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Merry Christmas.
We hope Santa brought you a nice new leather basketball. You never can have enough basketballs. We also hope he also brought you some other basketball Christmas gifts such as new sneakers, enrollment at a basketball camp, or tickets to a college basketball or NBA game.
If you are a high school basketball player, basketball is on your mind on Christmas and every other day of the season. Christmas Break is Week #4 of the Massachusetts high school basketball season. The 1st three weeks are a complete blur for the majority of players – tryouts, scrimmages, and first game.
Christmas Vacation week is unlike any other. There are practices, Christmas tournaments and non-league games.
On Christmas Day, enjoy time with your family. If you’re going to a big family gathering, and the weather is nice, shoot some hoops outside. Maybe go for a dribble walk with a grandparent or cousing in the neighborhood. But try to do something to get the ball in your hands in a fun, casual, and productive way.
Enjoy this week because basketball should be the only big thing on your plate. It’s school break so there are no classes. There should be little or no homework and all your focus can be on basketball. Christmas Vacation is the one window where a player can actually spend some significant time improving skills. The easiest way to do this is to show up early to practice and/or stay late.
it also is an opportunity for you to complete some individual workouts at a gym. Most communities have some opportunities where you can get to a basketball court. This may cost a little bit of money, but there are a lot of opportunities where players can simply drop in pay $10-$20 and get a workout in.
Focus on your shot and scoring moves. Do not simply just go play pick up. As a high school player, there are many areas of the game you can work on. Free throw shooting is probably the most important part of any high school basketball game as the season progresses. If you can be a top free throw shooter on your team, you will significantly improve your chances of being on the court at the end of the game.
Use HUDL to really analyze your game so far. Take some time and sit down with a coach, an older player, a teammate, or a parent that knows basketball. Really look at the finer points of your game. Look at your defensive rotations. Look at your positioning on offense. Look at where you catch the ball. Look at scoring opportunities. Analyze your shooting percentages.
Perhaps create a scoring move workout of all the moves you have attempted in a game. Simply practice those moves that you’re taking and hopefully making in games. These will be the same opportunities that be available in future games.
Evaluate your role within the team and possibly do a little more to expand your role. Coaches are pretty set with rotations at this point in season, but there are a few players who will earn more chances, while others might be sliding down the bench if they are making turnovers, missing shots, and not making hustle plays. If you are getting opportunities, make the most of them. If you get limited opportunities in games, work your tail off in practice to try to do a little extra to continue to get better, because at some pointm you will get a chance especially underclassmen.
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January 27th – February 2nd Week #9: The Most Important Week of the Season
February 3rd – February 9th Week #10:
February 10th – February 16th Week #11:
February 17th – February 23rd Week #12: Massachusetts High School Basketball: February Vacation Week
February 24th – March 2nd State Tournament Week #1 / High School Season Week #13:
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January 13th – January 19th (2 games):
January 20th – January 26th:
January 27th – February 2nd:
February
March
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Happy New Year!
It is week #5 of the high school basketball season. Technically, we should’ve shared this at the start of the season, however, with the New Year and a quarter of the season more than done, we felt now was the appropriate time to share the concept of how each year, a player will have a different role. Also, it takes few weeks to define a role clearly
It is important to understand that throughout the course of a season, a player can assume a few different roles, depending upon injuries, opponents, sickness, and an incredible amount of other factors. To have a successful season, it is critical that a player (and his family) understand his role. Once a role is clear, a player MUST fully embrace that role.
Different Roles
Your role on your team is based on talent, experience, and chemistry. If you have all three, stop reading and go do your thing. If you don’t, here are a few pointers.
Each new year brings a new journey. The four journeys for a high school basketball player are freshman year, sophomore year, junior year, and senior year. To be a good basketball player we feel it is critical to have short-term focus. By short-term focus we mean place all your energy on TODAY! Long-term should be this week.
Improve Each Day
Try to get a little bit better each day. In some cases that might mean resting, but in most cases a player should do some type skill development. To be a good basketball player, simply practicing with your team is not going to be enough. You will be an average player, because every player in the state and every player in your program is practicing just as much as you.
Start with an extra 10 to 15 minutes of individual skill development. Just a little extra work will give you confidence that you are doing more than the average player. Overtime, these brief workouts will result in slow, steady improvement. It is important for you to focus on skills that are most important in helping your team win and more importantly earning you playing time and a chance to be on the court.
Do Pushups
Create a pushup chart and do pushups each day. Many players do pushups each day, but many don’t. Simply doing pushups will separate your from the other players.
Basketball is not an equal opportunity sport, just like it is or should be at the high school level. You have to earn your minutes. The best way to do this is to get to practice early or stay late. Sometimes another team might be coming in right after you so there’s no opportunity for workout in the gym.
In this case, jump rope. Jumping rope is one of the best season activities for a player to increase stamina, upper body, strength, and quickness. Adding quickness can impact so many aspects of basketball – offense, defense, rebounding, jumping and getting to the rim.
A simple jump rope routine could be as simple as
Shot Fakes
Watch a high school game and pay attention to how many shot fakes or ball fakes are made during the game. You will be amazed. At the freshman level or the varsity level, in most programs, you’ll be lucky to see double digit fakes. At the sub-varsity level, you can probably count the shot fakes on one hand.
We try to keep the game simple and encourage a basketball player to focus on three things when they catch the ball.
Practicing shot fakes can be done at home in front of a mirror. Or if the weather is not too cold you can practice outside in a driveway or at a court.
The Million Dollar Move
If you have time and a basket, focus on your Million Dollar Move. Be the best on the team at this one move. Once you master the Million Dollar Move. Every chance a player gets at the high school level, a player should go to his Million Dollar Move until it is stopped. To make the Million Dollar Move valuable, it is important for a player to have a counter move. As a player adds more scoring movers, he can have MANY Million Dollar Moves.
All players can have a better handle. Complete a 5-10 minute stationary ball drills or the tennis ball series every day. Over the course of the season, those minutes will add up to hours. Hours of skill development over the season will make a huge difference in a player’s talent level.
Try to expand your role on the team by working a little more each day.
Completing an extra workout should be your number one goal. Each week to be the most improved player in your program. If you have the mindset that every single day you’re going to be the most improved player, that means you will be the most improved player for the week. And you can do that an entire basketball season, we think you will be very happy with the results.
Good luck check back for more ideas on the high school basketball year.
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December 30th – January 5th (3 games): Winter Break. Many teams travel to play in a tournament or play opponents from another part of the country.
January 6th – January 12th (2 games): The final week before students return to campus. It has been nice to be a college athlete for a few weeks without having to worry about the student part of it. Get ready for back to school and get off to a great start academically.
January 13th – January 19th (2 games):
January 20th – January 26th:
January 27th – February 2nd:
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December is a stop and go month for some Division III Basketball teams and leagues. With the end of the semester, reading week, and finals, so programs do not practice at all. There are no commitments for members of the program, although some may choose to complete individual workouts.
November 25th – December 1st: Thanksgiving Week Some schools will give the players Wednesday and Thursday off. Friday practice will be later in the day and there will be games on Saturday or Sunday, and in some cases maybe both days.
December 2nd – December 8th: A typical week for most colleges. However the last game before Christmas may be played on Sunday.
December 9th – December 15th: Reading Week and Finals.
December 16th – December 22nd: Reading Week and Finals.
December 23rd – December 29th: Winter Break: Practice starts up December 26th the day after Christmas and many teams have a two-day tournament.
December 30th – January 5th: Winter Break. Many teams travel to play in a tournament or play opponents from another part of the country.
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December 9th – December 15th (0 games): Reading Week and Finals.
December 16th – December 22nd (0 games): Reading Week and Finals.
December 23rd – December 29th (1 game): Winter Break: Practice starts up December 26th the day after Christmas and many teams have a two-day tournament.
December 30th – January 5th (3 games): Winter Break. Many teams travel to play in a tournament or play opponents from another part of the country.
January 6th – January 12th (2 games): The final week before students return to campus. It has been nice to be a college athlete for a few weeks without having to worry about the student part of it. Get ready for back to school and get off to a great start academically.
6 games total