Well, summer is getting closer and closer here in Denmark and like the preacher I`m my players get to hear about summerpractice as much as possible. I have succeded in motivating them to practice extra during the season and in a few months I will know if I have done my job in motivating them to train like a possessed bballer this summer.
I have started to record more stuff in the practices for myself, my players and for everybody else that loves this beautiful game. Maybe it can help somebody, inspirere somebody how to do or not to do it, no matter what its there for all that have love for the game.
I have put up to short videos so far and here they are:
They haven`t been edited so you see good things and bad things and I added music so you dont have to listen to my voice screamning No, YES, athletic position and so on hehe :-)
I have a quest this summer and that is to record many, many drills and workouts with players and put them on the net. If I can fullfill my quest, well we will see in time.
Until then you have 2 videos here atleast.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
May madness
Lakers is out that is madness, but my man Dirk is responsible for that so its OK.
Boston maybe on their way out againts Miami, hope the old men can bounce back and take the series, that would be so so great.
Panathaikos did it again and Majstore Coach Obdradovic took his 8th Euroleague titel...that spells RESPECT!
Sun is shining i denmark and after a relaxing visit in sweden its back to business again. Tonight practise witht he boys and tomorrow I was suppose to be free from work, but my boss called so now its work tomorrow, but who cares the sun is shining.
Boston maybe on their way out againts Miami, hope the old men can bounce back and take the series, that would be so so great.
Panathaikos did it again and Majstore Coach Obdradovic took his 8th Euroleague titel...that spells RESPECT!
Sun is shining i denmark and after a relaxing visit in sweden its back to business again. Tonight practise witht he boys and tomorrow I was suppose to be free from work, but my boss called so now its work tomorrow, but who cares the sun is shining.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Did you have a nice easter?
My boys finished 8th in the tournament and for me it was actually the first time that I saw what the other countries has to offer. So now I have entered my second season with the boys with so much more knowledge of where we stand on a teamlevel and on the individual basis. So great for me as a coach to play this tournament against the topsteams from Sweden, Denmark and Finland that was represented in agegroup 98 this year.
But for the boys this is even more important and the knowledge they get from this games makes my preaching and job so so much easier since they see for themself that "hey this crazy coach we got is telling the truth".
I think one of the most important things as a youth coach is to make the team understand where they stand skillswise and as a team. The easiest way to do that is always to play againt really god teams, then there is no excuses or explanations to make the lacks go away. You have it on the scoreboard, videorecorder, stats and on the internet, there is no hiding.
So I`m so happy that my boys gets this games in this early age, they now know whats has to be done. Question is will they?
In september I will arrange a tournament here in Horsholm to get the season going with some quality games and hopefully we will continue to develop and get invited to the Nordics next year. But between september and april I need as a coach look somehting up since our game here at home will be very few that will give us what we want developmentwise.
We will see what happens and by the way I was satisfied where we at right know on a individual level and on a teamlevel. This season (started next season 3 days ago) we will add more bricks to build the foundation and strengthen what already is built.
Without a god foundation the "house" will eventually fall down no matter how much you repair it, so there is nos stress in what we need to learn and use in games, but there is stress to get a practisementally basketballwise and physically.
I love this game!
Monday, April 11, 2011
Creating good habits
Creating good habits is one of the most important things for us coaches and even more important for us coaching in countries where basketball aint that big.
When talking about the most important habit as I see its not any technical or foundamental part of the game, its the foundamental in school, in life, yeah in almost everyhting if you wanna get better at something.
Extra practise and findning soluation to practise more than others to become better than others. In the start of my coaching days I didn`t preach as much about this like I do know. Not giving you an excuse, but for me as a player practising extra and as much as possible wasn`t something somebody told me. I practised several hours extra each day and weekends alone or with a friend we could spend hour after hour just us to and the stereo shooting from downtown and playing 1 vs 1.
Dont exactly know why, but it just felt like something you had to do if you wanted t get better and I did.
So when I started coaching in many aspects I didn`t ask, didn`t find out, but instead assumed that everybodu thinks the same and some year later I got on track and understood thats not the case, far from it.
You as a coach, the leader of a group of kids playing a sport they like, your are their guide and the need a shitload of guidance to get on track in mnay aspects not just basketball.
But getting them to practise extra is foundamental if your kids will succeed later on as players. The habit of training many hours with a team, by yourslef gives them the chance to become the best they can be.
When I start with a new team I become a preacher man in many areas, but I always put extra push on practising extra. After the first preaching I usually wait a week or so and the ask the questions that makes many youngster get into the mood.
How many practised extra the last days?
You will always get somebody that says something like this:
The gym was locked!
I was on vacation!
I sprained my ancle!
I had schoolwork!
Just a few examples to make the point.
The gym as locked, Isn`t there more gyms did you check them?, There most be some streetcourt neart you? To cold, couldn`t you practise ballhandling in your garage, celler? Was you feet broken, so you couldn`t run? Cant you do pushups and situps and more in your room? Can you practise shooting techninc without a ball or basket, well yes you can?!
I was on vacation, OK, basketball is thw second biggest sport in the world with over 400 millions people playing it are you saying that there are no courts, basket where you where? Hell no!
I sprained my ancle, well you have the rest of the body you could practise so excuses dont work here.
I had schoolwork, NO you didn`t, you choose to have schoolwork, "but I had a test", test in the evening dont think so, "I studied", well bad planinng, when did you find out about that test? case closed!
Maybe you shouldn`t have played 10 hours of worthless killing computer games?
What I`m a doing with this, I`m not trying to make the look stupid but I try to use their excuses and give them solutions.
I`m also very clear with that if somebody doesn`t wann become better, thats also a choose, but if you wanna start now and not later, because later can be to late.
I have succeeded with this specially good the last few years and when this in place, you come to important stuff like WHAT do practise, when do practise extra and so on.
Some coaches, make extra practise as something they choose for the players, you WILL know practise so and som many hours and on this extra. I think this fails especially in non basketball countries, it has to come from players, but you can sure as hell lure them in to it.
I always say also to players that really become better that I fyou want to practise extra with me, asked me and if I have the time I will do it. Dont asnwer know I say qyickly since players wanna please their coach, if you wanna you come and tell me later and we find out when that can be done. This is my way, maybe not your but it works for me.
I did the same with my boys 98 that I started with in september last year and they got it many of them practise many hours extra every week its just so nice. Two players 12 years old has called me, asked face to face if we can do extra practises together thats just great and hearbreaking that I have had to say no all of the times. But it gives me extra energhy to give all I got in practises, these guys really want it, my job to deliver the goods.
I love my team and this outstanding sport, cant wait for next practise and that is tomorrow.
When talking about the most important habit as I see its not any technical or foundamental part of the game, its the foundamental in school, in life, yeah in almost everyhting if you wanna get better at something.
Extra practise and findning soluation to practise more than others to become better than others. In the start of my coaching days I didn`t preach as much about this like I do know. Not giving you an excuse, but for me as a player practising extra and as much as possible wasn`t something somebody told me. I practised several hours extra each day and weekends alone or with a friend we could spend hour after hour just us to and the stereo shooting from downtown and playing 1 vs 1.
Dont exactly know why, but it just felt like something you had to do if you wanted t get better and I did.
So when I started coaching in many aspects I didn`t ask, didn`t find out, but instead assumed that everybodu thinks the same and some year later I got on track and understood thats not the case, far from it.
You as a coach, the leader of a group of kids playing a sport they like, your are their guide and the need a shitload of guidance to get on track in mnay aspects not just basketball.
But getting them to practise extra is foundamental if your kids will succeed later on as players. The habit of training many hours with a team, by yourslef gives them the chance to become the best they can be.
When I start with a new team I become a preacher man in many areas, but I always put extra push on practising extra. After the first preaching I usually wait a week or so and the ask the questions that makes many youngster get into the mood.
How many practised extra the last days?
You will always get somebody that says something like this:
The gym was locked!
I was on vacation!
I sprained my ancle!
I had schoolwork!
Just a few examples to make the point.
The gym as locked, Isn`t there more gyms did you check them?, There most be some streetcourt neart you? To cold, couldn`t you practise ballhandling in your garage, celler? Was you feet broken, so you couldn`t run? Cant you do pushups and situps and more in your room? Can you practise shooting techninc without a ball or basket, well yes you can?!
I was on vacation, OK, basketball is thw second biggest sport in the world with over 400 millions people playing it are you saying that there are no courts, basket where you where? Hell no!
I sprained my ancle, well you have the rest of the body you could practise so excuses dont work here.
I had schoolwork, NO you didn`t, you choose to have schoolwork, "but I had a test", test in the evening dont think so, "I studied", well bad planinng, when did you find out about that test? case closed!
Maybe you shouldn`t have played 10 hours of worthless killing computer games?
What I`m a doing with this, I`m not trying to make the look stupid but I try to use their excuses and give them solutions.
I`m also very clear with that if somebody doesn`t wann become better, thats also a choose, but if you wanna start now and not later, because later can be to late.
I have succeeded with this specially good the last few years and when this in place, you come to important stuff like WHAT do practise, when do practise extra and so on.
Some coaches, make extra practise as something they choose for the players, you WILL know practise so and som many hours and on this extra. I think this fails especially in non basketball countries, it has to come from players, but you can sure as hell lure them in to it.
I always say also to players that really become better that I fyou want to practise extra with me, asked me and if I have the time I will do it. Dont asnwer know I say qyickly since players wanna please their coach, if you wanna you come and tell me later and we find out when that can be done. This is my way, maybe not your but it works for me.
I did the same with my boys 98 that I started with in september last year and they got it many of them practise many hours extra every week its just so nice. Two players 12 years old has called me, asked face to face if we can do extra practises together thats just great and hearbreaking that I have had to say no all of the times. But it gives me extra energhy to give all I got in practises, these guys really want it, my job to deliver the goods.
I love my team and this outstanding sport, cant wait for next practise and that is tomorrow.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Did you miss me?
Not som many writting comments and the stats on these blogs never tell the truth, so I dont know if anybody missed me, but lets just say like it is been working like a lunatic the last 6 weeks and this week I have gotten a terrible tonsillitis, so sick like a dog is plain and simple what I`m. Allthough a little beter today and that is great since I have som young coaches education tomorrow and the be able to speak to them helps a lot.
I have for the first time in I dont know how many years just seen 1½ games of the march madness games and of the final four games I only have seen the first half of one of them. I haven`t had the time, but some years ago I would have seen them anyway, so you might say I have gotten a little bit wisser with age. Its painful to realize that you aint 20 years old anymore and can sleep little, work much and party hard "all the time" :-)
Actually the club that I coach in now Hørsholm Basketball hade one of their former players in the playoff games and thats pretty unique. He plays in Old Dominion and they played Butler in the first game and lost with 2 points, so could have been even better. I remember the kid from many years back and I remember what I saw and what I saw was possibiltys to become a force. At 2.11cm and moveable you are always wanted in the basketball world.
See his profile here: Anton Larsen
Not many coaches from the nordic countries can say they had a player in the playoffs of the NCAA, well after this year some can celebrate with a extra brewed danish beer maybe :-)
Back to bed and try to sleep between all the coughing....And all the games missed? Well new madness next year ;-)
I have for the first time in I dont know how many years just seen 1½ games of the march madness games and of the final four games I only have seen the first half of one of them. I haven`t had the time, but some years ago I would have seen them anyway, so you might say I have gotten a little bit wisser with age. Its painful to realize that you aint 20 years old anymore and can sleep little, work much and party hard "all the time" :-)
Actually the club that I coach in now Hørsholm Basketball hade one of their former players in the playoff games and thats pretty unique. He plays in Old Dominion and they played Butler in the first game and lost with 2 points, so could have been even better. I remember the kid from many years back and I remember what I saw and what I saw was possibiltys to become a force. At 2.11cm and moveable you are always wanted in the basketball world.
See his profile here: Anton Larsen
Not many coaches from the nordic countries can say they had a player in the playoffs of the NCAA, well after this year some can celebrate with a extra brewed danish beer maybe :-)
Back to bed and try to sleep between all the coughing....And all the games missed? Well new madness next year ;-)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Third double seed to reach
The final four, before VCU rams there was LSU in 1986 and George Mason in 2006, now 11th seed Rams outplayed the nr 1 seed Kansas Jayhawks.
Because I´m been working like a maniac the last 4 weeks I have only seen small parts of games, so this game was actually my first full game and I truly enjoyed it.
Rams doesn´t play as static as many teams do and that makes them so much harder to controll. The had a couple of minutes in the second half where they started to hesitate and became stuck in the offense, but they shook it of them. But with a lot of help from Kansas, they didn`t reach their capacity at all of course VCU did a good job, but where Kansas failed was in their heads, the weren`t mentally prepaired for a underdog with a young coach that thinks he can move mountains and gets his players to beleive that also....and he did, they di move a mountain tonite.
Kansas is out, Duke is out.....11th seed VCU is still in it and they are going for gold. Believe that!
And by the way, great with a young coach only 33 years old, maybe people can understand that leadership, basketball knowhow is not garanteed just because you are old. Experience is age based, but coaching is not.
Because I´m been working like a maniac the last 4 weeks I have only seen small parts of games, so this game was actually my first full game and I truly enjoyed it.
Rams doesn´t play as static as many teams do and that makes them so much harder to controll. The had a couple of minutes in the second half where they started to hesitate and became stuck in the offense, but they shook it of them. But with a lot of help from Kansas, they didn`t reach their capacity at all of course VCU did a good job, but where Kansas failed was in their heads, the weren`t mentally prepaired for a underdog with a young coach that thinks he can move mountains and gets his players to beleive that also....and he did, they di move a mountain tonite.
Kansas is out, Duke is out.....11th seed VCU is still in it and they are going for gold. Believe that!
And by the way, great with a young coach only 33 years old, maybe people can understand that leadership, basketball knowhow is not garanteed just because you are old. Experience is age based, but coaching is not.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Will do this more
Last week I recorded som drill that I do with my kids and my goal is to record more and put it up for several reasons.
* For my boys to see themself
* Maybe inspiration for some other coach
* Help to some player searching the net for drills.
I will upload and put them here on my blogg, hope somebody likes them.
Here are 3 short clips put together with music. Its what I call combodrills, where we are working with many different aspects of the game and where I have choosen to take away the baskets, to get focus on other things than scoring.
* For my boys to see themself
* Maybe inspiration for some other coach
* Help to some player searching the net for drills.
I will upload and put them here on my blogg, hope somebody likes them.
Here are 3 short clips put together with music. Its what I call combodrills, where we are working with many different aspects of the game and where I have choosen to take away the baskets, to get focus on other things than scoring.
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