Chris Oliver

Straight from an NBA Championship coach! We have "stretched the mind" of Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla who has been a member of our Basketball Immersion community. We are proud of our 10-year legacy of sharing the game for coaches at all levels.

How do you prepare your players (and yourself) to handle those 3-4 minute game stretches when there's no stoppages and no play calls? LA Sparks assistant Zach O'Brien joins The Basketball Podcast to breakdown coaching with the CLA: basketballimmersion.com/the-basketball…

Spring Arbor University head coach Ryan Cottingham, the all-time winningest coach in program history, shared 3 drills he uses to build values like toughness, communication, and teamwork into tangible on-court actions. youtu.be/c_cJh_qIDts

Before you watch @UCLAWBB in the National Championship tonight, take a deep dive with @CoachCoriClose into her approach to mental performance training youtu.be/5HkRTNljue0?si…

@bballbreakdown @coachbrettflory @coachbatista34 The triangle was a structure for freedom of decision making. The decision triggered the action. Fully conceptual no but advantage based in what happened next.

@coachbrettflory @BBallImmersion @coachbatista34 I think folks felt that the triangle offense was advanced calculus. Was able to teach it to 9th graders. Some of those teams ran it better than my Varsity teams. So I think it's a matter of how you teach it. That's the part that's not easy for many coaches

I have to agree but I think the best part about this is the debate of what the best offense to teach kids is. Do you teach them long sets like Danny or concepts off single actions? 🤔 @BBallImmersion @bballbreakdown @transformbball

Great morning watching USA Basketball scrimmages. Grateful for the experience.

Save yourself and your players a lot of headaches and frustration

‼️ You can grow by addition or by multiplication ‼️ DEVELOPMENT is discovering breakthrough moments AND the mundane, simple habits that allow you to maintain the feeling of this breakthrough moment. Basketball Immersion and @BBallImmersion have been my single biggest paradigm ‘shifter’ and learning resource I use. The reason? It doesn’t provide ALL of the solutions, it shows you HOW to find solutions, both as a player and a coach. MULTIPLICATION. You won’t find endless amounts of randomized sets, you’ll be able to create your own sets or apply sets to situations. MULTIPLICATION. You won’t find a script to teach or ‘how to be a coach’, but you’ll learn how to teach and how to coach. MULTIPLICATION. You won’t find ONE way to do it, you’ll be able to synthesize your own style after hearing many ways to do it, at whatever level you are. MULTIPLICATION There is a number of good foundational communities and platforms to use for this. Would LOVE to hear from other coaches. Who has impacted your basketball career the most and what other resources can coaches discover? 👇🏼

Most on‑air workouts fail because they’re too clean, predictable, and memorized. Games are none of those things. In this video, we break down a simple checklist to upgrade any 1‑on‑1 workout youtu.be/28KinhB3Kh8

"Simple basketball is just doing what makes sense." LA Sparks assistant Zach O'Brien joins The Basketball Podcast to breakdown coaching with the CLA: basketballimmersion.com/the-basketball…

I’ve been at USAB practices the last few day watching head coach Scott Fitch and his staff run training camp. Go behind the scenes and learn more from Coach Fitch here youtube.com/watch?v=tHVciX…

Elite person and coach. Congrats. Learn more about what and how Coach Finch teaches youtube.com/watch?v=t9QOU4…

Really enjoyed this episode! So many pearls of wisdom!!!

When you teach the drill before the skill, your players don't just follow instructions—they orchestrate a symphony of skills that resonates on the court. Ready to transform your coaching philosophy? basketballimmersion.com/teach-the-dril…

8/ The Court as a Laboratory This method empowers players to integrate individual skills into live game scenarios rather than just following a coach's orders. Use the drill as a foundation for evolving your team's tactics and offensive/defensive principles.

Hold the coaching. Let players explore first. When teaching a new drill or starting a drill they know already, prioritize discovery over instruction. Deepen learning by letting players explore and find solutions, then layer in technique/tactics. A thread🧵