Here is a video of some of the workouts I did this spring with Brian James, now an assistant with the Philadelphia 76ers. Lazar Hayward and Steve Novak both talk about the upcoming NBA season.
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Lazar Hayward and Steve Novak Prep for NBA Season
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
Mike Lee Basketball FREE Workout!
Saturday, May 29th, 2010May 24, 2010
The Wisconsin Shooters and Mike Lee basketball are proud to announce a free workout session and open gym on Monday, June 21, 2010 at St. Jude the Apostle School in Wauwatosa, WI. This event is open to the public for incoming 7th-10th graders beginning at 7:00pm and ending at 9:00pm. The first half will be dedicated to Mike Lee instructing group workouts followed by an hour long open gym session. This is a great opportunity for current players and parents to meet the new staff members as well as interested players and parents to learn more about the Shooters program, the history and future.
The goal of this event is to create exposure for the new wave of Wisconsin Shooters for 2011 and beyond. We are looking forward to this event as it should be beneficial for all involved. This is not a tryout for non-shooters players, but you can be evaluated and constructive feedback will be available from our staff. Tryouts will be determined at a later date. If you have any questions please email one of our coaches.
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Off Season Skills Training-Part I: Where do You Stand? by Mike Lee
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010This series is a combination of posts that I have used in the past, but they are time relevant with the season ending for most programs. Even though they have been posted before they are updated with new thoughts and quotes.
The first part deals with year-end evaluations and how to handle them. Later in the week I’ll talk about how to build your own workouts and address areas from your evaluation.
With the end of the season right around the corner for many high school teams I thought I should touch on the subject of player evaluations. When I was coaching we used to do them at the beginning and end of each season with individual player meetings throughout the year. If your coach doesn’t provide you with an evaluation, ask him or her for one.*
When I played one thing I always looked forward to was being evaluated at the end of the season or at a camp. I think the reason why can be summed up in two sentences I picked up from a book, Winning, by Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE – I haven’t asked him why yet, but for some reason Alan was not too thrilled about this book J – I thought it was great!
“Maybe some information is hard to swallow at first and yes, “bad” news often hurts, but soon enough, like all knowledge-it’s power-in fact, it’s liberating. When you know where you stand you can control your own destiny, and what is more fair than that?”
So the question is, “What are you going to do now?” Are you going to sit around and feel sorry for yourself because the coach said you needed to work on your jumper or get in the weight room? Or are you going to form your organized plan of attack and get to work?
In order for you reach your goals you need to define your VISION. You need learn and in order to learn you need to seek wisdom of those who came before you. Search for the truth. Great players want the TRUTH. Kobe wants the truth – Kevin Garnett wants the truth. Michael Jordan wanted the truth.
Without the truth you really don’t know where you stand or where you can improve. Bill Parcells said the first thing you need to do in order to start winning is to figure out why you are losing. Figure out what is wrong with your game in order to improve it.
*click here to view a sample evaluation form that I have used in the past. Be sure that your players know what you are basing their evaluation on. We used a scale of 1-5. “1” being a low skill level and “5” being close to, or at the level of, the best in country for their age level. That’s what our kids strived for so that’s what we compared them to.
Illinois Select Workout, by Mike Lee
Friday, January 29th, 2010Last night I had the pleasure of working out the 14U Illinois Select boys team in Rolling Meadows, IL. We had a great 1.5 hour workout. The kids worked extremely hard and I could see in their eyes the passion that some of them had for the game. Ray Glassman, the director of Illinois Select, is doing things the right way. He would jump in some of the drills and offer teaching points, which were right on point. Simple teaching points like “Play the Ball. See Your Man” Simple and short. The Coach Eastman way! If you get a chance to play for him and do not take advantage of it you will be missing out on a great opportunity!
Ray is also running the President’s Day Hoop Prospects showcase at the Lake Barrington Fieldhouse. For more information check out the website here. I will be running the skills sessions along with 3 Time NBA World Champion, Dickey Simpkings. Where do you rank? Come find out!
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The founder of Mike Lee Basketball Services (formerly Playmakers Basketball), Mike is known throughout the country for individual player skill development. He has been a speaker at several events and has also recently authored several instructional workout DVDs, which will be released over the next year. Titles out right now include, 25 Killer Scoring Moves, Secrets of Unstoppable Guard Play and Secrets of Unstoppable Shooting. Since 2006 Mike Lee Basketball has trained over 5,000 boys and girls through their skill development programs. Dozens of players that Mike has worked with have gone on to play collegiate basketball, some at the NCAA DI level. In addition to his own basketball services, Mike is a Nike Girls Skills Trainer and a member of the Nike sponsored, Ganon Baker Basketball.
From 2001-2006, Mike participated as a player and assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During the fall of 2006 he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Coach K and Duke University Leadership Conference in Durham, NC. In December of 2006 he graduated from the University of Wiconsin-Stout with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a self-planned concentration in Basketball Entrepreneurship.
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Self Made Players, by Luke Meier
Monday, January 11th, 2010You often hear Coaches or T.V. announcers refer to players as “self made.” How else are players made? Coaches and trainers can provide all the tools for players to improve, but it is up to the player to put in the time and effort.
The book “When the Game was Ours” by Jackie MacMullen tells about the lives of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird and their relationship with one another. Here are two of the many stories about the legendary work ethics of two of the greatest players ever.
During his summers with the Celtics Larry Bird would get up at 7am and run 5 miles uphill. Then he would ride his bike through the Indiana country for 20 miles. This was followed by 500 jump shots and 500 free throws. It was only the start of his workout and it was all done before noon.
When Magic Johnson was in high school, Dick Vitale, who was coaching in Detroit at the time, showed up at the Johnson household one winter morning shortly after 6am. When Vitale asked for Magic, his mother told Vitale that he had already left for the day. He was at the park shooting jumpers before school in the blistering cold of a Lansing winter morning.
You can make excuses about how you don’t have time or you don’t have a gym or whatever else you can think of. The truth is that is that’s all garbage. If you really want to be great you find the time, you find the space, and you make it happen.
It’s Where You Finish, by Luke Meier
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009Young Buck, by Luke Meier
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Since the start of the NBA season the entire nation, Milwaukee especially, has been buzzing about Bucks rookie Brandon Jennings. I can truthfully say that I was on the bandwagon as soon as the “Young Buck” was drafted, but I didn’t expect him to be playing as well as he has so far this year.
I have heard or seen countless interviews with and about Jennings and one thing seems to be very clear about him. He understands that in order for him to be successful he needs to put in the extra work. Here is a guy who was at the top of the rankings for his high school class, played a year at the highest level in Europe, and was a top 10 NBA draft pick, but he’s still working his tail off to get better.
Jennings, along with Bucks Assistant Kelvin Sampson, gets to the arena 3-4 hours before the tip to get extra work in. He makes between 200 to 300 floaters each day. That’s right, MAKES 200-300.
There are no secrets for success. Work hard, work smart, be dedicated and good things will happen.
Video of the Month: New Jonny Flynn Drill
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Is 1 on 1 a waste of time?, by Mike Lee
Thursday, November 12th, 2009I was speaking with a friend the other day about how much time he should spend in practice focusing on individual instruction in practice for his high school team. One aspect that came up was playing 1 on 1. I really believe that playing 1 on1, the correct way, is one of the most overlooked ways to improve your game both offensively and defensively. Think about it. How hard should it really be to defend someone when he has the entire floor to use?
1. If you can defend your own player, keep them in front and contest the face on the shot your team defense will be much better.
2. If you can beat your defender off the dribble, make the defense help and closeout, how much better will that make your offense?
If you can get players to defend with the same mindset as they should when they play 1 on 1 I think that can benefit your team defense tremendously. Playing 1 on 1 there is an increased sense of accountability because “it’s all on me”.
I got this drill from Ganon Baker, Nike Skills Academy Drirector, at a clinic a couple years ago. Check out the KOBE 1 on 1 drill below.
