Hoops Companion Newsletter — August 2023

MOST POPULAR TWEETS FROM AUGUST

1. Texas BLOB
2. UCLA Spain Side Ball Screen
3. Nevada Transition Slice

HOOPS COMPANION POSTS FROM AUGUST

• Thoughts on Playing Faster
• Youngstown State Style of Play
• How to Flow From Baseline Out of Bounds into Your Half Court Offense
• Ways to Use Your Group Chat

PLAYS OF THE MONTH

• Great Chin Wrinkle
• Air Force Backdoor out of a BLOB
• Love this Rip Action from a SLOB
• Good late clock BLOB if you have a superior athlete
• Rutgers Tip Off Play

Want More Plays?

• The Hoops Companion Master Playbook — 570+ pages of plays updated EVERY month and sent to your inbox!
• 2023 March Madness Playbook/Video Playbook — 3 diagrams and 3 videos from each of the 68 teams in the NCAA Tournament (that’s 204 plays!)

DRILLS OF THE MONTH

COACHING LINKS/ARTICLES

• Profile of Dave Hixon at Amherst College

LEADERSHIP/GROWTH LINKS AND THOUGHTS

CULTURE THOUGHTS

So will your practice plans…

HOOP THOUGHTS/CONCEPTS/IDEAS

• As coaches, we often get so obsessed over what we are going to run at the end of the game. This is probably more important…that we have the right people out there.

NON-COACHING STUFF

• Look at this tasty tailgate idea

IF YOU’RE GOING THROUGH IT…

Keep going.

WHAT’S COMING IN SEPTEMBER?

• Fall Conditioning Challenges
• Pre-Season Checklist
• A look at Iowa’s Offense