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Brian McCormick

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · Nov 14

Playmakers League.
Be the change you want to see in youth basketball. Playmakersleague.com

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 9h

Trying to find objective data to filter the noise and subjectivity of the eye test.
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Written by Uju ✍🏽 @writtenbyuju.bsky.social · 2d

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 1d

We hear so much about European development and AAU basketball ruining basketball development in the United States. However, the examples often cherrypick the best examples from Europe to compare with the worst from the USA. There are other examples.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

What is the purpose of our feedback? What is our goal?https://brianmccormick.substack.com/p/the-purpose-of-feedback

Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 3d

What type of leagues, environments, and systems best promote development? What is most important for young players? for late teens? for near professionals? Is it the same throughout the age and skill ranges?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 4d

Learning from video games
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Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 5d

OH NO. HE. DIDN'T!!!

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 5d

Individual workouts and skill development.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 6d

Summary of a recent coaching clinic.
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Notes from a Clinic: Playmakers Leagues

The history, philosophy, and concepts behind one of the few development-focused youth basketball leagues.

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 7d

"How can I get a coaching job?" I'm asked frequently. Beats me, but here is my memory of how I was hired for every coaching job I have had.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 9d

Narratives driving our coaching. brianmccormick.substack.com/p/moving-bey...

Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 9d

Playmakersleague.com

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Luke Bonner @lukeybonner.bsky.social · 9d

Like… as a coach, you are not developing a future nba player at 10 years old, but you can absolutely steer a kid away from the game forever at 10 yrs old. Thats heavy.

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 10d

We spend so much time scouting players for the NBA draft & recruiting players for college, but how big is the actual difference between players beyond the can't miss players like Flagg?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 11d

Every coach has some experience, but is that experience generalizable to a new team? A new level? A different gender? Every research studies a topic in a narrow population. Is the study generalizable to a larger population? More complex environment?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 12d

Social media obscured our ideas of skill development.
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Andrew Ungvari @drewunga.bsky.social · 13d

I also found my tweet from 2023 when the Clippers were exploring Paul George's trade value, but not Kawhi's.

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 13d

What is guiding our decisions?
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 14d

Principles, not plays.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 15d

Small-ball was never about size, but skill.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 16d

The European take over is greatly exaggerated.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 17d

#FakeFundamentals
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A Discussion of Fake Fundamentals: Why not to Use the ZigZag Drill in Basketball

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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 19d

Warmup effects: brianmccormick.substack.com/p/physiologi...

Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 20d

Coaching is not always acting & it shouldn't be reacting. The effects of coaching may not be seen immediately despite our desire to attribute any and all changes to something more than natural variance or luck.
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Brian McCormick @brianmccormick.bsky.social · 20d

My Friends. Fredrick Backman