How are you coming back this season? Do you have the resolve to pursue the goals you've set for our team this season?

It's all about that extra effort--that ONE MORE inch--that little push.  How will you respond when things don't go your--OUR--way?  Will you have that commitment to dig a little deeper than ever before?  In every season--in fact, IN EVERY GAME--there comes that moment that makes the difference.  Will you be ready?  Can you be counted on? 

NBA Kings' Jimmer Fredette Talks about Working to Reach Your Goals!

Jimmer Fredette is a 6'2" shooter from a very small town in upstate NY.  Coming out of high school, he was largely unnoticed by the top basketball universities on the East Coast.  He attend BYU in Utah and led the Cougars to a 25-2 record his senior year.  He was the 10th pick of the 2011 NBA draft.  Jimmer credits his success to GOAL-SETTING and WORK ETHIC.  Listen to Jimmer as he tells his story ...

2011-12 Evansville Basketball Home Game Intro at Ford Center

A GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY: TAKING THE CHARGE

Six Good Reasons to "Take the Charge" ...
1. Helps us get one foul closer to shooting the bonus!
2. Discourages opponent from driving the ball!
3. Opponent gets one foul closer to fouling out or may put him on bench with 3rd or 4th foul!
4. We get possession of the ball!
5. May take away an opponent's basket!
6. Becomes a rallying defensive play!

Dwyane Wade - The Art of the Bankshot

Dwyane Wade - Art of the Shot Fake

Dwyane Wade Shot Fake -- Part II

2010-11 Northridge Senior Night Video

Derrick Rose's Key to Success

The following quote by BJ Armstrong describes Derrick
Rose's greates asset:

"I have said his greatest asset, his greatest quality, is that he is a phenomenal, phenomenal listener," BJ Armstrong says. Armstrong, who played on three of those Jordan championship teams, is now one of Rose's closest mentors. "He listens. He is able to take information, decipher what is important, decipher what is not important, and gets to the crux, right to the heart of what is going on right there."

Why Chris Paul Dribbles With Force

Chris Paul believes, AS WE TEACH AT NRP, that the ball must be dribbled HIGH AND HARD. He calls it "Dribbling with Force" ... same idea. As we often tell our dribblers, you must "POUND THE BALL WITH AUTHORITY!" Chris explains quite well in this short video segment the advantages of dribbling high and hard. In addition, dribbling high and hard enables you to move quicker on the floor. There are times when a lower dribble (below the knee) is advantageous, such as when entering the lane on penetration or splitting through a gap; however, the game's best dribblers Paul, Nash, Rose, et al, are all high and hard dribblers. Just watch and study them!!!