Pål Degerstrøms basketball blog

JavaScript with the latest drills now working again

2008-04-06T09:24:00+01:00

If you’ve been using the JavaScript to add the drills to your own site, you might have noticed that it wasn’t working. Sorry about that…

It’s been fixed now, so please check that everything is OK on your site, and let me know if you have any problems.

While we’re waiting for Shaqs first game for the Suns

2008-02-18T11:01:01+01:00

Bill Walton has a few choice words for Shaquille O’Neal.

But Shaq is excited to be in the desert, apparently:

The first episode of NBA Daily Dime, and more drills

2008-01-25T14:31:01+01:00

ESPN has started posting their NBA Daily Dime to their website, and here’s the first episode:

And as always, here’s another batch of drills. Have a nice weekend, everyone!

Isiah, Bird, Magic rapping for Converse, and some more drills

2008-01-15T14:28:00+01:00

This is a hilarious TV commercial for Converse, featuring Bird, Isiah, Magic and Kevin McHale. You gotta love the vintage stuff. I hope none of you are playing in those shoes, though…

And as usual, another dose of drills:

LeBron getting ready, sonic crossover, no babies and remember to add your comments

2008-01-09T14:19:00+01:00

Here is some insight into how LeBron James gets ready during the off-season:

And here is another fix of basketball drills, remember to add your comments if you have an opinion on a drill:

More drills, more video, more basketball

2008-01-08T18:07:01+01:00

Another day, another batch of drills:

Here is an animation showing a 3 point and ball movement drill. Go here for more details:

And to round things off, here’s a little entertainment courtesy of Lebron James and Nike:

Another Thursday, another batch of drills

2008-01-03T12:54:00+01:00

Have to make it short today, so here are 10 more drills to get you going in the new year:

Keep’em coming guys!

Welcome to 2008!

2008-01-02T19:46:00+01:00

Update below. I’m stupid, and don’t know my NBA players…

Happy new year! I hope you had a nice holiday, and that 2008 has started the way you want it to. Here is a new batch of drills for you:

In the NBA, Chris Bosh isn’t playing in his rookie season, but he still wants to play in the all star game:

Update: Of course Chris Bosh has played in the NBA, he’s doing quite well with the Raptors. I was thinking of Greg Oden, and was of course wrong. Sorry about that.

Understandibly, the video hasn’t gone unnoticed:

Full content in the drills feed

2007-12-15T00:11:00+01:00

The feed for the basketball drills now contain full content, meaning that you’ll get all the details about every drill in your feedreader just like on the site. Everything that is, except the details (date posted etc.) and the comments.

Let me know if you have any problems!

Friday 13

2007-12-14T21:36:00+01:00

Yes, I know today is the 14^th… But here are 13 more drills for you:

And here is Jack Black — on his back — shooting hoops:

Day three, more drills

2007-12-06T14:38:00+01:00

Here are todays additions:

Enjoy!

This is nice

2007-12-05T14:09:00+01:00

After a few days it feels really nice to see that everything is running smoothly, noone has protested the new design or functionality, and I’ve even gotten a few comments.

I have a backlog of basketball drills that you guys have submitted, but that have never made it onto the site. I’m going to keep adding ten or so every day until I’m done. Here are todays new drills:

Remember that you are more than welcome to submit your own drill, or leave a comment on any of the drills. The idea was that by allowing comments, players and coaches can comment and make suggestions about each drill so that it becomes even better.

Welcome to the new basketball pages!

2007-12-02T21:55:01+01:00

Wow, this has been a long time coming! I’ll tell you all about how long this has taken, my plans for the site, and everything else you want to know a bit later. For now, I’d like to invite you to browse through the updated site, and let me know what you think.

These are some of the highlights:

New design. Finally…
Better navigation of the drills.
A blog. Welcome to 2007!
Comments on the drills (end the blog).

But most importantly, the site has been built on a robust and flexible content management system — ExpressionEngine — which will let me continue to develop the site much easier than before.

I hope you like it, and that you’ll take part in the discussion on the blog and on the drills.

As I said, more great stuff (and details) will follow. For now, here is some inspiration for all you hard workers out there:

And since this is my first post to the basketball blog, here is another video: