This morning I came across some old clinic notes from Charlie Spoonhour. I enjoyed the fact that we was obviously looking back as well and recalling some lessons learned from Coach Hank Iba.
"I'm going to talk about Six Steps To Winning. This is a rehash of all of the things Mr. Iba used to talk about at Oklahoma State. He said that there are six things you must do to win. If you three of them, you will win about half your games. If you do four, you will have a good season, five a better one, etc. Most of them involve nothing more than hard work."
#1 Get Back On Defense
You have two different areas. Getting back after a turnover or miss, which is the most crucial, and getting back after a made shot.
#2 Half-Court Defense
The main thing that you must do is commit yourself to one defense, and then make them play it well.
#3 Defensive Rebounding
It is all about effort. Height is the most overrated thing in basketball. It has nothing to do with rebounding.
#4 Running the Break
I am more convinced than ever that you must have a good transition game to flow from defense to offense.
#5 Half-Court Offense
The main thing about half-court offense is that you must convince your players what their limitations area. You must tell them.
#6 Offensive Rebounding
Once again, it's effort.
Here are some links on stories regarding Coach Spoonhour:
Charlie Spoonhour dies; brought "Spoonball" to SLU
http://bit.ly/y2imHc
Charlie Spoonhour will be missed my many
http://es.pn/yY13Qs
Beloved Coach Charlie Spoonhour dies
http://bit.ly/xLLVVR
