Top Tier Basketball

Be (and surround yourself with people...) willing to aim at challenging targets Mediocrity is easy, it's the path of least resistance.

Get after it. #motivation #driversseat

Toques for sale! Message me to reserve or check them out at: www.toptierbasketball.ca/shop Limited supply, only around 10 of each colour left!! (Navy and Royal Blue)

Clinic video from a few months ago, very fortunate to present among so many great and experienced coaches! First 10 minutes there are some technical difficulties, but all clear after that!

Congrats to Week 2 winners: Katie Vidito, Grace Lancaster, and Sydney Lawlor! Keep up the great work everybody!

Keep working hard virtual campers! I'm having a great time creating and delivering content from a distance. Syd Lawlor led the way in all 3 Homecourt drills this week, Coach Mitch is very pleased with everyone's commitment to training, and after only one week athletes look primed for a summer of growth! #bettereveryday

Great perspective as always

Very happy to be off and running with the Top Tier virtual camp! Quick glimpse at some of the exclusive content - everyone is working hard so far!!! Coach Mitch has the athletes training on the TrueCoach app smoothly as well!

Only 3 days left to sign up! Coach Mitch and I are looking forward to helping our athletes grow their games!

Such a great message here from Ross Simmonds. I think about this often. Winners are people that execute. Value action first!

NEW BLOG POST - check it out and let me know what you think! https://www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog/virtuous-circles

SUMMER VIRTUAL TRAINING - Come and train, compete, learn, and grow with Top Tier Basketball - details at: www.toptierbasketball.ca/virtualcamp

Pretty sharp looking hats! Starting up an pre-order form. Comment to post if interested.

Quick look at one of the custom tshirt designs that we have been working on! Please let me know anyone who may be interested, will be available through the website.

Details coming soon...

If you truly love the game, nothing gets in your way, NOTHING!.

Change your outlook, change your future and your opportunities #striveforgreatness

Are you a Producer or Consumer? Seems in 2020 every service and app and technology is turning us into consumers first. Don't watch other people's lives so closely yours goes passing by! ... Make things happen, produce, test, iterate, take risks, ACHIEVE!!

Was really fortunate to get to present at the Cross Canada Coaches Clinic. Presented by Basketball Immersion and Golden Ticket Sports Inc Click through below to the website for a copy of my presentation slides on "Scouting Your Own Team." https://www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog/canadaclinic

"HARD WORK WORKS. Working really hard is what successful people do." Denzel Washington No secrets or secret sauce. Dig in. https://youtu.be/0FB9i7P9Zs4

NEW BLOG POST UP! A question of competition... PREVIEW:... With "The Last Dance" weekly on every single basketball fan's (and beyond) screen the notion of competitiveness is one I would like to explore. It takes no time at all listening to Michael Jordan speak (or watching his famous Hall of Fame speech) to see what makes him tick. But is it about competition or is it about winning? Is there a difference? I think there is... https://www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog

Sit down with a coffee and enjoy this read.

Coach Buzz Williams stuff is absolute GOLD. YouTube Channel is fantastic for coaches and leaders.

Great stuff here!! Be the thermostat not the thermometer.

When building teams you have to look at three key aspects "Values, Abilities, and Skills." In that order...great stuff from Ray Dalio and PDiddy #growingdaily #WeOverMe #teambuilding Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCCfk2a2O5o&t=318s

New Blog is up at www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog - discussing winning... "Being SOMEONE WHO HAS WON is short term, being a WINNER is your identity"

"Life is like a grindstone. Whether it wears you down or polishes you up depends on what you are made of." Jacob Braude.

Great read here, concise and valuable.

See fundamentals executed at the highest level here. Not telling young players to shoot from near half, but check the ball handling and footwork. Impressive display last night vs. the Celtics from Trae Young.

Damian Lillard and Fred Van Fleet show great control and footwork with their step back moves.

Post playing-career Kobe is just great...I love how he describes the journey and the process. Lots to take away from this short clip. The understanding of what it takes in unseen hours, and daily grinding to excel, is eroding I believe. This generation of instant gratification based on social "likes," and approval, does nothing to enlighten people as to what it takes day-in, and day-out to reach the top of whatever long term endeavour they are engaged in. Study greatness. Lo...ok at those who deliver and execute. Kobe Bryant won an Oscar (an OSCAR!!) within a year of retirement. He has now opened his own studio of creatives and story-tellers. He delivers. Period. Shoot until you can't lift your arms, write even though your writing will suck for a long time, run up the hill until your lungs and legs are on fire,,,,,,and if you want to be great........do it all again tomorrow.

I am really starting to wonder if truly independent passion and work-ethic are being lost in the game of basketball? At least maybe in my small corner of the world. Independently driven, self-organizing, unalderated passion. No need for tournaments, structured practices, but simply a player, a ball, and an unrelenting will to improve. Simple math here.... imagine if players simply committed to getting up 2500 shots a week? That would be 500 shots 5 days a week. In 12 weeks they would have taken 30,000 shots. People who want to thrive find a way.

Season tickets are available now the for @UPEIPanthers WBB 2018/2019 campaign! #makeitrain

Sit with this thought for a few minutes...

Offensive Rebound offense is very important in the modern FIBA game. With a 14 second reset teams need to have strategies and concepts in play to take advantage of disorganized defense in short clock situations. Defensively, stay on high-alert on the ball and the weak side through extended possessions! Read more on this at: www.toptierbaskeball.ca/blog (clip taken from todays U17 World Cup game as Canada Basketball dropped their round of 16 game to Spain).

The Toronto Raptors new NBA assistant coach Sergio Scariolo has the coolest coaching board in the world! I approve of the hire based on that alone, watch video closely! #etchasketch #nextlevel NBA Canada bballbreakdown

Check out the blog for a downloadable template outlining 5 competitive shooting drills we use. If anyone has any good drills they score on a regular basis please comment on here or the website!

Great Kobe Bryant story detailing his level of competitiveness, his incredible intrinsic motivation, and expectations of himself. Lots of impactful takeaways! (credit to Impact Theory - Tom Bilyeu)

BEST QUOTE I've heard in a while!! --- "The enemy of the future is complacency not criticism." Jaron Lanier (via BBC HardTalk podcast)

Check out the UPEI Panthers top passing sequences from last year. New season coming at you soon!

Awesome action here shown by BrockU, nice flow into the Triangle Offense too!

Skil development and finding joy in the sport (for the kids) at young ages has to trump parent's wishes to see them play "real games."

Just an awesome profile here of a legend.

On Sunday March 4th, your Mounties women's basketball team came back from 16 down in the 3rd quarter to win the 2018 ACAA Championship in thrilling fashion. Now... you get to relive it as much as you'd like! Come watch the Mounties as they host the 2018 CCAA Women's Basketball Championship from March 14th-17th. #mountiepride See more

Less than a month away! Hope many local basketball fans can attend!

"Warriors don't slouch into battle." - Anonymous ......body language speaks volumes.

Listen to people who did the work and have concrete accomplishments. 2x MVP Steve Nash. Great stuff here.

Highlights and analytics from first game of second semester are up at http://www.toptierbasketball.ca/mounties

This is really worth spending a few minutes to watch. I've personally been on this topic for a while. Scary stuff.

Clippers Horns action from last night. Basic action, read different layers of defense. Note how D.Jordan's roll occupies defenders #Clippers #NBAPlays #NBA #coaching

I'm sure Coach Thibodeau loved this defense from a franchise player, Karl Anthony Towns last night Minnesota Timberwolves vs Philadelphia 76ers NBA on ESPN NBA on TNT

Cool set play by the Golden State Warriors last night vs the Portland Trail Blazers. Creative offense ---- Ball reversal/downscreen into screen and roll -- see more at: www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog/nbaplays

Top Tier Basketball Blog - A different way to think about fitness testing --- https://www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog/fitnesstesting

The way you run in transition says a lot about how much you really want to score #TopTierBasketball Basketball Immersion BasketballCoach.com World Association of Basketball Coaches Coaching U

In zone offense it's important to get the ball to the short corner to flatten out the defense. See the short corner pass with the dive from the high post in this example

Check out the final installment in my discussion on basketball analytics - Assist Percentage -- https://www.toptierbasketball.ca//useful-basketball-stats- #basketballcoaching #analytics #bballstats

Great stuff as always from Tyler Coston and PGC. Also, might have to add that extension onto my house! Check out the video on Fast Break scoring.

Part 3 in the Useful Basketball Stats series "Effective Field Goal %" Understand your shooting better: www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog

Added some of the basketball stat analytics I am tracking this year on the website. www.toptierbasketball.ca/mounties

Mounties WBB Season Stats to date at: https://www.toptierbasketball.ca/mounties #mountiepride

Great stuff here from Windsor Lancers head coach Chris Oliver - Basketball Immersion http://basketballimmersion.com/basketball-press-break-how-/

Part 2 of "Useful Basketball Stats" is up at: www.toptierbasketball.ca/blog Check it out!