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Brian McCormick
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · Nov 14
Playmakers League.
Be the change you want to see in youth basketball. Playmakersleague.com
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Summary of a recent coaching clinic.
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Notes from a Clinic: Playmakers Leagues
The history, philosophy, and concepts behind one of the few development-focused youth basketball leagues.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 1d
"How can I get a coaching job?" I'm asked frequently. Beats me, but here is my memory of how I was hired for every coaching job I have had.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 3d
Narratives driving our coaching. brianmccormick.substack.com/p/moving-bey...
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 3d
Playmakersleague.com
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Luke Bonner @lukeybonner.bsky.social · 3d
Like… as a coach, you are not developing a future nba player at 10 years old, but you can absolutely steer a kid away from the game forever at 10 yrs old. Thats heavy.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 4d
We spend so much time scouting players for the NBA draft & recruiting players for college, but how big is the actual difference between players beyond the can't miss players like Flagg?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 5d
Every coach has some experience, but is that experience generalizable to a new team? A new level? A different gender? Every research studies a topic in a narrow population. Is the study generalizable to a larger population? More complex environment?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 6d
Social media obscured our ideas of skill development.
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Andrew Ungvari @drewunga.bsky.social · 7d
I also found my tweet from 2023 when the Clippers were exploring Paul George's trade value, but not Kawhi's.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 7d
What is guiding our decisions?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 8d
Principles, not plays.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 9d
Small-ball was never about size, but skill.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 9d
The European take over is greatly exaggerated.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 10d
#FakeFundamentals
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A Discussion of Fake Fundamentals: Why not to Use the ZigZag Drill in Basketball
YouTube video by Brian McCormick
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 13d
Warmup effects: brianmccormick.substack.com/p/physiologi...
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 14d
Coaching is not always acting & it shouldn't be reacting. The effects of coaching may not be seen immediately despite our desire to attribute any and all changes to something more than natural variance or luck.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 14d
My Friends. Fredrick Backman
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 15d
Using basketball to condition for basketball: brianmccormick.substack.com/p/playing-ba...
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 16d
How do we know what causes improvement?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 17d
Differentiating "doing drills" from actually developing skills.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 18d
Evaluating and hiring coaches: brianmccormick.substack.com/p/my-coachin...
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 19d
The Four Factors and practice:
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 21d
Training partners - the biggest value of private trainers
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 22d
Sprints are skill development too.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 23d
What is the purpose of feedback? How can we maximize its effectiveness?
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