Makandal D.

I have coached at the middle-school level in basketball at Plantation Middle School, Florida. I have also coached P.E. at the elementary school level at Oak Grove Montessori in Georgia. I have also coached recreational basketball and soccer for over ten years starting in Carrolton Georgia and more recently for both the cities of Sunrise and Tamarac, Florida.

I dominated High School basketball at St. Mary's College and I was even chosen to play on my high school team when I was only in 8th grade (High School and middle school were the same school). I was chosen to be on the local high schools' all-stars team. I got a scholarship and played center and forward for the basketball team at Lindenwood University.

In a typical session there will be a warm-up then a short period of basketball specific fitness drills such as sprints, jumping drills etc. Then we do Finishing School where players learn to finish through contact and over taller defenders using a variety of layup types, floaters and runners. We then do a short period of ball handling drills which varies depending on skill level. We then do a variety of shooting drills working on catch and shoot and one and two dribble pull-up jumpers from spots they are likely to get shots from in a game. We also work on off-ball movement during these shooting drills. We then do a variety of situational drills where players are required to learn basic offensive concepts and make 'reads' based on the reaction of the defense. I focus on efficient scoring using few dribbles.