John Niebrugge

When you're in the lab, working on your "bag" this offseason, remember... - 50% of your shots come with no dribble (catch and shoot) - 20% of your shots come with 1 or 2 dribbles. And don't forget, the more dribbles you take, the lower your shooting percentage gets. No Dribbles - 1.19 Points Per Shot 1 Dribble - 1.07 Points Per Shot 2 Dribbles - 0.99 Points Per Shot 3+ Dribbles - 0.98 Points Per Shot With a side note, lay ups are by far the most efficient shots in basketball, so use that dribble to get to the rim if you need to! This data was taken from an 24-25 NBA season. It barely changes season to season.

Ben McCollum shares what it feels like to be around first-place people and a first-place culture. "I went to Northwest Missouri State, and my first practice with Steve Tapmeyer - best coach I've ever been around - I sat there and I'm like, 'This is what first place feels like. This is what a first-place culture feels like. This is what first-place people feel like.'" That was the wake-up call. He realized what first-place people have: "They've got an extreme work ethic. They've got an edge to 'em that other people don't - a competitive spirit." Then he quoted John Thompson: "You can tame a fool a lot quicker than you can resurrect a corpse...We want guys with a little edge to 'em." You can coach skills, but you can't coach competitive spirit. You don't want to consistently coach their effort and attitude. The last thing they look for: Energy givers. "Over the years, we found that guys that are moody don't make it in our program." "If you're moody, if you have low energy, if you suck the life out of the building - you don't make it." Talent isn't enough. Your energy matters. Your attitude matters. Successful people have a competitive edge, they bring energy, and they look to consistently get better. They raise the standard through what they do. (🎥 Watts Happening Podcast)

@Coach23martins Didn't forget wife and children

Save the pity party for these guys making millions to coach. High School coaches teach all day, lesson plan,run parent teacher conferences, in addition to scout, break down film, tutor, support lower levels and much more all for a $2,000 stipend.

IHSA: State basketball tournaments in Illinois may use MaxPreps RPI soon pjstar.com/story/sports/h…

@RadiusAthletics I love him too, but I understand the sentiment of the post.

Everybody loves the JV Coach.

@CoachHackGO Nvmd....you are saying it is a foul

@CoachHackGO That's a foul! He jumps into the shooter, def does not land where he took off from

The rule of verticality is often misunderstood Here's a perfect example: This defender jumps with his hands straight up...but still fouls ✅ Hands high & body vertical (straight up & down) ❌ Hands high & body moving forward or sideways

@CoachHackGO And trust me, I love the rule of verticality

@NestoHoops Yes please

🏀 Nesto's 1A Sectional Proposal 🏀

@RadiusAthletics Yeah, Twitter can be great but blinding

@CoachJohn14 Find myself saying this to myself a lot as I watch games and look at shared ideas.

“Seems like a lot of trouble just to get to a high ball screen.”

@RadiusAthletics Stay on feet and not attempt to block shots. Hands straight up I still want to be the second jumper or jump with verticality but contesting makes it tougher

🏀Coaches🏀 What's something you have recently changed your mind about? I used to believe/teach/emphasize ____ and I don't anymore. And why?

@Point_Guard21 🙋

Can we just have a final 4 in 1A of Woodlawn, Waltonville, Webber, and Goreville? Who would say no?

@tristan_wink Not sure how you're not going to allow them to get into it because that's the premise of their whole offensive system is to get actions

If you have Illinois as a scout this year, consider this a clip to just file away. Don't let them get into their 2 man Middle PNR game. It ain't going to end well!

Boys BBall: Altamont with the win over SEB. Improves to 18-9, 5-2 in the NTC. Tribe shoots out in the 1st half to get the W. McManaway 19 pts, 13 from Bell and Johnson. Tribe squares off with Lawrenceville 2morrow. @NestoHoops @CoachJohn14 @kulltrent @areasports @IIsringhausen

@MattRandazzo @NestoHoops @NewmanCCHS Absolutely agree

"Maybe there's 15 teams out there that can potentially win 1A. I think there's a reality where Newman can win it -- but they're also one bad shooting night away from not winning a regional title and that's the beauty of 1A"- @NestoHoops on LOADED 1A and @NewmanCCHS It was awesome chatting with Aaron Britton from Nesto Hoops on Thursday's "Off the Air with Matt Randazzo". GREAT insight on our local HS teams with the postseason right around the corner! Check out my entire chat with Nesto Hoops at the links below! 📺 youtube.com/live/WuMYbsV-d… 🍎 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off… 🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/4VWiCX… @RaySharp @roseys1994 @BrianStocking

@BreakthruBball Defense

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@prairiebul34738 @martymaciaszek I get it. That's where some human element needs to be in place

@CoachJohn14 @martymaciaszek I think you’re missing why NC is ranked higher. Altamont has more/worse losses (DuQuoin, Newton, Dieterich) to teams rated below them while NC’s worst loss is Altamont itself.

IHSA releases boys basketball seeds today. Interesting news from Wednesday board meeting: Boys Volleyball using a one-season pilot this spring with MaxPreps RPI formula to seed State Series instead of coach seeding. IHSA will gather data and feedback to share with other sports.

@martymaciaszek Boys basketball has to report their scores by the end of the year to Max preps and for the most part it's done throughout the year after every game. So yes, to answer your question

@CoachJohn14 And to be clear I’m not saying I’m for/against it but found the plan to use it in boys volleyball to start interesting. Also, is everyone reporting all their scores, which doesn’t always seem to be the case?