 | Time Out: with Tom Nordland
The developer of the “Swish” method of shooting Tom Nordland travels the United States running shooting camps for players and coaches. Tom has broken down the art of shooting, analyzed it and captured it on his “Swish 2” DVD. It is one the leading DVDs produced on shooting the basketball. A member of two-state c...
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 | Tips to Defend Baseline Out of Bounds Plays (BLOBS)
Inbounds defense is one of those specialty areas that seem to be critically important to winning basketball games but sometimes doesn't get the attention it deserves in practice. It's one of those “little” things that can come back to haunt you if your team is not organized in its attack. It must be understood that the ...
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Great Thoughts from Great Coaches
Don Meyer, Northern State University on Post Play Practice – the posts make their score and sprint 3 steps and find the ball – throw a tennis ball at them – they never rebound their makes because he wants them to get into defensive transition.
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 | King James or Spoiled Prince?
from “Character Counts” by Michael Josephson
You probably heard that LeBron James, nicknamed “King James,” acted like a spoiled prince after his team was soundly thrashed in the game that eliminated his team from the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. It was a crushing disappointment to this 24-ye...
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 | Growth of Basketball in Canada
Youth:
• Basketball and Soccer are far and away the fastest growing sports in Canada for children aged 5-14 (both increased by 37% between 1998 and 2005) * • At 19% of the child population, basketball ranks fourth behind soccer (44%), ice hockey (25%) and swimming (24%); in the same age group, it ranks third...
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 | Understanding the Rules
In each issue, The Coaches' Clipboard will look at aspects of the game and how it is officiated. Our answers will be supplied by Bill Denney, the Rules Interpreter for the BC Basketball Officials Association.
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