentors! I still go to them to this day. I strongly …
Motivation Series Continues: More Strategies to MOTIVATE Players and Coaches I got a lot of great feedback from our “Lack of Motivation is a Pandemic too” blog. I want to follow up with something that has really driven and motivated me. I am sure other Coaches can attest too and it has the potential to …
When it comes to skill development, there are so many different areas that you could be spending your time on. There is ball-handling, shooting, defense, passing, and so on, and these are just the main categories. There are also specific types of moves and actions inside each of these main categories that can be working …
Guest Blog by BasketballHQ: THE importance of finding balance in your workouts Read More »
Strategies to Get You Motivated During the Pandemic Man, I feel so “naked” and lonely sometimes during this pandemic. I have not been in flesh with a coach, player or in a gym since February 24th. This is the longest I have ever been away and it stinks. I have had to motivate myself EVERYDAY …
To follow up with last week’s blog, Ball Screen Bombs, I now want to dive deeper into ICE READS. Before going any further, make sure you read Ball Screen Bombs. Definition of an ICE READ – When the first level on ball defender jumps to the side where they want to go. For a side …
Ball Screen Bombs: Actions and Concepts for Players and Coaches The most dominant play in basketball is: 1) Isolation with your best player to go one on one 2) A Ball Screen I want to share some things that I love and have found successful in teaching it about ball screens. I. THE MOST COMMON …
Here is a Q & A interview I did on a podcast last week about the industry and WHY I love what I do. Q: What is the most rewarding thing about your job? The most rewarding thing about what I do, is that l ENJOY doing it. It doesn’t get old for me and …
The message is the same to all the players and Coaches who have reached out to me during this lockdown. And that’s what it is, it’s real! We can sulk or suck it up. We can complain or compete. We can whine or we can WIN. We can be passive or we can be PRODUCTIVE! …
Being Passionate & Productive during the Pandemic Read More »
We all hear players and parents talk to others about how their son/daughter is going to get a College basketball scholarship or wants to play at the College level. It’s much easier said than done. Here are some suggestions for parents or Coaches on how to talk to their kids who want to play at …
