I recently drove out to western New Jersey to meet with a potential college baseball player and his mother while they were at a baseball showcase. I was there to discuss the college planning process. As I sat down across the table from them, the first question I asked was, “What do you know about the college planning process and college recruiting?” Their answer, “Nothing.”
How Much do You Know About College Planning?
Is Ballhandling Important?
A really interesting topic came up this week on one of the coaches’ forums that I subscribe to and I felt the need to address it on this site. We had been spending a few days discussing ball handling drills and giving each other ideas on how to make their basketball players better ball handlers. Then, today one of the coaches posed this question, ” have read a few things lately that say we as coaches are putting way too much emphasis on ballhandling drills and not concentrating on shooting, etc. Wonder what many of you think?”
I’m Back and I Even have My Own Product
However, not being able to be on my website has allowed me to grind away training basketball players of all ages and skill levels at my current home base, the New Jersey Sports Academy. In this time I have seen my players improve their overall basketball game and become more versatile basketball players based on my training philosophy which is designed to create a very versatile athlete through highly competitive and efficient drills.
New Elite Basketball Training Videos
Here are a few of the new Elite Basketbal Training videos that I have released on youtube. These videos include speed, agility, and strength training that can be used for basketball and many other sports.
Four Line Sprint With Defensive Slide Drill
As a long time basketball coach and trainer, I have always been an advocate of incorporating movements and skills of the game into the drills that are used for conditioning. The Four Line Sprint With Defensive Slide Drill is a perfect example of that. This drill combines, sprinting with another important game movement, defensive slides. In doing so, the drill becomes more specific while including elements of conditioning, speed, and agility.
