Best Individual skill development coaches

I would like your thoughts on individual skill development coaches. Steve Finamore does a great job with this.

Best High School Basketball Coaches in the USA

Please email your thoughts on the best high school Basketball coaches in the country. I want big school and small coaches that do a great job. Please email at herbwelling@cox.net with your thoughts.

Point Guard Development Ideas

In my opinion Bob Hurley and the late Dick Devenzio are two of the best sources for developing the point guard. Coaches please send me your thoughts and drills on developing the position I have information to share. Winning Hoops has just come out with a great report on Floor Generals Developing Prolific Point Guards.

Mike Conley is a winner at every level

Mike Conley who I have seen play since the 5Th grade is an old fashion pass first point guard. Mike can lead, pass, finish, defend, and in the area of shooting I know he will improve is shooting. He has great IQ for the game and His teams will win some NBA titles. He is my favorite player in the draft. I am hoping he slips down to my Celtic's. That brings me to another subject Mike's dad has done a great job of developing Mike and also Greg Oden and I have so much respect for him as a coach and developer of young men and players.

Running the Break and Pressing for tempo

Please email your ideas and I will exchange mine with you. My email address is herb.welling@ops.org. I have great stuff from Pepperdine, Memphis, North Carolina, Hobbs High School in Hobbs New Mexico and Mitchell High School in Colorado Springs from the 1971 and 1973 State Champions teams that ran.

Summer Basketball Ideas for Coaches and kids

1. Skill Development - Shooting program consist of making 500 shots a day. Play 1 on 1 with a buddy or older kid. Work on attacking dribbles moves. Play 2 on 2 or 3 on 3 this summer.

2. Coaches please don't coach summer league, have somebody else coach your team. Instead get your players in the gym 3 times a week working on their skills and teach them how to play in mini-scrimmages with 2 on 2 games, 3 on 3, 4 on 4. Go and evaluate your team in games don't coach them.

Coaches less offense is exactly more offense let your kids play

I am calling on all coaches at every level to run the Fast Break again and teach players to be more offensive orientated. Please teach shooting and drive-n-kick offense which is the hardest thing to guard in Basketball. Red Auerbach and John Mclendon started the running game please get back to style coaches.

Magic Johnson loves seeing the Fast Break back in the NBA

I enjoyed listening to Magic being interviewed during the Lakers and Suns game. He was very complimentary towards Steve Nash and loves how the Suns push the ball up the floor and run.

In light of Virginia Tech are we too politically correct?

Let me preface my latest blog by saying that I am high school security person. I believe that I am on the front lines of domestic terrorism and I am deeply saddened by the Virginia Tech tragedy. With that being said, I believe that the shooter was already identified by the staff and teachers as a potential random actor. I believe that staff was ignored by the administration at the school because they are too worried about being politically correct, and sadly we have a bunch of innocent lives destroyed by this evil person. I feel that we cannot stop these events when they happen, but we had so many warning signs with this misguided student who was bullied for most of his life. We have a responsibility as a community to help be pro-active in these matters and do the right thing which is more important than being politically correct. We have plenty of more these types of individuals throughout the world and we have responsibility to identify potential random actors. Finally, I pray for all the families in this horrible event.

Coaches the art of shooting is just as important as defense

Billy Donovan should get credit for his defense, but his team ability to hit open shots
is attributed to his great individual skill program. His team was real balanced offensively. We as coaches have to stress and teach shooting. There is plenty of good shooting DVD's such as Dave Hopla, Hal Wissel, Andy Enfield, Tom Nordland, Ed Palubinskas, and Global Shot Doctor Duane Lewis. Please teach and work on shooting.

Dana Altman does the right thing and comes home

Coach Altman is a man of high character and did the right thing for his family. God will reward him for this. Welcome home Dana. We did miss you and we are glad to have you back.

Thank you Dana Altman for 13 great years

Dana Altman is one of the best coaches in the business and rest of the country is about to find out what a steal Arkansas got of a coach. Dana took over a program that was in shambles and made it a NCAA tournament program year in year out. Arkansas will be headed to the final four in the next 3 to 4 years.

The Basketball Hall of Fame ought to be ashamed for not electing Coach Bob Hurley

The people at The Basketball Hall of Fame who are voting for induction are clueless. How Coach Bob Hurley was not elected is a joke. Coach is one of the outstanding teacher's of the game in High School Basketball. Teach me Springfield I want to know why he got passed over? What a shame!!!

Omaha Central High School repeats as State Champs

I helped coached and witnessed a miracle on saturday March 10th, we won the Nebraska State Class A Basketball Championship with 4 out of our top 6 players fouling out. We went into overtime with 3 rarely used sophmores and won 93 to 85 over Bellevue West High School. We overcame an outstanding performance by Bellevue West junior Guard Antoine Young who 39 Points in the game.

Coach Bob Hurley the Best in the Game

I was fortunate to watch Coach Hurley conduct practice and coach 2 games. His Team plays so hard and under control. The Friars share the ball and defend with an unbelievable passion. The Practice was like watching Picasso work on a Masterpiece. I always think I know alot about the game but Coach Hurley humbles me and I appreciate the time he is always given me and taught me not only Hoop Lessons but Life Lessons as well. He uses more Defenses than Dean Smith. His team reminds me 71 and 73 Knicks the way they pass and hit the open man.

Christmas Day takes one of the Best to Heaven My Friend Coach Matt Maseiro

Magnificent Matt you will be badly missed and I appreciated our friendship through the great sport of Basketball you will always be a source of inspiration. We had great times together at Five-Star Basketball Camp and Phil and Charlotte's and other events. I will miss your humor and your great personality. We used to talk about Five-Star the next 25 year Book and you will definitely have a chapter in that book. Thanks for your friendship and concern about me and my family over the years and we used to say "take me to" take me to" take me to" Heaven. Matt you earned it.

Love Herb

Omaha Central High School Basketball

Central needs to get unselfish and rebound the ball and defend with more passion. Ben Kline is a hell of a player as well as Josh Jones.

Shooting and Defense wins games

Butler proved once again if you can shoot Free Throws and 3 point shots at a high percentage and take care of the Ball. Defend and Rebound you can beat anybody. Fundamental Basketball wins every time. You win with Guards and Butlers Guards can play.

A "FEW" good men the Gonzaga Bulldog Story

Mark Few is one of the best at developing players. Again he proves if you can teach and coach you beat anybody. The Tarheels are young but they will get better. Josh Heytvelt makes a name for himself in the Big Apple against Tyler Hansborough. The Zags more experience backcourt was the difference.

The Butler did it as Todd Lickliter Bulldogs roll over Bruce Pearls Volunteers

Great win for the Butler Bulldogs led by their Great Coach Todd Lickliter who is a tremendous teacher of the game. They put away Tennessee with a great containing Man to Man Defense and they ran their stuff very well. Congratulations again to Coach Lickliter who I have had the pleasure of working with at Five-Star Basketball Camp.