A Call To Arms
I just found another shooting enthusiast today.
Coach Herb Welling from Omaha, Nebraska
who's Central High team won the Class A State
Basketball Championship last month.
He sure needed some timely shooting when 4 out
of his top 6 players fouled out, and his team found
itself depending on 3 rarely used sophmores in a
hotly contested overtime. Not only that, but they
had to overcome a 39 point effort by the other
team's star player.
In his blog at:
http://herbwellingbasketball.blogspot.com/
Coach Welling also had this to say about Florida's
recent national championship team:
'Billy Donovan should get credit for his defense,
but his team's ability to hit open shots is attributed
to his great individual skill [development] program.
His team was really balanced offensively.
We as coaches have to stress and teach shooting.
There are plenty of good shooting DVD's [out there]
such as [those by] Dave Hopla, Hal Wissel, Andy
Enfield, Tom Nordland, Ed Palubinskas, and Duane
Lewis. Please teach and work on shooting.'
Thanks, Coach. That's exactly what I'm doing.
Football has it's position coaches, baseball it's
hitting coaches, and golf it's swing coaches, but
basketball has been slow to embrace shooting
coaches.
There are a host of good one's out there to learn
from.
And it's time to take up arms and start teaching
the next generation how to shoot like experts.
Shoot For The Stars,
Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops
P.S. Many coaches are hesitant to change a
player's stroke. I understand the sentiment, but
I don't agree. It's true you have to do it with tact,
grace, and encouragement, but good shooting feels
good in the same way hitting the sweet spot on a
baseball bat or a tennis racket does.
Your players will get on board when you can show
them results.
P.S.S. Remind them Tiger Woods has reworked his
golf swing at least twice after people were already
calling him one of the greatest golfers ever. If
change is not too good for him, your players shouldn't
have a problem with it.
If you don't feel qualified to teach you can get up to
speed in a hurry. A good place to start is with my
product list at:
http://www.deandelker.com/products.html
Note: This email is protected by copyright, but I
encourage you copy and share it freely. Please just
include the whole message including links and my
contact information. Thanks a ton.
Copyright 2006,2007 Delker Enterprises, Inc.
Coach Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607
352-494-6572
dean@deandelker.com
www.deandelker.com
Coach Herb Welling from Omaha, Nebraska
who's Central High team won the Class A State
Basketball Championship last month.
He sure needed some timely shooting when 4 out
of his top 6 players fouled out, and his team found
itself depending on 3 rarely used sophmores in a
hotly contested overtime. Not only that, but they
had to overcome a 39 point effort by the other
team's star player.
In his blog at:
http://herbwellingbasketball.blogspot.com/
Coach Welling also had this to say about Florida's
recent national championship team:
'Billy Donovan should get credit for his defense,
but his team's ability to hit open shots is attributed
to his great individual skill [development] program.
His team was really balanced offensively.
We as coaches have to stress and teach shooting.
There are plenty of good shooting DVD's [out there]
such as [those by] Dave Hopla, Hal Wissel, Andy
Enfield, Tom Nordland, Ed Palubinskas, and Duane
Lewis. Please teach and work on shooting.'
Thanks, Coach. That's exactly what I'm doing.
Football has it's position coaches, baseball it's
hitting coaches, and golf it's swing coaches, but
basketball has been slow to embrace shooting
coaches.
There are a host of good one's out there to learn
from.
And it's time to take up arms and start teaching
the next generation how to shoot like experts.
Shoot For The Stars,
Coach Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops
P.S. Many coaches are hesitant to change a
player's stroke. I understand the sentiment, but
I don't agree. It's true you have to do it with tact,
grace, and encouragement, but good shooting feels
good in the same way hitting the sweet spot on a
baseball bat or a tennis racket does.
Your players will get on board when you can show
them results.
P.S.S. Remind them Tiger Woods has reworked his
golf swing at least twice after people were already
calling him one of the greatest golfers ever. If
change is not too good for him, your players shouldn't
have a problem with it.
If you don't feel qualified to teach you can get up to
speed in a hurry. A good place to start is with my
product list at:
http://www.deandelker.com/products.html
Note: This email is protected by copyright, but I
encourage you copy and share it freely. Please just
include the whole message including links and my
contact information. Thanks a ton.
Copyright 2006,2007 Delker Enterprises, Inc.
Coach Dean Delker
8413 SW 4th Place
Gainesville, FL 32607
352-494-6572
dean@deandelker.com
www.deandelker.com
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