By Bill Winfrey The Shell drill has been around for years. I've always used it as a defensive drill... but there's a way to make it a valuable part of your team's offensive development as well. I'm sure others figured this out long ago, but the simple solution is to make the offensive motion within that drill ... to be the exact same motion as our go-to motion offense. With all the offensive motion happening within the Shell drill... its such a waste to not utilize that as a

By Bill Winfrey This drill / competition excites players and teaches great lessons on a crucial aspect of the game... handling the last seconds on the clock. They'll love it and they'll learn from it. The set up is simple and your players will get lots of reps in a short amount of time. Set Up: 2 teams 15 seconds on the clock (can vary) each team gets 5 possessions, alternate turns with the ball 1 point per bucket, keep score, losing team runs on any foul, the offense goes to

By Bill Winfrey I don't think anything I ever write is new... just new to me.. or maybe finally making sense. Quite a few coaches do this naturally, or very thoughtfully, but I've experienced many who do not. So, for that reason it's an important topic to me to discuss. Skill building is a process. Just because i have told them does not in any way mean they now have a new skill or habit! Amazingly, even YELLING doesnt create habits (sic). But repitition does in time, and that

By Bill Winfrey In American basketball culture today, there is a significant under emphasis on developing fundamentals. We are heavily swayed towards playing. Players play all the time yet spend very little time (by comparison) alone with a ball and a basket developing weaknesses and refining skills. Even the word ‘fundamentals’ seems to have a softness to it, as if they are meant for beginners and are something any decent player will soon outgrow. Actually, fundamentals are