Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast ep. 44 - Broward College Basketball Coach and Author Brian McCormick - a podcast by Jamie Munro

Brian McCormick - Head Basketball Coach at Broward College, Author, PhD

01:26 Fake Fundamentals
-3 Man Weave
-Hidden Conditioning Drills
-Addressing the True Reasons For Mistakes
-Counting Reps
-Practicing the Skill of Running and Passing on the Run
-The Benefit of Reading and Reacting vs Defenseless Drills
-7v5 Passing Drill
-Long Island Passing Drill
-Writing the Fake Fundamentals Book

18:28 Practice Structures
-"Blocked" Practice
-Motor Learning Concept
-Basically Doing One Thing
-"Constant Block" Practice
-"Random Variable" Practice
-What Transfers Best to Game Day
-Practicing How Your Role Plays In a Game
-Argument Against "Game Slippage"

30:22 Getting Skills to Translate to Games (Faking Specifically)
-Using Pick Up Games
-Reading the Defense to Know What Move to Use vs More and More Moves
-Teaching Players When to Use Skills
-Working Individually by Yourself Limits You

36:52 The Evolution of Pick Up Games
-It Has Been Societal
-Planning "Play Date"
-Organic Nature of Pick Up Games
-Individual Training Has Been Seen As a Solution, But Really It's Pick Up Games
-Learning as the Key vs Teaching

47:42 Environments to Create In Practice
-"Canada Basketball" Drill (Boxes)
-Limiting Dribbles
-1v1's With Only Attacking Inside 3pt Line
-1v1 With No Scoring Inside Key
-"Wildcat Rules" Drill
-Making Players Play Fast

56:00 Teaching 2 Man Game
-One of the First Things Taught
-How to Teach Pick and Roll
-How to Read Pick Situation
-Attacking Switch Side of the Pick
-Side Pick and Rolls
-How Personnel Fits

1:05:33 Use of Hesitations and Fakes in 2 Man Game Situations
-Working Against Natural Cadence of Hesitating
-Teaching When to Hesitate and How to Fake
-Working Against Jab Step With No Defender on You Yet
-Euro Step
-Playing Roles as a Player
-Catching and Playing in Space

1:11:20 Drop Steps vs Hip Turns
-Overview of Each
-Drop Step: Foot Plants
-Hip Turn: Turning in the Air
-Study Done on This to Determine Which One Is Quicker
-Hip Turn Ended Up Being Quicker
-Safety of Hip Turns vs Drop Steps With ACL Injuries
-Using Bodies Natural Elasticity
-A lot of Players Naturally Cross Feet and Hip Turn Naturally

Learn More:
"Fake Fundamentals" & "Fake Fundamentals 2" on Kindle/Amazon
"21st Century Basketball Practice" on Amazon

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