
Nobody guards the shooting drill, and that is the problem

Big men learn to shoot threes long before they learn to screen

A young player needs one teacher, not four opinions per week

Stand in the corner is not a spacing instruction, it is an abdication

Summer league gets coached as a showcase instead of a classroom

Most film sessions are coached backwards

Positionless basketball became an excuse not to teach anybody a position

Free throws are practised in the only conditions that never occur

Cutting is the least coached skill in professional basketball

Verticality is taught as a rule when it should be a read

The dribble package is the most coached useless skill in the game

A rookie's first summer should be spent unteaching, not adding

Fixing a rookie's worst skill is usually the wrong summer

Hold your follow-through is a cue that hides the real problem

Transition defense gets drilled as punishment, so nobody improves at it

Skill work scheduled last teaches a tired version of the skill

No young player develops properly while learning two systems at once
