The Logo, by Luke Meier

“You can’t get too much done in life if you only work on the days you feel good.” – Jerry West
Everybody has days where they aren’t feeling it.  The alarm goes off at 5am for your morning workout and hitting the snooze seems like a much better idea than going to the gym.  Maybe you [...]
March.
10.
2010

Elite Skills Membership Testimonial

“I have found Mike Lee’s Elite Skills Membership program to be very helpful in finding new and challenging drills to better develop ball handling and finishing skills in my players.  My players enjoy the unique drills that Mike offers in his videos.  As a coach, I appreciate the fact that his videos are direct and [...]
March.
07.
2010

Derrick Rose Air Dribble, by Mike Lee

Check out how Derrick Rose beats the help side defenders off the dribble!
March.
05.
2010

Successful Coaches Part III, by Alan Stein

For those of you keeping score at home; here is a quick Montrose update:
After weeks of adversity, an emotional team meeting, and then the subsequent best practice we have had all year… our team played pretty well last weekend as we won the 54th Annual Sleepy Thompson Invitational Championship in Alexandria, VA.  We beat Fork [...]
March.
04.
2010

Freshman Wilson leads Whitefish Bay Dominican to division crown, by Andy Call

Delafield — Concentration. Poise. Composure under pressure.
These are important traits, all taught with emphasis to the students at St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy. But those characteristics are not that school’s exclusive property, however, and those qualities are not reserved for upperclassmen alone.
Whitefish Bay Dominican maintained its poise and turned to freshman point guard Duane Wilson [...]
March.
03.
2010

Never Take A Play Off

Pete Rose is arguably the best baseball player of all-time.  The best hitter in most eyes, but the one thing that separated Pete Rose from the others was his ability to never take a play off.
There’s a story about him playing in the 1970 All-Star game.  Typically these games are fun for the fans and [...]
March.
02.
2010

Lakers Sideline Out of Bounds

I just posted the sideline out of bounds play that the Lakers used to get Kobe free against Memphis the other night.  It’s available for all Elite Skills Members.  Draw up a game winner for your team!
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February.
25.
2010

Successful Coaches Part II, by Alan Stein

For those of you who have been following, you know we (Montrose) have been going through some team adversity the past few weeks. How did we respond this past Friday?  Horribly.  Ballou High School, out of Washington D.C., beat us in every statistical category and won by 14. It was painful to watch (we had [...]
February.
25.
2010

Nike Basketball Reaction Drills, by Alan Stein

Alan takes you through some drills he used for warm ups at the Steve Nash Skills Academy.
February.
18.
2010

Successful Coaches, by Alan Stein

Here is an update on last week’s blog, which if you have been following for the past month, can probably agree it would make for an excellent PBS after school special… “The Roller Coaster Life of a High School Strength Coach: The Alan Stein Story.”
Our leading scorer, Terrence Ross, who withdrew from Montrose upon our [...]
February.
18.
2010