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	<title>The Breakthrough Basketball Blog</title>
	
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	<description>Basketball Coaching Tips, Training Tips, and Strategy</description>
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		<title>Who Are You Coaching For?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Kelbick</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=1061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coaching is teaching. New ideas, new thoughts, trying to find ways to improve your players is all a part of coaching.
Coaching is also about control. Many coaches have become so involved with “my way or the highway,” that they miss the overall objective.
The objective is to maximize the players’ ability, not to get them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter 52 - New Misdirection Play, 2 Drills To Improve Guard Play, and More</title>
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		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/newsletter-52-new-misdirection-play-2-drills-to-improve-guard-play-and-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Haefner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[basketball e-magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Basketball newsletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is our basketball newsletter - issue 52:
http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/issue52.html
Here are a few of the new articles:
New Misdirection Play to Get Your Shooters and Post Players Wide Open Looks
How Do You Handle Slow Players In The Back Of Your Zone Defense?
Don Kelbick Helps Team USA Win Gold and Makes SportsCenter Top 10 Plays
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		<title>How to Become a Better Shooter – Instantly</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/how-to-become-a-better-shooter-instantly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Kelbick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[shooting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[basketball shooting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[become better]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[don kelbick]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jj redick]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[lebron james]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=1047</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was watching television the other day and two media types were debating how good a shooter a particular player is. They were debating range, statistics and were comparing him to other players. Some interesting points came out. So interesting that I think all players should understand them.
What Is a Good Shooter?
Before you become a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which basketball would make me tear up if I lost it?</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/which-basketball-would-make-me-tear-up-if-i-lost-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/which-basketball-would-make-me-tear-up-if-i-lost-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Haefner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[coaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=1029</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are two basketballs that I value quite a bit.
The first basketball is a basketball I had autographed by Michael Jordan at his camp during my 8th grade year.

The second basketball is one signed by a 7th grade basketball team that I coached last summer.


Between the two basketballs, any guesses on which one I value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coach Like A Champion</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/coach-like-a-champion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/coach-like-a-champion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Haefner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[coaching]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[doug lemov]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Teach Like a champion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While on Twitter, I saw some tweets between Rick Allison and Sefu Bernard that referenced &#8220;Teach Like A Champion.&#8221;  
I pre-ordered the book before it was released a year or two ago.  Actually, I bought it for my wife, but after it was sitting on her nightstand for a week, I asked her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsletter Issue #51</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/newsletter-issue-51/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Haefner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Basketball newsletter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[e-magazine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is our latest newsletter:  Issue 51
Here are some of the new articles:
The Ultimate Team Defense Drill That Your Players Will Love!
What Are Your 7 Core Coaching Values?
&#8220;Sneaky&#8221; - Simple End of Game Play Against Man and Zone Defenses 
3 Tips On How To Choose the Right Basketball Drills for Your Team
Breakthrough Basketball News [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Using Weird Starting Times Can Help You Coach</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/weird-starting-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/weird-starting-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Sartini</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are times when your players forget the time they are supposed to be at practice or a meeting&#8230; here is something that we started doing&#8230;. 
Use weird starting times&#8230; we started practice at 3:16 &#8230;.. pre game meetings at 4:33 etc. &#8230;&#8230;.doing things like this makes the time stick in a kids head rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important tip to design end of game plays</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/important-tip-to-design-end-of-game-plays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/important-tip-to-design-end-of-game-plays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Haefner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[End of Game Strategy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[end of game play]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you choose your EOG plays, choose/design plays that work against both man and zone.  (Sneaky is an example).  That way if the coach changes defense during a time out, the play you drew up still works.  Plus it takes you less time to teach them (because you have fewer plays).
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		<title>Newsletter 50 - New Drill, New Play, New Defense, and more new Articles</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/973/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/973/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Haefner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[basketball e-magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Basketball newsletter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=973</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our recent newsletter, we have some new drills, plays, and articles.  Here are a few:
How To Plan For Success In Youth Basketball!
2 Competitive Drills To Improve Perimeter Play
New Play With 3 Variations To Confuse Defense
State Championship Game Defense -The Rotating Diamond and One Zone Defense
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		<title>Do You Think Too Much When You Play?</title>
		<link>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/do-you-think-too-much-when-you-play/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/index.php/do-you-think-too-much-when-you-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Kelbick</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[mental aspects]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[analysis paralysis]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[don kelbick]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mental game]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakthroughbasketball.com/blog/?p=948</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a huge proponent of leaving your brain at the door when you step on the court. I believe that over-thinking produces the most deadly of all game killers, &#8220;Analysis Paralysis.&#8221;
Just by looking at the words (a good English project for players) &#8220;analysis paralysis&#8221; means what it says, you are unable to take action [...]]]></description>
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