Dena Evans, known to thousands of PGC Basketball graduates simply as “Coach D,” has served as the Owner and Director of PGC since 2002. Legendary UCLA basketball coach, John Wooden, once said about Dena Evans: “Don’t be under the impression that it takes a male coach to teach the fundamentals of basketball. As an outstanding [...]
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Coaching Clinic Notes: WNBA Seattle Storm Head Coach Brian Agler
Head Coach Brian Agler of the WNBA Seattle Storm shares coaching tips and ideas for player development, effective communication and getting ‘buy-in’ from basketball players during PGC Basketball’s online coaching clinic.
Excuses
Don’t make the ridiculous mistake of thinking that your particular brand of excuse is somehow more valid than the last 20 million that have been uttered. Excuses are the domain of the mediocre.
How To Become A Leader On Your Team
What does it take to truly become the leader of your team? Why can’t you afford to ‘mind your own business’ on a basketball team driven to winning championships? How do you bring out the best in your teammates? Here’s an uncommon answer to these common problems that athletes wrestle with.
Nod To The Coach
Nodding to your coach seems like an obvious thing, and hardly a tip for a good basketball player yet very often players fail to do this. Understand how a little nod goes a long way toward establishing the kind of player-coach relationship that leads to winning basketball.
5 Ways for Basketball Players to Improve Immediately
Like most people, a lot of basketball players are looking for that one thing that will create an impact for themselves and their team right away. Let’s take a look at five things that any player can do immediately to improve…
6 Types of Toughness: Are You Tough Enough?
ESPN’s Jay Bilas wrote a terrific blog during last year’s basketball season about the often used (yet often misunderstood) word in sport - toughness. It was one of the best blogs I’ve ever read, and a viral buzz was created because of it. As I watch these NBA playoffs and engage in conversation with people about the nature [...]
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