Basketball
Success Isn’t About Winning
May 12th, 2013 1:35 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
I recently found this story in a booklet entitled Bits & Pieces: A woman having lunch at a small cafe was seated next to a family celebrating their son’s basketball game. Their conversation was so lively that the woman joined in. “You must have been on the winning team,” she said The kid grinned from [...]
The Importance of Teamwork
April 4th, 2013 2:11 pm UTC | Posted in Basketball, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
Most of us, sometime or another, have done something that we would consider not one of our shining moments. For me, it was in high school when I was more concerned with my basketball scoring average than our overall team success. In my senior we had not beaten this particular team in our conference for [...]
A Lesson from Veteran NBA Player, Kendal Gill
March 7th, 2013 2:05 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog, Tips
Quite a few years ago I was studying our database and discovered 15 year NBA veteran Kendal Gill had purchased some of my products. At the time, Kendall played for the Minnesota Timberwolves. I thought it was pretty amazing that a professional player purchased a couple of my instructional videos. A couple weeks later I [...]
Become An Offensive Threat
January 15th, 2013 7:51 am UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog, Tips
Happy New Year! What a wonderful time to recommit yourself to becoming the basketball player you know you can become! And it’s really so simple, something you, and only you can do…that’s practice. The key is not how much time you spend practicing, it’s how you spend that time. So many times I’ve seen young [...]
Skillastics® Tip – Basketball Skillastics®
December 8th, 2012 8:43 am UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Home Blog Post, Home Feature, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog, Tips
It’s the time of year when many people begin teaching basketball skills. Here is an idea to use with your Skillastics® Basketball activity kit. Dynamic Duo Students work with a partner for this activity. The teacher will announce a exercise and one of the Skillastics® Basketball activities. The partners decide who will do the exercise and who [...]
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