Chad Myers: Building Game Ready Players Through Skill Development & Offensive Decision Making

with Chad Myers;
Vanderbilt University Men's Basketball Director of Recruiting;
Link Academy National High School Team Head Coach from 2024 to 2026;
New Mexico State Assistant Coach from 2022 to 2023;
IMG Academy Head Coach from 2019 to 2022;
Massanutten Military Academy Head Coach from 2016 to 2019;
Elev8 Academy Head Coach from 2014-16;
Radford University Director of Basketball Operations from 2009-11

Coach Chad Myers brings his experience developing elite level talent at Link Academy, IMG Academy and other top prep programs to this comprehensive presentation on modern player development.

In this video, Myers outlines how to design skill development that is directly connected to offensive execution - ensuring players are not just improving in isolation, but are becoming more effective within real game contexts.

Coach Myers begins by showing how offensive actions can be broken down into teachable segments before being reassembled into live play. Through offensive dry runs, secondary break concepts, and structured advantage drills, he demonstrates how players can learn spacing, timing, and decision making in controlled environments that mirror game situations.

As the video progresses, Myers layers in defensive pressure and advantage based scenarios to force players into reading and reacting in real time. He emphasizes strong and weak side execution, ball screen reads, and decision making under pressure as essential components of modern offensive development.

A major focus of the video is shooting and finishing development. Coach Myers details how he uses daily skill stations, pre practice work, and post practice shooting routines to reinforce consistency. He also shares how he tracks and charts shooting performance to create accountability and measurable improvement over time.

Throughout the video, Myers reinforces the importance of building complete players who can adapt to different game situations. Passing, finishing, ball handling, and shooting are all trained within the context of offensive systems rather than isolated drills, helping players understand not only how to execute skills, but when and why to use them.

Coach Myers concludes with Q and A discussion on skill development structure, in season versus out of season training, rebounding emphasis, and the role of strength training in player development.

For coaches looking to build a modern, efficient, and game transferable approach to skill development, this video provides a clear framework for turning practice time into real offensive improvement.

75 minutes. 2026.