Julia Allender

So often we see players of all ages not able to learn new skills, unable to improve in skills they already have, get passed up by their peers, and lose interest or even worse feel defeated.

What is the cause of all of those things and more importantly what is the solution?

Combined we have spent decades coaching at every level of basketball; youth, high school, junior college, and even professionally in Europe. We found a few common denominators, that if not properly coached and gotten in, prevented players at every one of these levels from improving and having success. It did not matter what else the coach taught, or how much “training” the player got, if these were not fully handled their improvement was very limited.

These are the reasons why a player will not improve in any area or sport:

1) The player thinks they know it all already.

2) They have been given the wrong information from a coach, trainer, or parent.

3) They do not know the nomenclature (terms used) of that sport.

4) They are missing or lacking the fundamentals and basics.

5) They were not given the opportunity to move through the different gradients in learning a new skill, or strategy.

6) They do not have the purpose to improve.

In this book, we lay out the basics and fundamentals that every player at every level must have so they can have personal success, continue to improve, and be able to contribute to their team. We also lay out the perfect gradient on how to teach and implement each skill.

Yours in Coaching,

Julz Allender and Bob Roehl

Stop yelling and start teaching!

It is our passion to help coaches have tremendous success and share with them workable and simple coaching techniques that have proven success no matter the level or situation.