Thoughts from NCAA and NBA Coaches

1. If your bigs are still terrible at ball handling by their senior year, it’s your fault. - Geno Auriemma
2. Make sure your team is full of 2 hand rebounders. Rebs. grabbed w/1 hand scream SOFT! - Tom Izzo
3. Get your players to get their ball to the back half of the basket on their shots. 80% of missed shots are short. "Get the ball in the back half" - Don Meyer 
4. Dribbling is the widely abused skill in basketball - John Chaney 
5. Give your team 1 timeout per practice. They can call it at anytime to regroup. - Kevin Eastman 
6. To be a good a good offensive coach, you need to know defensive actions (like a football coach) - Brendan Suhr
7. Know who want to take the ball out at the end of a game. - Doc Rivers 
8. Plan each practice as if Hubie Brown was going to come watch that practice. - Fran Fraschilla 
9. As a coach, it your job to give your players the answers to the test before they take it. - Lawrence Frank
10. Everything that happens or fails to happen is your responsiibity. - Eric Kapitulik