Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast ep. 44 - Broward College Basketball Coach and Author Brian McCormick

Brian McCormick - Head Basketball Coach at Broward College, Author, PhD 01:26 Fake Fundamentals -3 Man Weave -Hidden Conditioning Drills -Addressing the True Reasons For Mistakes -Counting Reps -Practicing the Skill of Running and Passing on the Run -The Benefit of Reading and Reacting vs Defenseless Drills -7v5 Passing Drill -Long Island Passing Drill -Writing the Fake Fundamentals Book 18:28 Practice Structures -"Blocked" Practice -Motor Learning Concept -Basically Doing One Thing -"Constant Block" Practice -"Random Variable" Practice -What Transfers Best to Game Day -Practicing How Your Role Plays In a Game -Argument Against "Game Slippage" 30:22 Getting Skills to Translate to Games (Faking Specifically) -Using Pick Up Games -Reading the Defense to Know What Move to Use vs More and More Moves -Teaching Players When to Use Skills -Working Individually by Yourself Limits You 36:52 The Evolution of Pick Up Games -It Has Been Societal -Planning "Play Date" -Organic Nature of Pick Up Games -Individual Training Has Been Seen As a Solution, But Really It's Pick Up Games -Learning as the Key vs Teaching 47:42 Environments to Create In Practice -"Canada Basketball" Drill (Boxes) -Limiting Dribbles -1v1's With Only Attacking Inside 3pt Line -1v1 With No Scoring Inside Key -"Wildcat Rules" Drill -Making Players Play Fast 56:00 Teaching 2 Man Game -One of the First Things Taught -How to Teach Pick and Roll -How to Read Pick Situation -Attacking Switch Side of the Pick -Side Pick and Rolls -How Personnel Fits 1:05:33 Use of Hesitations and Fakes in 2 Man Game Situations -Working Against Natural Cadence of Hesitating -Teaching When to Hesitate and How to Fake -Working Against Jab Step With No Defender on You Yet -Euro Step -Playing Roles as a Player -Catching and Playing in Space 1:11:20 Drop Steps vs Hip Turns -Overview of Each -Drop Step: Foot Plants -Hip Turn: Turning in the Air -Study Done on This to Determine Which One Is Quicker -Hip Turn Ended Up Being Quicker -Safety of Hip Turns vs Drop Steps With ACL Injuries -Using Bodies Natural Elasticity -A lot of Players Naturally Cross Feet and Hip Turn Naturally Learn More: "Fake Fundamentals" & "Fake Fundamentals 2" on Kindle/Amazon "21st Century Basketball Practice" on Amazon