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Coaching

Ideas about the game that aren't tied to a specific session or result. The thinking behind the practice.

A green disc curls a dotted mustard run behind a line of stone defenders while an orange pass arcs over the top — both arrows converging on an empty dotted ring, flat mid-century illustration
fundamentals Article

The Run Starts Before the Pass: Timing Is a Skill You Can Teach

5 July 2026

 Dotted passes circulating between green discs on the left, then one bold orange pass breaking through the gap in a wall of stone defenders to reach the ball — flat mid-century illustration
fundamentals Article

Patience Is an Attacking Skill: What Build-Up Play Teaches Young Basketballers

3 July 2026

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fundamentals Deep Dive

The Five Kinds of Space: A Deep Dive

1 July 2026

 Three green discs connected by two passes: the first pass highlighted with a warm mustard glow, the second plain, the ball arriving for the shot — flat mid-century illustration
fundamentals Quick Take

The Pass Before the Pass

25 June 2026

 A huge burnt-orange ball ringed by a dotted orbit pulls two stone defenders towards it, leaving a green player open with their own dotted ring — flat mid-century illustration
fundamentals Article

Playing Off the Gravity

18 June 2026

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fundamentals Article

Rhythm: The Skill Nobody Teaches

12 April 2026

 Three bold green arrows sprinting left to right across a faint halfway line, with a dotted orange pass arcing ahead to the ball — flat mid-century illustration
fundamentals Article

Passing Ahead in Transition: How to Run a Fast Break That Actually Works

27 March 2026

 Five green discs ringed by dotted spot markers, arranged around a faint half-court arc with a ball waiting at the top — flat mid-century illustration
fundamentals Article

Why Spacing Is the Most Undertaught Fundamental

20 March 2026
Book Session The Leather Hit