Basketball Season is Here and I want to celebrate with a Sale.
For the next 3 days, my DVDs, How to Increase Your Confidence in Girls Basketball and Girls Basketball Beginner’s Blueprint are on sale.
When you purchase How to Increase Your Confidence in Girls Basketball DVD (Value $25.95), you will also receive:
How to Increase Your Confidence in Girls Basketball E-book (Value $10.95)
How to Increase Your Confidence in Girls Basketball Audio (Value $15.95)
Girls Basketball Guide to Success (Value $9.95)
Total Value = $62.80
Price: $25.95 + $3.00 S&H=$28.95
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When you purchase Girls Basketball Beginner’s Blueprint (Value $35.95), you will also receive:
How to Become a Pure Shooter ebook, Shooting Workout Program, 5 Ways to Improve Free Throws, and 6 Tips on How to Be Aggressive on Offense (Value 15.95)
Girls Basketball Guide to Success (Value $9.95)
Total Value = $61.85
Price: $35.95 + $3.00 S&H=$38.95
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Must use the links above for the sale. The DVDs will be mailed. You will receive the Bonus Products Instantly. The sale ends Sunday, November 7, 2010.
Here are a variety of jumping drills Alan Stein uses with his players on a weekly basis. These drills improve explosiveness as well as reinforce proper landing mechanics.
The heights of the boxes are 12″, 18″, and 24″… for a total of 54″ when stacked together!
NOTE: this video is not an actual workout, but clips of all of the different types of box jumps they do (they only use a handful of each of these drills each workout and do multiple sets/reps).
You probably know me as the Girls Basketball Trainer. But now I’m also Coach Jeffery or Coach Po Po.
Recently I accepted the position to coach the 6th grade squad at Hutchison School. It is a private all girls college preparatory school in Memphis. For the past 2 weeks, I have been going through tryouts and the first week of practice. I have a great group of players to work with. They are so involved. They play soccer. They play volleyball. They participate in plays. Now its my job to turn them into basketball players.
I also have been preparing for my upcoming 3rd Annual Granny’s Girls Basketball Camp. It’s my free camp in honor of my grandmother. She died of lung cancer in 2008. The camp help raises Ensure to be donated to the American Cancer Society. The camp will be held on Saturday, November 13.
As you see I have been quite busy. It does not stop here because basketball season kicks off in Memphis this weekend with the Millington High School playday.
I attended the University of Memphis M Club Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to support my college teammate, Keeta Matthews. Several of my teammates were also in attendance. My former college coach, Coach Joye Lee-McNelis (current Southern Mississippi Head Women’s Basketball coach), even took a 1 day (6 hours both ways) trip from Hattiesburg, MS to support Keeta . Here are some pictures from the ceremony held at the University of Memphis Holiday Inn.
Keeta Mathews giving her acceptance speech
Linda Street, former Mitchell standout and Memphis Lady Tiger icon. Linda’s jersey is retired in the Elma Roane Fieldhous and ME, Patosha Jeffery.
Former Lady Tigers, Shannie Garner, Kitty Allen, Coach Joye Lee-McNelis, Patosha Jeffery, Missy Burkes, Shanna Humphries, Dwelia Smith
“You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path. Aim high. Behave honorably. Prepare to endure failure. Persist! The world needs all you can give.” -Edward O. Wilson
Last year, I hosted an online confidence workshop. I spoke about who you can talk to during your down times. I spoke about what you can do outside of practice. I discussed simple 4 word sentences that can lift you up. I even talked about 3 techniques to get your mind right before a game.
For those who were not able to attend, I decided to turn the online workshop into a DVD. It is also available in e-book and audio format.
My training session last Saturday was one of the most amazing ever as a trainer. I had 5 young ladies in attendance. 1 – 5th grader, 3 – 6th graders and 1 – 7th grader. All of the players have been with me since February except for 1. And I have to tell you, its like everything clicked this day.
The 5th grader started training while in the 4th. She has always been the youngest of the group. I normally only allow 5th graders and up into my training program but I made an exception for her because her skill level was so advanced. Being the baby of the group, she sometimes act like the baby of the group. Sometimes she requires a little extra motivation. Especially when it comes to working on left hand layups. But today, she was focused and had more of an attitude of “I know I can”.
One of the 6th graders, is sprouting up so quickly. She is really getting tall. When she first arrived at my training, she would cross her arms while attempting to shoot. Now she is not crossing her arms as much. It also seems the more she grows the stronger she gets. Because she already has 3 point shooting range. And her athleticism is becoming more apparent. On layups, instead of going straight in for the layup, she would move towards the paint at a bad angle. But now, she is learning how to stretch on out and go directly in.
The other 6th grader is extremely small and seemed to always struggle with shooting and strength. But today, she was knocking down free throw after free throw. And you could see her confidence growing.
The 7th grader did not have any experience in basketball. A complete newbie. She is a lefty. She struggled with ball handling, shooting, layups, coordination. But on this Saturday, she broke out first in the Around the World shooting. She was knocking down shot after shot. She’s becoming more comfortable with right hand layups and her ball handling has greatly improved.
I am so proud of all these young ladies because they did not quit. They could have easily stopped attending training months ago.
Here is the workout:
Stations: Players were at each station for 6-7 minutes each
I’m sure there are some college coaches rolling their eyes at Mark Lewis on this article.. But he is telling the truth…Break it down for the parents and student-athletes, Mark.
I’ve posted Mark Lewis articles before. But just in case you don’t know who he is. He is a former womens basketball college coach that currently writes for ESPN Hoopgurlz. And I am so happy he wrote about this because so many players and PARENTS get caught up in the hype and selling of a college program. Then they get to campus as a freshman and get a rude awakening…………
Here is the break down:
Facilities
Easily one of the more overrated and often too influential aspects of some player’s decisions are the athletic facilities that a university has to offer. It’s hard for anyone to walk into a massive, high-tech, first-class arena and not be impressed. When you’ve been playing club ball in crowded multi-court facilities all over the country and lining up for high-school games in gyms that predate the Eisenhower administration, your first instinct might be to say to yourself, “This is it, I’m home.” A reality to keep in mind though is that no player ever became a success because of 15,000 seats or an enormous, animated video scoreboard. That happens on the floor — and they’re all 94 feet long and 50 feet wide…………..
Program’s amenities
Another aspect of the recruiting process that often gets more attention than it should is the program’s shoe contract or equipment deal. I was guilty to the fullest degree of promoting this when I was a recruiting coordinator, acting as if a particular logo on our shoes or uniforms made our school a better option than another for an athlete. When a coach has you on campus and tells you that you get unlimited pairs of shoes, cross trainers, running shoes, travel warmups, fleece sweats, travel bags, jackets and polo shirts, they’re not telling you anything about their coaching ability or style. A lot of bad coaches hand out a lot of good equipment. Down the road there’ll be no logos on your cap and gown at graduation anyway.
Past success
The previous success of a program deserves a lot of consideration but again has to be tempered against the value that recruiters will try to put on it. Past success may be an indicator of the potential for more, but it’s certainly no guarantee. When considering the performance of a particular school or coach you have to narrow the time window as well as the setting of their achievements. Even a program coming off its best year in history needs to be looked at through their whole body of work rather than that one shining moment. Look at the last five seasons and consider the won-loss record, graduation and transfer rates as well as the caliber of recent recruiting classes. A coach waving around her or his first and only championship ring or another showing off a 10-year-old NCAA watch both need to be taken with a grain of salt.
Coaching staff
That special connection or great relationship with an assistant coach is important, just not to the degree that you might think. The dynamics of your interaction with that individual are going to change once you’re on campus and that coach is focused on the next recruiting class. That’s not to say that they’ll start to ignore you but things aren’t going to be just as they were in the recruiting process. They won’t be bad, just different……………
Football weekend
One of the greatest distortions in the recruiting process is the visit to a campus during a football weekend. The setting at big football schools on the weekend of a home game bears little resemblance to the daily atmosphere and environment that normally surrounds the campus. It’s a great time to visit and a lot of fun, but not an accurate gauge of what you might find once you show up as a freshman. It’s no coincidence that recruiters are always trying to get you to visit, both officially and unofficially, when kickoff is scheduled on their home field. Enjoy the fun, but don’t let it cloud your vision……………..
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“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”
-Mark Victor Hansen
