Joao Da Costa

I'm Helping You, Coach!: 100+ Offense Drills for Your Basketball Program Joao Da Costa

As a coach I always find one ofthe most challenging parts of my job is keeping the players motivated. One ofthe best ways I have found for doing this is to vary the drills I use inpractice. Drills provide a powerfulopportunity for coaches because they combine so many important elements oftraining at once. Drills can train all fundamental skills. They train the teamto work together in speed, agility and execution. The flowing repetition of thedrill allows the training to become second nature to the players. Using new andvaried drills and incorporating them into our practices, we train a widevariety of fundamental skills and variations on basic offensive plays like thefast break. I have found that drills areoften overlooked as an asset in coaching. No matter where I am coaching whetherat a clinic, or watching the practice of a club in Europe, South America, an NCAA or high school team. I see thatcoaches around the world often get into a routine of the same drills everypractice. If a drill becomes routine, then the players will lose interest andfocus. I was inspired to write this bookafter coaching a group of professional players in the Euro2003 tournament in Spain. The players were from all over the world and they responded enthusiastically tomy drills. Other coaches who attended the tournament also said my drills wereunique and asked me to share my techniques with them.