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Something I have always wanted to do is write a book. So I did. Super proud to release my first book: Basketball Analytics 101: Methods and Tools to Effectively Incorporate Basketball Analytics For Any Team
Andy Fitzgerald
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Andy Fitzgerald
@_AndyFitzgerald
Head 🏀 Coach at Grafton & Chapman 🏀 Academy. Former D2 🏀 player. Former college coach for 11 years at the D1, D2, D3 and juco levels.
- The CDC now recommends a shot clock at the high school level in all 50 states 🏀🙏🏼
- There is no reason for basketball players to run the mile. Agree or disagree?Early morning track grind today 🏃♂️🚧😈
00:00 - High school basketball desperately needs a shot clock, but right behind that is a charge circle. It’s insane how many bad charges are called with a guy right under the basket. It’s not defense and it’s bad for basketball
- As the AAU season winds down here my advice is as always: Pass the Ball
- When a coach tells a player to be aggressive they don’t just mean take more shots… Sprint the floor in transition Hunt the paint Catch ready to shoot or drive Get a teammate open Be active on the ball Rebound out of your area Get to help early
- Heard a coach say this is the difference between being an assistant coach and a head coach: After a loss the assistant goes home and sleeps. The head coach goes home and assumes the fetal position, cries a little and replays everything 100x before going to sleep. So true 😂💀
- I’m all for fun but saw something that was totally refreshing (in an AAU game no less) Kid had about 25 points & after each time he scored there were no arrows, no injections, no fingers to the dome, no hitting the griddy…nothing He simply ran back & played defense 🤯😂
- The coaching profession is so weird. Never know who will get the opportunity. In 2015 I sat next to Joe Mazzula at a coaching clinic and he was asking me about offense. Kinda cool. Happy for him!
- Dear adults in the basketball world, I swear it’s okay just to help kids without having to brag about it, demean others, or get something in return. Just help people because it’s the right thing to do.
- 19% of D1 transfers this year are moving down to D2. 🤔 Stop being so enamored with D1 and go where you fit! High level ball is everywhere!
- Heard an AD recently say in a podcast something along the lines of “Don’t be in such a hurry to be a head coach that you forget to first become a good coach.” Then he went on to say similar about being in such a hurry to get to a certain level, position etc. Good advice
- I’ve watched hundreds of AAU games this summer. I feel like 2 things would help like 90% of offenses at this level: 1. Immediately sprint back out to space after pass on a drive into paint 2. Don’t re-drive a drive into the same gap. Shoot, swing it or at least drive opposite
- 🚨 DRILL OF THE DAY 🚨 ⚫️FACING 1 on 1 (thanks @BBallImmersion) 🔘Toss to either player, that player becomes offense, the other defense 🔘Attack on the catch & get the ball to the floor quickly 🔘Must finish vs live defender ⚪️Excuse the grainy video. Asst must use Android 😂
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