PGC Basketball

Do coaches have favorites? You bet they do. Here’s how to become one: Be a scrappy, hard-nosed, screen-setting, ball-diving, defense-loving, in your face, “I won’t back down” type of athlete. Coaches love those players.

The summer of 1995 was the summer before my senior year in high school. I was a basketball player that at 17 years old, had dreamed of playing in college for 15 years. I attended showcase camps all summer, but saved one week in June to attend Dick DeVenzio’s, Point Guard College Basketball Camp.

All I ever wanted to do was be a college basketball coach. I grew up watching my dad coach football, and saw the daily impact he made on the kid’s he coached. Attending PGC gave me even more inspiration. Seeing how lessons of life and basketball go hand in hand.

Not just doing your share, not doing less than your share, not doing just what was asked of you, but consistently doing more than what is asked of you, or doing it before you’re even asked.

The responsibility principle: If things aren’t going well, you have one person to blame— yourself. Somehow, you haven’t communicated well enough or explained clearly enough or taught convincingly enough what it is you want.

This just happened. Considering it’s been nearly 12 years, I never guessed I’d receive a call like this.

Unnecessary dribbles hurt your team as they…often trigger traps, kill your explosiveness, and slows down your team movement. Use dribbles to go someplace and make something happen.

Why use two-foot stops in the paint? Gives you balance & power. Helps you to take more contact. Gives you time to make better decisions. Gives you the chance to use fakes and draw fouls.