Last One Holding The Chalk...Usually Wins!

(November 2005)

Assortment of plays, drills and ideas to help your program improve.

No other greater inspiration to me in the coaching profession than John Wooden. Talk about doing it the right way! ESPN does a very nice tribute on his 95th birthday. Click here!

Back in 2002 I put together on paper the "Pass Option Offensive System". Since that time it has become one of my best-selling books, videos and dvd's. This past season I had the opportunity to put it to the test enduring a 39 game schedule as a professional coach here in the Middle East. I am happy to report that the offense held up just fine, helping us produce a 37 - 2 record, a league championship and three tournament championships, including the coveted Asian Cup Club Championship last June. The reason I mention this is that during the season I decided to "tweak" the offense a bit and included a dribble entry that proved to be just what we needed to compliment what we were already doing. So, with that said, I am providing the "tweak" below for the many coaches who may have purchased the book or video in the past and were not privy to the updated "dribble entry" segment. Click on the "Pass Option Dribble Entry" below to see this new addition to the offense. If you have never purchased the Pass Option Offensive System, you may want to considering adding this "dribble entry" to your own arsenal as a set play or part of your transitional attack.

Pass Option Dribble Entry

For the next three months I thought I would open up my "Time-Out Coaches Clinic" CD-Rom and share with you some important points in three areas: Coaching, defensive drills and offensive drills.

Each month for the next three months we will break the "Last One Holding The Chalk" segment down into four areas:

1) Coaching advice and tips

2) "Must have" defensive drills

3) "Must have" offensive drills, and

4) "Must have" shooting drills.

Again, I am not claiming ownership to this information, only sharing with you some of the tips and drills I like and / or have used presented by the Time-out Coaching Clinic series.

Coaching Principles, Part I