This week’s question for the USA Basketball Coaches Network:  How do you address players who don't make the cut?   Don Showalter, head coach, Iowa City High School (Iowa) This is always one of the most difficult things to do on the USA Basketball team as well as my own high school...

This week’s question for the USA Basketball Coaches Network:  How do you address players who don't make the cut?   Don Showalter, head coach, Iowa City High School (Iowa) This is always one of the most difficult things to do on the USA Basketball team as well as my own high school...

There are many ways that youth basketball players can prepare for the upcoming season. Some kids have signed up for USA Basketball’s Regional Camps , with the intention of raising their game in time for school tryouts. So what exactly do coaches look for when they get to tryouts? It’s...

There are many ways that youth basketball players can prepare for the upcoming season. Some kids have signed up for USA Basketball’s Regional Camps , with the intention of raising their game in time for school tryouts. So what exactly do coaches look for when they get to tryouts? It’s...

Good coaches are always looking for ways to help their players improve. Often, this requires improving themselves – learning new drills and strategies, or just better communicating with their players. So this week’s question to the USA Basketball Coaches Network: What are some resources...

Good coaches are always looking for ways to help their players improve. Often, this requires improving themselves – learning new drills and strategies, or just better communicating with their players. So this week’s question to the USA Basketball Coaches Network: What are some resources...

With the NBA Playoffs in full swing, we got to thinking about how coaches approach the postseason at all levels. Since all the members of USA Basketball’s Coaches Network have experienced postseason success, we posed this question to them: What, if anything, do you do differently in the...

With the NBA Playoffs in full swing, we got to thinking about how coaches approach the postseason at all levels. Since all the members of USA Basketball’s Coaches Network have experienced postseason success, we posed this question to them: What, if anything, do you do differently in the...

This week’s question for the USA Basketball Coaches Network: What strategies or styles have you seen this year -- either from your opponents or elsewhere -- that you might want to incorporate into your game plan?   Sharman White, head coach, Miller Grove High School (Ga.) Prior to each...

This week’s question for the USA Basketball Coaches Network: What strategies or styles have you seen this year -- either from your opponents or elsewhere -- that you might want to incorporate into your game plan?   Sharman White, head coach, Miller Grove High School (Ga.) Prior to each...