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And now another "Teachable Moment" from StrengthCoach.com!

Basketball Advice from a Sprint Coach- Part 2

Tony Holler -  Teacher and coach at Plainfield North High School. Coach Holler’s accomplishments and credentials include the following:

• 35 years of classroom teaching, presently teaching Honors Chemistry at Plainfield North High School in Plainfield, IL.
• 35 years of coaching football, basketball, and track. Presently Head Track Coach and Head Freshmen Football Coach at Plainfield North.
• Member of Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame
• Co-director of Football-Track Activation Consortium (along with Chris Korfist)

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Cherish Reps

This phrase comes from my son, Alec. Alec Holler coached the best hurdler in Illinois history. Travis Anderson set the state record in the 110 Highs in 2016 running 13.59. Last year, Travis Anderson won both the 110 highs and 300 intermediates leading his team to the IHSA State Championship. Travis was trained with a less-is-more, minimum-effective-dose program (we call it “Feed the Cats”). Not once did Travis go over more than the first two hurdles in practice. Every workout was done in spikes at full speed. Every rep was timed. Every rep was CHERISHED.

“Feed the Cats” is counter-intuitive to coaches of team sports. Every practice features hundreds of half-assed reps with coaches yelling for more intensity and more focus. If coaches can't get their players to play hard, they run sprints. Volume is cherished.

When Alec sees team sports being coached without cherishing reps, Alec sees dysfunction. How can you play games at a high intensity and extreme focus if practice is half-speed?

Record, Rank, and Publish

I should have trademarked “Record, Rank, and Publish”. I became a spreadsheet geek before most people knew what a spreadsheet was. Remember AppleWorks and ClarisWorks?

As a track coach, I found that recording times, ranking athletes, and then posting their results created meaning and significance. Because I time sprints in practice (Freelap timing system), kids never forget their spikes.

My record, rank, and publish idea came from my dad. As a basketball coach, dad would always “chart free throws”. Rankings were then posted on a bulletin board. Why? Because when you post the number of free throws made out of 50 attempts, players cared. It's that simple............Join StrengthCoach.com to keep reading......