5 Best Basketball Coaching Websites

5 Best Basketball Coaching Websites

Where to find basketball coaching insight on the web...

1. BasketballInsight.com - I am part-owner of this site, so we are still working on it along with FastModel Sports. We use their playbook software to create some excellent playbooks. Please take a look at the site and join the weekly mailing list. Also, there is a YouTube channel with over 250 NBA, NCAA, and FIBA basketball offense breakdowns. The YouTube channel is here. Follow us on twitter at @hoopsinsight.

2. CoachPrincetonBasketball.com - this site offers the Princeton Basketball Offense in a detailed 200 page ebook with all of the sets and plays. In addition, it has practice drills and breakdown basketball drills for the offense. There is also a 10 minute video with the package. I highly recommend this Princeton Offense Basketball Package at the affordable price of only $30. There are also 2 free extras included. In addition, there is a YouTube channel with a lot of  the sample plays broken down. Click here for the Princeton Offense YouTube Channel.

3. Basketballforcoaches.com - Coach Mac does a great job on his blog of breaking down a lot of popular offenses and defenses. The aim of his site is for coaches that:

• You want to make a positive impact on the next generation of basketball players.
• You want to learn drills that will skyrocket your teams development.
• You want to learn plays that will get your team easy scoring opportunities.
• You want to take your basketball coaching to the next level.

Just like players, we coaches need to constantly strive to improve our coaching abilities and knowledge of the game. That’s what this website is going to provide for you.
If this sounds like you, then you’ve come to the right place.

4. Coachingtoolbox.net - Brian Williams has been a basketball coach for a long time and does a great job collecting and sharing resources in his daily newsletter. His emails are timely and free. They are packed full of basketball coaching insights, basketball plays, basketball drills, and other special tools to help basketball coaches win more games. I recommend joining his mailing list as soon as possible.

5. Coachesclipboard.net - James Gels has an excellent collection of basketball resources for all coaches. Please check his site out if you want to join his mailing list or if you are interested in tons of free basketball resources. His site is a gold mine of basketball drills, basketball plays, and includes breakdowns of popular NBA and NCAA basketball offenses and defenses. If you are looking for information about the Princeton Basketball Offense or the Dribble Drive Offense then this is an excellent resource.

These five basketball coaching websites are excellent tools to use in your coaching career. Best of luck to you and please let me know if I can be of assistance. Thank you.

Traits of Successful Coaches

“TRAITS OF SUCCESSFUL COACHES”

This list was developed by Patrick Hunt, the coaching education director for the Australian Institute of Sport. I have read some of Coach Hunt's material in the past and thought it was excellent.

Great technical knowledge – understand the intricacies and dynamics of their sport which allows them to effectively train and teach players

Good communicators – like being around people, honest and open with their communication

Care for players – genuine care and investment in developing players to achieve their potential. The old saying “players don’t care what you know until they know that you care”

No Bad attitude policy – have clear criteria about the type of people they allow into their team. Value good culture too much to let “bad eggs” infiltrate their system

Recruit players who want to learn – successful coaches are always striving to improve, both themselves and their players. Players must be willing to learn and commit to improvement

Eye for detail – believe in the “power of small”. The smallest detail can sometimes have the biggest impact in the long run.

Seek opinions – secure enough to be challenged and seek opinions from others. Open-minded to innovation and change.

Understand the “why” of their game plan – good coaches don’t just copy another system or game plan. They understand the reason why they use a particular game plan and all the little things that go into executing it. This ties into traits 1 and 6.

Coach with enthusiasm and passion – this approach rubs off on players and makes them enthusiastic about the task of learning and improving

Life-long learners – always looking for better ways, new information. Seek out other coaches. Study other sports for training and playing methods

"One who gives less than what he has to give is telling you what he thinks about both you and him. " (Pete Carrill former Head Basketball Coach at Princeton University)