Shot Guru Hal Wissel - Confidence
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Wait, you're serious with these videos? Does the guy coach mini-nba? Middle school? That was a video of something everyone should learn before they get even close to high school ball.
I appreciated your posting it. I showed it to my grandsons who are just learning the fundamentals. Thanks
Me too; I'm trying to get our young player to learn the proper shooting techniques, besides just taking him to IC West and Linn-Mar games. Seriously-- great middle school and high school programs I've seen have kids with superb shooting skills. It blows my mind to watch high school varsity players who still don't know how to shoot a basketball. Their coaches spend all their time on x's and o's and not basics. I'm fully convinced that the top high school programs have way-above-average coaches at multiple levels who spend extra time with certain kids to develop their fundamental skills. A player can sense when he is not receiving good coaching, and I know a couple of players whose reason for transfer was based on that. Rather than just giving pep talks and yelling at players during scrimmages, the best coaches I know will sometimes sit down with a player and try to get on the same page on a one-to-one basis. It's a lot of extra work, but that's one way how great teams are molded.
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I have mentioned this before. High school (and middle school/youth sports) have changed in recent years. Individual skills like shooting in basketball, hitting and pitching in baseball are not emphasized in team practices anymore. Players are expected to work on these individual skills on their own time (and some use their own coaches) while teams work on team skills (offensive/defensive sets in basketball, defensive plays/cutoff/pickoffs in baseball). They believe this is a better use of time.
Some info on Hal Wissel:
Hal Wissel (born February 8, 1939) is an American basketball coach who has worked at the professional and collegiate level in his career.
Wissel was an assistant coach for player development with the Golden State Warriors (2006–07), an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies (2002–05), an assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets (1996–99), and an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks (1976–77).
Wissel was also an advance scout with the Dallas Mavericks (2001–02), Director of Player Personnel with the New Jersey Nets (1995–96), and advance scout and special assignment coach with the Milwaukee Bucks (1990–95).
In addition to serving in the NBA, Wissel compiled more than 300 wins as a collegiate head coach. Wissel led Florida Southern College to four straight trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament and three straight trips to the Division II Final Four (‘80, ‘81, and ‘82), winning the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1981. Wissel coached Division I Fordham University to the National Invitation Tournament in 1972. Fordham played the toughest schedule in the nation. Wissel coached Division I Lafayette College (1967–71), rebuilding team into conference champion in 1971.[1] Wissel coached The College of New Jersey (1964–67), rebuilding team into conference champion and NAIA National Tournament team in 1967. Wissel coached University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1982–85).[2]
Hal Wissel (born February 8, 1939) is an American basketball coach who has worked at the professional and collegiate level in his career.
Wissel was an assistant coach for player development with the Golden State Warriors (2006–07), an assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies (2002–05), an assistant coach with the New Jersey Nets (1996–99), and an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks (1976–77).
Wissel was also an advance scout with the Dallas Mavericks (2001–02), Director of Player Personnel with the New Jersey Nets (1995–96), and advance scout and special assignment coach with the Milwaukee Bucks (1990–95).
In addition to serving in the NBA, Wissel compiled more than 300 wins as a collegiate head coach. Wissel led Florida Southern College to four straight trips to the NCAA Division II Tournament and three straight trips to the Division II Final Four (‘80, ‘81, and ‘82), winning the NCAA Division II National Championship in 1981. Wissel coached Division I Fordham University to the National Invitation Tournament in 1972. Fordham played the toughest schedule in the nation. Wissel coached Division I Lafayette College (1967–71), rebuilding team into conference champion in 1971.[1] Wissel coached The College of New Jersey (1964–67), rebuilding team into conference champion and NAIA National Tournament team in 1967. Wissel coached University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1982–85).[2]
Here is Hal Wissel's website where he helps players improve their shooting! This link is to the mental part of shooting.
http://www.coachwissel.com/videos/mental-aspects/videos/
http://www.coachwissel.com/videos/mental-aspects/videos/
