by Matt Ellis | Oct 17, 2026 | Coaching Insights
Basketball teams are constantly changing. Players graduate. Players transfer. Injuries alter rotations. A point guard misses practice. A post player becomes unavailable. Sometimes the coach is absent. At other times, an entire program must adjust to a roster that...
by Matt Ellis | Jul 31, 2026 | Player Development
The Question Every Coach Asks: How Do Players Improve Faster? For more than thirty-five years, that question has shaped the way I have studied, taught, and coached basketball. For decades, basketball has attempted to answer that question by teaching individual skills...
by Matt Ellis | Jun 2, 2026 | Coaching Insights, Offensive Strategies, Player Development
When Movement Becomes Progression Modern basketball is filled with movement. Players cut. Players exchange. Players rotate. Players penetrate and kick. The floor stays active. But activity and progression are not always the same thing. Many possessions do not stall...
by Matt Ellis | May 21, 2026 | Coaching Insights, Offensive Strategies
Why Possessions STALL Before the Shot Modern basketball has become extremely skilled at creating the first action. Penetration.Kick-outs.Drive-and-replace movement.Pass-and-cut exchanges.Spacing concepts. But over time, while studying progression and recovery...
by Matt Ellis | May 18, 2026 | Coaching Insights, Offensive Strategies
Spacing and Stretching Defenses Modern basketball constantly talks about “spacing the floor.” But spacing and stretching are not always the same thing. Over time, while studying movement, recovery patterns, and offensive progression, I began noticing that many teams...
