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Saint Louis University @SaintLouisMBB Assistant Coach • @PickAndPopNet • zakboisvert/gmail/com
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Scrams, Triple Switches, Ice to Switches, and Veer-Backs: How the Warriors have mastered switching
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You won't see a cooler play design for a game-winner all March. Congrats to my good friend John Alesi of
@BaruchAthletics
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S/O to the transfers who don't text you back when you initially reach out, but list you as a school showing interest!
#RealOnes
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Example of a team-wide "Vitamins" session (50-minute) we would do here at ISU
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Mark Schmidt going through the whole repertoire tonight in St. Bonaventure's win. Same alignment, same start, 4 different looks
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Future HOFer Tony Parker when Popovich told him about the lineup change: "No problem."
Culture man...
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There’s an old adage:
If Bob Hurley is doing a clinic, you go…no matter what…even if you’re on vacation…even if you’re going to have to take your girlfriend out to a really expensive dinner to make it up for it
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Fran Fraschilla with a gem: "You can't understate the importance of ball pressure against teams looking to throw the ball into the post: the first post defender is the guy guarding the ball."
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S/O to my mom. Knew nothing about hoops, but could make a mean pizza
Every year since I was in 6th grade, she’d let me have my buddies over 2 watch the championship game. She’d sit in the kitchen reading & call out every 15 minutes “do you guys want another pizza?”
Love you Mom
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Courses I think should be added to public school curriculums:
-Coding
-Personal Accounting
-Public Speaking
-Olympic Lifting
-Transition Defense
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With a bunch of you guards a week away from your first official college practice, this is the mixtape you need to be watching 🔒🏀
Matt Mooney (Texas Tech): Elite at guarding the dribble 1-on-1.
Guard Your Yard.
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THIS is what college athletics is about.
Not NIL, not wins-losses, not PPG, not sneaker deals.
Danya Ellman (THE heart & soul of GW athletics) telling Ricky Lindo that his last grade was submitted and he is officially set to graduate.
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Sign in the weight room in the Celtics' new practice facility reads KAIZEN - Japenese word for "continuous improvement"
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"When you get to critical situations in a game, don't think of plays - think of players" -Nick Saban
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It takes Korver NO skill to run this hard
It gets Korver NO mention in the box score
(h/t
@CoachMattHenry
&
@j_nevs
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How silly do you think the FAU managers felt packing their home uniforms for this trip?
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"Isaiah Thomas is the reason I developed a routine on and off the court. Studied more film. Become a pro." -Terry Rozier
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Lakers "Menality Drill" (pre-draft workouts)
90 seconds on clock
1 player | 1 Ball
Shoot on 1 end, get rebound, dribble to other end to shoot
Layup = 1; FT jumper = 2; 3-pointer = 3
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Those crazy shots Kyrie makes around the rim? Hows he do that? Here's Kyrie pre-practice. I counted 120 made paint shots b4 practice started
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Program bought new camera. New camera has audio
Sr. manager taught new soph. manager 2 film yesterday
Overheard: "That's Coach Boisvert. He's really cool, but if u screw something up, he gets really pissed...And he chugs energy drinks so he's always hyper"
#SelfReflectionTime
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Set a goal to read 50 books in 2020. Here's what I got to.
For this file in PDF:
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Am I the only coach in the country whose favorite hobby is checking scores but who HATES checking scores on a day they lose?
Like if we don't win that day, NOBODY gets to win that day
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College Coaches: what’s the dumbest you’ve ever felt circling a name during a live period???
At halftime of a game in Vegas while an assistant in the America East, I went to the scorers table and looked who
#12
was on the team in white and wrote down “DeAndre Ayton: solid 5”
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Studying NW Missouri State (NCAA D2; 31-1)
-Cuts (D-Wades, Baseline Creeps, 2nd Cuts)
-Best slipping/Ghost team I've seen
-Switch-Proof (Ghosts, Posts, Drive-It-Backs)
-REALLY good versatile players (Hudgins: WOW)
-Skill (2-direction drives, stride-stops, shooting, Negative Step)
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We played UMBC in December. Best drive & kick team we saw all year. Punch the paint & spray. Great drive & kick concepts
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Frank Martin: "The more complicated you get, the harder it is for your players to play with instinct"
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Some media members have a habit of lauding a grad-transfer balling for a high-major as a “find” by that staff
C’mon man...it’s called the Portal. If you’re gonna talk about the dude being a find, give the credit to the low-major assistant that grinded in the aux gym for the kid
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Leadership is Learned, Modeled & Developed.
@WestPoint_USMA
This pic was taken 12/13/18 at 6:15 AM. We had lost a tough road game the night prior. Tommy Funk (JR captain) showed up 2 support Josh Caldwell (FR) for his Survival Swimming exam
2021: Josh was just named captain 🤔
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Someone once said "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is knowing not to put in a fruit salad."
That's my feeling on this debate.
"Knowledge is knowing this isn't a travel. Wisdom is knowing not to do it in a game so you don't get called for traveling"
The step through is a Legal manoeuvre. It’s legal in the NBA, High School, the NCAA, the WNBA & every FIBA regulated competition. If you ever get into a travel debate, feel free to use this tweet or the full videos here:
s/o
@DevInTheLab
@Joe70524663
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The Sean McVay feature on the latest Real Sports (HBO) is a must-watch for coaches of all sports - Team Standards, System Knowledge, Film Study, Juice/Enthusiasm, Level of Organization, Pyramid of Success, etc.
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I had LeBron's penetration/post-ups creating 13 catch-and-shoot 3's for his teammates tonight
Cavs players on those threes: 0/13 (including 0/6 from the corner)
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“The gym is the best place you’ll ever be.” -Skip Prosser
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The practice was good. Mike Dunlap (acting HC with Lavin out) coached D'Angelo Harrison hard. The 7th grader sat next to his dad with a notebook and wrote down EVERY SINGLE THING that came out of Dunlap's mouth.
That kid? Tremont Waters
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College coaches anxious for Klay's return so they can subtweet their ball-pounders about how few dribbles Klay takes to score
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Biggest thing Rob K taught me at Hoop Group?
Easy.
FITFO - “Figure It The F Out”
That lesson helps me every day
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Kevin Garnett wants only one superlative from you today: Greatest Pick & Roll Hedge Defender Of All-Time
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I'd like to publicly apologize to Milo for my reaction. I'm sure he's truly a good boy.
I made a sizable donation to the DC Humane Society this morning in an effort to improve relations between canines and basketball coaches.
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No one better than the Celtics' Abdel Nader at catching on the run (Downhill). Not the sexiest move, but the one your off-ball wings need.
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Great SLOB Hammer action by Buzz Williams. Look familiar 🤔? Best learn from the best
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RC Buford on the two things Gregg Popovich does to his players:
1. He tells them the truth
2. He loves them
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"They said I fell in the draft because 'What position would I guard?' I'll never forget that." -Draymond Green
http://t.co/3Eg4XMQGaj
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Do u understand how stuff like this (unpaid labor) is unethical (deny basic labor rights) & creates inequity (people of familial wealth are able 2 do it while others can’t)? Or nah we just gonna say “GOTTA GRIND!”?
-Someone whose family wealth allowed him to take such a position
@statsbywill
Desire for a paid job is fine. Plenty of those out there if you’re qualified for them. They aren’t unlimited though, and they’re extremely competitive. So if you really want to make a career of something, you’ll likely have to be willing to prove your worth in less than ideal
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I’ll never understand CBS paying all this money for the tournament and staffing it with people that ignore college basketball 362 weeks of the year
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Working at
@ArmyWP_MBB
these last 5 years has been the professional highlight of my life. It has been an honor to represent West Point and all that it embodies. Memories forever
You win with people & no one invests & develops people like West Point. You made me better. Beat Navy
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Avery Bradley on improving as a ball-handler: "Instead of doing all the Kyrie stuff that trainers teach, I focused on 1-2 moves to perfect"
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Great SLOB drawn up by John Dunne (St. Peter's) to win the CIT
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Nov 2011: I head to Queens to catch a 8AM Saturday practice at St. John's. As I park, I get flagged down by a dad and his son looking for directions to the gym. He introduces me to his son, a 7th grade hooper. Dad says he wanted his son to see a college practice.
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I forget who I stole this drill from -
@BBallImmersion
is this one yours?
Day Camp 2018 is underway!
@ZakBoisvert
has the campers working on different 1 on 1 finishing drills!
#GOARMY
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"A coach does not create the culture. Players really create the culture through their force of personality and leadership within the group. The coach's job is to shape the culture." -Steve Kerr
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Couple of things:
-What would your teammates say about you? BE the standard
-None of what Korver compliments Mitchell for here (taking ownership, charisma, acting with class) requires talent
-Great message from KK on the missed shot: “it’s just going 2 be a part of his story”
After his media session, Kyle Korver called everyone back to say this about Donovan Mitchell. Wow.
(via
@JakeKUTV
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Don't. Flinch.
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Play with pace
Play with the pass
Play with force
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Coaches: let me change your life real quick. Best hard drive in the game.
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How NBA teams attack switching: Hitbacks, everything coming out in the wash, 154, Bunch, the O-glass
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Pau Gasol when asked about Pop's post-win tirade last night
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Day 3 of Davidson Motion study
-Post is open (rim is free for drives/cuts)
-Freedom (reads) within structure (spacing)
-Kellan Grady's rip-throughs!!!
-Read the guy in front of you
-Offensive liberation is A or B decisions
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"Life is too short to use bad pens"
Pens (ranked)
1. Paper Mate Flair (black)
2. Sharpie S-Gel 1.0
3. Paper Mate Ink Joy Gel 0.5
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All I ask...
-To be able to mark an iMessage as "unread"
-
@SynergySST
to code DHOs the same way they do Pick & Rolls (passes to roll/passes to spot-ups)
-People to wear masks in public
-TV networks to cut back to the game fast enough so we can see what teams run baseline-out
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Troy Aikman on Sean McVay: "He's an exceptional teacher. When you talk about great coaches, that's what it generally comes back to: how good are they at teaching?"
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Man, this is crazy to type this…
Anyone looking to play tomorrow? Indiana State looking for a game.
Will come to you. Preferably regional (midwest).
Will bring a small holiday gift in the $10-$15 range.
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Can’t wait to get started. Let’s work!
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Brad Underwood was asked a simple question about Thomas Walkup's pro potential. His 430-word answer was...awesome
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I don’t understand why America hasn’t fallen IN LOVE with this Jazz team. They are the living breathing antithesis of what everyone says is WRONG (free agency, 1v1, big market supremacy, etc) with the NBA
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"If your phone doesn't ring from time to time from your former players, then you're not doing it right."
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Villanova's read progression on a drive:
-Down (to the big)
-Opposite (weakside perimeter)
-Behind (to a teammate circling behind)
-Back (turn back to the rim to score)
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Real ones know 2 things…
-there’s not a more comfortable seat in the world
-the realest convos happen while sitting here
(Ignoring the signs that say ‘don’t sit here’ of course…)
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My favorite part of July recruiting is stealing ideas from other coaches. Here is the best stuff I got this year:
http://t.co/vKs1XMWOLH
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I love how Rick Carlisle gets his dudes jumpers/layups/advantages off the same set plays he's been running for 15 years.
Nice flare for a Hardaway 3 Dallas ran last night in the 2nd Quarter
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Texas Tech In 2018 Elite 8 vs Nova physicality: 0/7 FG on shots around rim off drives in 2H
Tech adds “Villanova Finishing” to daily practice plan
Michigan: mirror image of Nova 1v1 physicality
At some pt, winter asks what you did all summer
9:39 Tech/Mich
H/T
@GottliebShow
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Thanks to Lou Holtz for speaking to
@GoArmyWestPoint
staff today.
"I didn't coach football. I coached life."
Trust - Commitment - Love
1. Can I trust you?
2. Are you committed to excellence?
3. Do you care about me?
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Every unanswered recruiting call was because said prospect was “getting a workout in.”
Still waiting for a HS recruit to cut it to me straight after he misses my call. “My bad - was binging season 3 of Ozark. Haven’t gotten off my couch in hours.”
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"The game belongs to the continuous thinker" -Bob Knight
"Some of the best defenders I have coached, they can anticipate well and they are continuous." Bennett on learning defense in first year
#FinalFour
🔶⚔️🔷
#GoHoos
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I don't know who needs to hear this but...
HS Recruits: I can't tell you how unnecessary it is to draw an arrow/circle showing which player you are on EVERY clip.
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Excited for my opportunity at GW, but sad for my time at Indiana State to come to a close. I didn't know what to expect when I pulled into Terre Haute in March '21, but what I found was special.
Why? THE PEOPLE.
What will I remember? THE PEOPLE.
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Thrilled to be joining the coaching staff at
@ArmyWP_MBB
. Tremendously hard to leave UMaine. Special place, special people, special culture.
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I say it every year: I’ll never understand Turner paying all this money for the Tournament and staffing it with people who ignore the sport the other 49 weeks
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Cool idea by Red Sox manager Alex Cora: Print a photo from the defining moment of every Red Sox win this season to hang on the wall
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At Butler, Brad Stevens once spoke about getting your players to an A or B decision. "If the defense does this, do this. If the defense does this, so that."
Human brain is hardwired with if/then thinking.
@ZakBoisvert
Like what
@andreatrinkieri
said, have to get players to the point of "rational instinct." Thinking takes too long
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At times, I think we try to make leadership this Master Class 300-level course with rules and theories. Sometimes it’s about simply showing up for your people and making sure they know you care.
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