From Clipboard to Click. Two Coaches Talk Season Prep in the Digital Age As summer winds down, basketball coaches across the country are eagerly anticipating the season ahead. We recently sat down with two experienced coaches—Darren Lee, a high school varsity coach, and Philip Conner, who’s rebuilding a program with promising young talent—to discuss howContinue reading “From Clipboard to Click. Two Coaches Talk Season Prep in the Digital Age”
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Defense-to-Offense Transition: From Stops to Scores
Defense-to-Offense Transition: From Stops to Scores One of the most electrifying aspects of basketball is the transition from a great defensive play to an unstoppable fast break. This sequence—often referred to as “defense-to-offense”—turns effort into momentum and chaos into control. Teams that master this flow punish their opponents for mistakes, wear them down physically,Continue reading “Defense-to-Offense Transition: From Stops to Scores”
Off-Ball Screens Essential for your Basketball Offense
Off-ball screens are an essential component of running an effective basketball offense.
How to Create a Basketball Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Coaches
A basketball playbook is more than a collection of diagrams. It’s a shared resource that helps coaches communicate their offensive and defensive philosophies, teach players their responsibilities, and build consistency throughout the season. Whether you’re coaching a youth recreation team, a competitive high school program, or an experienced college roster, an effective playbook should makeContinue reading “How to Create a Basketball Playbook: A Step-by-Step Guide for Coaches”
How to Run a Successful Basketball Tryout
Basketball tryouts are always a tricky proposition. On one hand, you want to give every player a fair chance to make the team. On the other hand, you want to ensure that only the most talented and hardest-working players make the cut. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to stack the oddsContinue reading “How to Run a Successful Basketball Tryout”
Make Basketball Practice Fun
As a coach, you want your team to be the best that it can be. But running a great practice isn’t always easy. Here are three tips to make your basketball practice more efficient. How do I run a great basketball practice? The first step to having a great practice is being organized. BeforeContinue reading “Make Basketball Practice Fun”
Basketball Coaches: 4 Things to do this Preseason
Basketball season is quickly approaching. Now is the time to start planning your preseason work. Getting ahead of administrative tasks, your practice roadmap, developing your basketball playbook, and preseason player meetings will help ensure your team is ready to roll for Game 1! 1. Administrative Work It’s not fun, but it needs to be mentionedContinue reading “Basketball Coaches: 4 Things to do this Preseason”
Simplify your practice planning.
We are very excited to announce the launch of our latest feature: Practice Planning. This capability is immediately available to all of our Complete and Collegiate subscribers. This feature will help to simplify your practice planning! “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” The coach’s time is limited. This concept has been foundationalContinue reading “Simplify your practice planning.”
January 2021 Release Notes: The App is LIVE.
Save Time and Keep Your Team Accountable. Lacrosse Lab helps coaches run a more productive team. One where you spend less time standing around and more time practicing. With our play designer, team schedule, and roster management, coaches can offload many of the setup and administrative tasks to happen before practice so that their playersContinue reading “January 2021 Release Notes: The App is LIVE.”
Share Public Plays with Free Accounts (Original Post: February 2020)
Want to see a trick? We’re excited to announce that plays can now be shared and even embedded (like above) with your free Lacrosse Lab account. Sharing can be done by selecting the play options drop-down in “My Playbook.” Select SHARE PLAY and navigate to the PUBLIC tab. For now, you can share directly toContinue reading “Share Public Plays with Free Accounts (Original Post: February 2020)”