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In the coming weeks we will be sharing more information about the upcoming HBCA Fall Clinic at Bloomington South HS on Friday/Saturday, October 5th and 6th at Bloomington South High School. Make sure you follow us on the website and social media concerning updates on the clinic which will include high school and college boys/girls coaches as well as coordinating with IU practice on Saturday.
Congratulations to our New Officers
President - Michael McBride, Eastern Pekin
District 1 Boys VP - Jon Neill, Eastern Greene
District 1 Girls VP - Travis Connor, Vincennes Lincoln
District 2 Boys VP - Heath Howington, North Posey
District 2 Girls VP - Doug Blair, Mt. Vernon
District 3 Boys VP - Kerry Brown, Connersville
District 4 Boys VP - Tom Bradley, Orleans
District 4 Girls VP - Christopher Broughton, Crawford County
Drill of the Week from Dr. Dish
Partner Spacing and Multi-Cut Shooting
At Dr. Dish Basketball we aim to provide coaches, players, trainers, and parents with multiple options to utilize our shooting machines. Between individual and team drills, there are endless ways to use Dr. Dish machines to accelerate skill development faster than ever. - Nick Bartlett
In this complete Skill Builder workout, Coach Jefferson Mason is joined by Anthony Brant, one of our Dr. Dish reps, to demonstrate a great partner progression focusing on game-like cuts and advanced ball handling. #DishLab. CLICK HERE.
A Word from DistinXion
Weekly Devotional
Give 110% to everything you find yourself in. Look for reasons and purposes as motivation to work harder than anyone else. As a competitor, we know if we are giving it our all. We do not fool ourselves. Fake hustle can fool others at a distance. Our goal should be to become the real deal and not be fake. It has to come from the heart. When our hearts are right, then our lives will automatically be transformed. If our hearts are not right, then we try to fake it.“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might...” - Ecclesiastes 9:10
Question 1
Have you ever done the “fake hustle” in practice? Why is it difficult to not give 100% all the time?
Question 2
What is keeping you from doing things with “all your might?”
Drill of the Week
What is your team known for? You can't be great at all things.
By: Andy Bronkema - Ferris State Univ.
Originally Published in: Time Out Magazine, September 4, Issue 206
Provided by: National Association of Basketball Coaches
One thing we choose to spend our time on at Ferris State is rebounding. We take practice time each day and devote it to rebounding which includes multiple drills.
Our philosophy is to send four to the offensive glass and five to the defensive glass. The point guard always has defensive balance. If your point guard is a good rebounder then assign the balance to someone else, but I recommend keeping it simple and having the same person do it all the time. The times that the point guard takes the ball to the rim we are willing to live with a lack of defensive balance in exchange for someone else not having an excuse on why they didn't go to the glass. "I was covering for the point guard" has no validity in our system.
One drill we do often is Rotate Rebounding. Five offensive players spaced on the three-point line; corner, wing, top, wing and corner. You can use other spacing that might fit the opponent you play. Five defenders in a stance and around the lane lines. Coach yells rotate, and the players rotate clockwise talking and pointing to the people they will be boxing out if and when the shot goes up. As they rotate they communicate the new person they will be boxing out.
Coach or manager shoots the ball. I like to shoot the ball when certain players mathup or when I can see that the defense is in between rotations or have two guys miscommunicating and pointing to one. If the offense gets the rebound, they have that possession to score then offense and defense switch and the next rep takes place. If the defense gets the rebound, teams transition down and back. After each sequence, switch offense and defense and repeat. Play to eleven points. You can play to fewer points or with a time limit. Many times, we do not play with an out of bounds, encouraging people to pursue the ball.
We use the terms Hit, Find and Fetch to teach the defensive box out. Get a hit on the opponent, if going to your left by stepping your opposite leg across and getting contact, locate the ball and grab it with two hands at the highest point possible. If a player's man is standing on the perimeter and not crashing, we would rather the defender stay in a rebounding area instead of going all the way out for the hit.
For offensive rebounds, we say find a gap, not a back. Offensive players need to quick swim or jab and go opposite and find open space. All rebounders should know that the ball misses on the opposite side it is shot from most often. Also, when battling for position under the rim, at times it is better to wall your man under the hoop to carve out advantage for all the long rebounds rather than working to get in front only for the small area and chance of the ball going there.
Having just completed his fifth season as head coach at Ferris State University, Andy Bronkema guided the Bulldogs to their first NCAA Division II championship in 2017-18 with a 38-1 won-lost record. The Bulldogs tipped Northern State 71-69 in the NCAA Division II championship game in Sioux Falls, S.D. In each of the last four seasons, Bronkema's team has earned Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles and berths in the NCAA Division II tournament.Message from Coach Thompson
No Phones Dad
Friday nights are a very special night at our house during the off-season. Because I’m now at a school that does not have football, Friday nights usually mean “Daddy Nights” to my five year-old. This kid really seems to look up to me and usually has big plans for our Friday nights.
This past Friday night he had set up a big battle with his army men, other action figures, blocks, and castles. This was ground zero for him. This was going to be the biggest battle ever to take place in the toy room. He told me Friday morning as I left the house that when I got home Friday night we were going to play “battle”. As soon as I got home he came up to me and gave me this big hug. I felt on top of the world. Then, I asked him if he was ready to head upstairs to the toy room for our big battle. I told him I’d been thinking about it all day long. What he said next floored me. “Yep. I’m ready dad, but no phones.”
Talk about a kick in the gut. There my five year old was calling me out. He was telling me without saying it that I am on my phone too much when we play or do things together. I looked at my wife and I smiled. I am always telling myself that I need to make sure I am present all the time when I am playing with my kids, engaged in conversation with my wife, or dealing with others in a conversation. It took a five year-old to say something to me to really hit home.
We went upstairs and had an awesome time. I left the phone downstairs and we played battle for about 45 minutes. It was the highlight of my weekend. I’m glad he said what he said, when he said it!
We have to realize that our kids are only going to be kids for so long and time flies the way it is, let alone when we are checking social media, emails, texts, etc. on these devices that are supposed to make our lives easier. Now, I’m not suggesting that we totally get rid of phones, but what I am suggesting is that as my son suggested, ever so politely, is that we allow them to take away from having relationship time with those we love as well as taking time away from devotion, prayer, or reading the Word.
We are less than two months away from the start of the season. Many of us have already started utilizing the pre-season workout times that the state has given us with the new rule changes. Our lives are getting busier. My hope is that over the next few weeks that we can all “put the phone away” when it’s time to be intentional about our time and relationships with our family and the Lord.
Message from Jason Brand & Billy Holder, SW Indiana FCA
READY
"Therefore since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us, and run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne." — Hebrews 12:1–2
SET
Perhaps more than anyone else, we coaches can appreciate the athletic imagery used in the Bible. The writer of Hebrews encourages his readers to “run the race” that is set before them, and from his words we can draw four encouragements as we run the spiritual race of faith set before us.
First, in the context of Hebrews 11, we run in light of God’s faithfulness to His people. We can view the cloud of witnesses as bearing testimony to us of the faithfulness of God. Second, we run forsaking “the sin that so easily ensnares us” which is, primarily, unbelief in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Third, we run with a focus, “keeping our eyes on Jesus,” which we do primarily by means of the Word of God and through prayer. Finally, we finish the race God has called us to, just as Jesus did.
In our coaching we have an incredible opportunity to teach our teams using the Bible’s athletic imagery, encouraging them to run the spiritual race of faith. Both we and they can run our race in the light of God’s faithfulness, forsaking unbelief, focusing on Jesus, and following the specific path to which God has called them. We have a unique privilege as coaches to seize the moment for the glory of God.
First, in the context of Hebrews 11, we run in light of God’s faithfulness to His people. We can view the cloud of witnesses as bearing testimony to us of the faithfulness of God. Second, we run forsaking “the sin that so easily ensnares us” which is, primarily, unbelief in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Third, we run with a focus, “keeping our eyes on Jesus,” which we do primarily by means of the Word of God and through prayer. Finally, we finish the race God has called us to, just as Jesus did.
In our coaching we have an incredible opportunity to teach our teams using the Bible’s athletic imagery, encouraging them to run the spiritual race of faith. Both we and they can run our race in the light of God’s faithfulness, forsaking unbelief, focusing on Jesus, and following the specific path to which God has called them. We have a unique privilege as coaches to seize the moment for the glory of God.
GO
1. Are you personally running the race, increasingly knowing God and His faithfulness?
2. Are you living by faith and cultivating a growing love for Jesus through God’s Word and prayer?
3. Are you setting the example of one who is finishing the race in your family, profession, and church?
2. Are you living by faith and cultivating a growing love for Jesus through God’s Word and prayer?
3. Are you setting the example of one who is finishing the race in your family, profession, and church?
WORKOUT
Extra Reading: Hebrews 11
OVERTIME
Father, I present myself to You as a living sacrifice. From the foundation of the indwelling Christ, fill me with your Spirit so I may function as a coach, living in the light of Your great faithfulness, forsaking sin, focusing on Jesus, and finishing the race to Your glory. Amen.
Contact Us
Coach Thompson - coachthompson44@gmail.com - @coachthompson44Luke Zeller - lukezeller@distinxion.org - @lukezeller40 and @distinxion
Nick Bartlett - nick@drdishbasketball.com
Dave Hudson - dhudson@fca.org
Jason Brand - jbrand@fca.org
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