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I think of my driveway as my laboratory.  It's where I do most of my basketball thinking, pondering such non-earth shattering issues such as what the optimal amount of backspin a shot ball should have or is it good advice to tell a shooter to think of putting their hand in a cookie jar?  (Conclusions:  the more the better and No!)

My teaching sessions are not what some may think of as your typical training sessions.  My goal is not to get students in peak physical condition.  My goal is to increase my students' basketball skills, thereby allowing them and their teams more success on the basketball court.  At times this can be a slow and deliberate process.  Later on, as the player's skills develop, I include drills that have more conditioning elements in them in order to add that particular stress to the shooter.

One fundamental concept I use is that whether I'm working with a student on shooting, dribbling, ball-handling, or post-play, I try to find the simplest skill the student can't do well, and have them practice that.  In this way more complex skill sets are developed.  I haven't found a player yet I couldn't help with this method, including several all-state and college players.

This method of improvement takes time.  The more the student practices, the less time it takes.

(We'll be working on that elbow this summer!)