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The Coach’s Advantage (Ed. 7): Compete with Intention

by Shawn Jones on Feb 2, 2026

This week’s edition of The Coach’s Advantage is live on Substack — delivering another three-part edge: one play, one drill, and one mental strategy you can plug into your program immediately. Edition Seven focuses on competing with purpose. We break down a 4-low BLOB set…

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Want Better Practices? Change the Flow, Not the Focus

by Shawn Jones on Jan 31, 2026

Want to get better? Focus on the same fundamentals day after day. Want to get better and make it fun while keeping your players engaged? Focus on the same fundamentals day after day but change up the flow and approach to keep them on their toes and their attention peaked. Just…

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The Coach’s Advantage: When the Game Gets Uncomfortable (Ed. 6)

by Shawn Jones on Jan 27, 2026

This week’s edition of The Coach’s Advantage is live on Substack — delivering another three-part edge: one play, one drill, and one mental strategy you can plug into your program immediately. Edition Six focuses on helping teams control the moment under pressure. We break down…

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Coach, Stop Doing it All!

by Shawn Jones on Jan 22, 2026

Why do you have assistant coaches if you aren’t going to give them real duties and responsibilities? Why are they sitting on the varsity bench if you don’t trust them to help? The very title of their job implies they’re there to assist. So let…

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The Coach’s Advantage: Playing with Poise Under Pressure (Ed. 5)

by Shawn Jones on Jan 22, 2026

This week’s edition of The Coach’s Advantage is live on Substack — delivering another three-part edge: one play, one drill, and one mental strategy you can plug into your program immediately. Edition Five focuses on helping players handle pressure before the opening tip. We break…

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The Coach’s Advantage: Zone Quick Hitter, Competitive Shooting, and Mental Reset (Ed. 4)

by Shawn Jones on Jan 12, 2026

This week’s edition of The Coach’s Advantage is live on Substack — delivering another three-part edge: one play, one drill, and one mental strategy you can plug into your program immediately. Edition Four breaks down a quick-hitting action 2–3 zone to generate a quality post…

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The Blueprint: Building Identity Through the Grind

by Jordan Green on Jan 7, 2026

We just wrapped up an incredible session with the Concordia (TX) women’s basketball team under Coach Bri Marstaller, and her group really bought into the challenge of getting better—of finding more ways to win. As we reminded them, winning isn’t complicated; it’s just not easy….

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How to Attack Uncommon Defenses

by Shawn Jones on Jan 6, 2026

Have you ever found yourself coaching a game and realizing you can’t quite figure out what defense the other team is running? Is it man? Is it zone? Why do they trap here but not there? When you’re facing an uncommon — or completely unfamiliar…

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The Coach’s Advantage: Attacking the 1–3–1, Competing in Practice, and Elevating Role Players (Ed. 3)

by Shawn Jones on Dec 15, 2025

This week’s edition of The Coach’s Advantage is up on Substack — delivering another three-part edge: one play, one drill, and one mental strategy you can plug into your program immediately. Edition Three breaks down a simple but highly effective half-court set vs. the 1-3-1…

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Say Less. Coach More.

by Shawn Jones on Dec 12, 2025

The art of keeping pre- and post-game talks short, meaningful, and effective. When it comes to pre- and post-game talks, too many coaches do exactly what the name implies: talk. No player wants to sit through a dissertation before or after a game. A wise…

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