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The NBA Draft as the Start not the End
Evaluating draft selections after three to five years must account for team environment, development, and more. Players are not finished at selection.
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Brian McCormick
Notes from a Clinic: Communicating Effectively
How can we instruct and help players without appearing negative and critical?
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The True Effects of Coaching
Coaching is far more than the obvious behaviors on the sideline.
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Angel Reese and Deliberate Practice
Moving beyond automaticity to improve shooting percentages.
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The Season Recap: What is coaching?
Evaluating coaches by their game behaviors
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May 2025

Reading the Play
Technique is insufficient.
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Scouting, Evaluations, and the Influence of the Environment
Talent identification and selection are the beginning, not the end.
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Supersizing the Skill-Ball Revolution
Small-ball missed the more significant evolutions.
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Avoiding Locker Rooms
How do coaching behaviors change when out of sight of the public?
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Brian McCormick

April 2025

The Mile Test, Attributions of Success, and Social Media
Did University of Houston reach the NCAA Championship Game because they ran the mile, move a lot of weight in the weight room, eat well, are loud in…
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The Elusive Scholarship Chase
NIL, and an influx of European talent, is a greater threat than the transfer portal for high school players pursuing basketball scholarships.
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Notes from a Shooting Clinic
Movement, Intention, and Decisions.
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Brian McCormick
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