Bob McKillop: Growing as a Coach, Building Your Team & Creating an Unscoutable Offense!

with Bob McKillop
2024 NABC International Lifetime Achievement Award;
Davidson College Head Coach from 1989 to 2022;
2024 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame;
2x A-10 Regular Season Champions (2015, 2022);
2019 U.S. Basketball Writers Association's Dean Smith Award;
2018 A-10 Tournament Champions;
2017 Joe Lapchick Character Award;
2008 NABC Coach of the Year;
2008 Clair Bee Coach of the Year;
2013 USA Men's Basketball World University Games Head Coach;
8x Southern Conference (SoCon) Coach of the Year;
11x SoCon Regular Season Champions;
7x SoCon Tournament Champions;
2008 Elite Eight (team was led by Stephen Curry);
634 career wins;
played college basketball for East Carolina and Hofstra

The accolades say it all. Coach Bob McKillop is one of the best! Sometimes we as coaches get lost in the plays, defenses, and schemes and forget how important the actual coaching and motivating athletes can be. This video has a little bit of everything as you will get wisdom from a lifelong pursuit of coaching. In this presentation you will get: Philosophy, Coaching strategies for bonding, building the team, improving confidence and more, Offensive fundamentals, Full court offense principles, and Motion principles.

If you are serious about the art of coaching, you need to watch this!

Theory and Philosophy
Coach McKillop emphasizes the importance of keeping things simple and keeping the players the priority of all of your decision making. Once you understand what your values and philosophy will be you can then start to mold everything you do to those objectives. McKillop stresses the importance of listening and shows a creative way to test players' listening skills.

Coach McKillop also outlines his four objectives for being successful everyday on and off the court. A plethora of coaching nuggets are unveiled that will surely change the way you think about coaching.

Instilling confidence is of great importance to Coach McKillop and he shares several strategies he has used throughout the year to promote positive thinking and self-talk. One of the most important things for Coach McKillop is showing your players that you care and details several things that will make you better as a coach as you inspire and motivate your athletes towards success.

On Court Instruction and Offensive Keys
Next you will see the on court instruction as Coach McKillop discusses and demonstrates his full court offense and motion offense principles. Running a full court offense takes commitment from coaches and players. You will get valuable insights into how Coach McKillop coaches his teams to play full court offense and a high tempo.

Through principles and concepts, players will learn continuity without running a patterned continuity. McKillop's full court offense framework provides concepts that players have the freedom to choose from; this opens the door to effective decision-making and growth.

Later you get to see Coach McKillop's five offensive rules that will make your offense "unscoutable." Teaching players how to create space and attack space, be unselfish and understand the different screening options will also teach your players "how to play" as opposed to just running plays.

Learning from Bob McKillop IS "learning from the best"! If you love your coaching job and want to do what's best for kids at your very best as a coach - this video is made for you! Coach McKillop is a treasure and his enthusiasm for all of the athletes he has coached over the years is evident and contagious.

126 minutes. 2024.