Steve Finamore and I will debate anybody on this topic!!

My good friend Steve Finamore and I will debate anybody on American Basketball!!

American kids still rule the game of Basketball

I just got back from Chicago and Milwaukee seeing some of the best players in the country. Our kids have improved a ton on shooting the rock. Don't tell me about the European method of teaching Basketball we invented it and teach it better than anybody!!! Congratulations to the World Champions U-19 USA team!!!

The J-Glove Shooting Aid is a great new teaching tool!!

Jeremy Russotti's J-Glove is a great complement to the Star Shooter. Finally a Shooting Aid to help the Follow-through. The J-Glove in my humble opinion is the Best Basketball Shooting Training Aid of the New Millennium. I saw Jeremy's prize pupil Josh Akognon in Omaha last year in the NCAA opening round, Josh was incredible and I had never heard about him and he put a great Shooting display on against Wisconsin when he scored 31 points against the always tough Coach Bo Ryan defense. I personally used the J-Glove today with great results with various level players and was very impressed with much improved results that I saw today. The J-Glove sells itself and Jeremy is a tremendous young Teacher and Coach of the game. I highly endorse The J-Glove and The DVD and I look forward to watching the Ball handling DVD as well.

The website is www.jglove.com, or if you are interested in reviewing other resource services offered by Jeremy's "1% CLUB Basketball Services", refer to www.1percentclub.org. Below is the Trailer DVD footage for the "Millennium J-Glove Shooting DVD", as well as the "Millennium Ball-Handling DVD".

USA USA we are back!!!

Kobe is great down the stretch and D Wade lifted us in the first half. Lebron is a great leader. Coach K does a great job of leadership and motivation and the new title of his leadership book will be "How to lead the Best". Great Job by all the team and total team effort. A classy group who deserved to win the Gold. Jerry Colangelo did it the right way.

Shooting was also a Major Factor in the Celtic's Win

When Doc Rivers went to 5 shooters on the floor, that made it so tough on the Lakers. Garnett had single coverage in the post and Ray Allen and Paul Pierce were able to get to the hoop. Shooters are very overlooked in the game.

Summer Basketball is a Major Factor in the decline of Fundamentals

Summer is here, but I have major concerns for my favorite game:
1. More high school coaches and AAU coaches are concerned more about playing games and putting in their systems, then working on skills.

2. America has lack of shooters and shooters need time in the gym to shoot.

3. America has lack of Point Guards. So that tells me that Dena Evans Point Guard College and Dave Devenzio National Point Guard Camp does not get to work with our best prospects in the country, probably due to a kid's lack of time and funds.

4. All camps for the most part of been shorten recently due to cost.

5. Shooting, Passing, Dribbling, and Footwork have taken a back seat during the summer months.

6. There is no Basketball hierarchy any more and what mean by that is younger players playing with older players.

7. Lack of Mental and Physical toughness in kids is frightening.

8. Hating to lose is something out of the past.

Lason Perkins DVD's

Lason has 2 new DVD's on the A-set Offense and Secrets of International Basketball. I highly recommend both these outstanding DVD's. You can purchase both these at the Basketball Sense website. The DVD's are 2 of the best offensive systems DVD's on the market.

Team USA strikes Gold!!!

It is great to see basically our best players playing together in FIBA Basketball. Let's hope that next year we have the same team represent us in the Olympics next year. With Kobe, Lebron, and Carmelo playing together makes us the team to beat. But the key to this team is Jason Kidd. The Team got the leader it desperately needed in Kidd. How about the 3pt shooting from Lebron and Carmelo.