Brian McCormick, PhD

Slowly saying good bye…Find me elsewhere: Videos: m.youtube.com/@BrianMcCormick Newsletter: brianmccormick.substack.com Shooting: 180Shooter.com Biz: playmakersleague.com Social:

The defensive goal isn't to be perfect. Our goal is to eliminate great shots, contest all shots, & force some turnovers. Mistakes happen on every possession. How does the team react and respond to mistakes? brianmccormick.substack.com/p/examples-of-…

That book was the first that got the gears turning for me, of questioning traditional methods and not doing them “just because”. Led me down the path I’m on today, 15+ years later!

The Congressional Gold Medal. The Buffalo Soldiers deserve this honor.

This was the genesis of Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development Forums (pre-social media) were filled with complaints about fundamentals, AAU, skill development, etc. but no answers/alternatives. Cross Over was a solution. amazon.com/Cross-Over-Mod…

(1) Curry is underpaid & should benefit from the escalating franchise value in the current system through equity. (2) The current system should be changed. We should not have a $10-billion franchise when children are priced out of youth basketball. brianmccormick.substack.com/p/the-system-o…

Because some people showed such interest in the #FakeFundamentals series this week, all five volumes are now available on the Apple Bookstore. (I honestly don't know how to post a direct link to the Apple Bookstore, but search for them there if that is your bookstore of choice).

“3v3 isn’t real basketball,” they said. Info: @playmak3rs video: @sbill30

I laughed when @HardwoodJungle suggested I should have video interns. I coach; I'm not a content creator. Now, it appears this was some of the best Twitter advice I ever received.🤷‍♂️ (I have uploaded a lot of videos since: youtube.com/@BrianMcCormick)

They're slowing down outside the three-point line & turning in the same direction because coaches focus only on conditioning (time), not teaching how to move better (and, yes, I told this directly to the Nets staff when I visited). #FakeFundamentals amazon.com/gp/product/B0C…

If your name's Douglas, & you ask to be called Doug, I'll call you Doug. If you ask to be referred to as they, I'll refer to you as they. This isn't woke; it's just not being an asshole. Nobody's asked me to be called they. It's rare. It should be a nonissue, like saying Doug.

Social media is wild because I feel I share way too much, but multiple coaches this week have said I need to self-promote more to get hired, & I appeared on a podcast with a host who had no idea I'd written books, which is my purpose for social media (selling books). So...

Searching through old files trying to find an old idea, and I'm amazed how many ideas and concepts from Fake Fundamentals, SABA, and other books I wrote after 2015 started as shorter newsletter articles in 2007. brianmccormick.substack.com

There is no moral difference between telling people they can have shower so you can gas them in gas chambers and telling people they can have food so you can shoot them at aid sites. A holocaust is happening right before our eyes and the world is silent.

ANOTHER LEAGUE SOLD OUT WHO IS NEXT?

Trainers posting a client's missed shot, then their instructions, then a made shot, insinuating (or worse saying) their instructions worked, are not showing the brilliance of their training (it's all marketing!), but a lack of understanding of learning & skill development.

I hate taking a foul to take a foul just because you have one to give. Play aggressive and go for a steal and be okay if you foul. Take the foul if you get beat or get stuck in a mismatch. Don’t foul when it’s neutral. Just my philosophy.

“3v3 isn’t real basketball,” they said. Video: @AaronPurser14 Info: @playmak3rs