Creating a Toughness Mentality for Your Program
-Set a mindset in practice that every possession and every loose ball matters
-Every day is a war!
-You can run drills that teach toughness such as taking charges or diving for loose balls
-Make drills and practices competitive with winners and losers
-Embrace the team's success, not individual awards
Defense in Basketball Should be Exciting!
-Should be about pride. I'm not going to let the guy across from me get anything easy
-Must provide positive reinforcement for great defense
-Encourage your players and aknowledge them when they do well
-Promote team defense
-"They must score on all 5 of us"
-Be excited, get excited when you get a stop, it is contagious
Del Harris Basketball Coaching Philosophy
1) Defense and rebounding
2) High powered offense
3) Unselfish play
4) Controlled pace/tempo
5) Attacking team
6) Physical team
7) 3 point team with open offensive game
8) Zone team
9) Motion team
-Set a mindset in practice that every possession and every loose ball matters
-Every day is a war!
-You can run drills that teach toughness such as taking charges or diving for loose balls
-Make drills and practices competitive with winners and losers
-Embrace the team's success, not individual awards
Defense in Basketball Should be Exciting!
-Should be about pride. I'm not going to let the guy across from me get anything easy
-Must provide positive reinforcement for great defense
-Encourage your players and aknowledge them when they do well
-Promote team defense
-"They must score on all 5 of us"
-Be excited, get excited when you get a stop, it is contagious
Del Harris Basketball Coaching Philosophy
1) Defense and rebounding
2) High powered offense
3) Unselfish play
4) Controlled pace/tempo
5) Attacking team
6) Physical team
7) 3 point team with open offensive game
8) Zone team
9) Motion team