Best in the West Coaches Conference Video Series

The Best in the West Coaches Conference Video Series is designed to provide coaches with valuable insight and education on how to teach the modern game of basketball.

This video series is for coaches of all experience levels and who teach players of any ability. After watching the videos, you get an increased understanding of modern basketball coaching, as well as new practical drills, plays and theories to implement within your team own teams and organizations.

You'll walk away from our basketball coaching clinics with tangible takeaways to make your program better right away. With 11 speaker sessions and 10+ hours of video footage, you'll get in-depth topics like these: transformational coaching, small-sided games, games approach to coaching, skill development drills and skills, team concepts for development, defensive concepts, and so much more to stimulate your thinking as a coach.

Coaches will learn ideas to provide a proper skill and a team development path. Each speaker delivers sessions on best practices and feature a variety of styles of teaching, including: player demonstrations, on court lectures and on the court basketball instruction.

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Amazing praise from coaches who watched the clinic

"The clinic line-up led to so many interesting conversations during the few days, which stimulated our thinking and gave us new ideas to take back to our program. We would highly recommend Best in the West videos for coaches looking for something far more fulfilling than the regular clinic experience."

Coach Dale

"The game of basketball is constantly changing and Best in the West is a great video resource to help coaches stay current. The variety of clinicians and topics ensure there is something for everyone. These videos are a “must buy” for coaches who want professional development that can be taken back to their team and implemented immediately."

Coach Andrew

"The Best in the West Coaching Clinic is one of the most enriching clinics I have ever watched. The quality of the clinicians combined with the sharing of ideas throughout the entire clinic allowed everyone to find something that would help them in their personal growth. I know I filled an entire notebook and can’t wait to add some of these ideas to my coaching."

Coach Davis

"The Best in the West Clinic was a phenomenal learning experience. It was so inspiring to watch extremely passionate coaches who are invested in the game. The clinic line-up led to so many interesting conversations during the few days, which stimulated our thinking and gave us new ideas to take back to our program."

Coach Ramon

"With these videos you have a chance to learn from some of the best coaching education leaders in the game. The content is relatable to all levels of coaching and is presented in a manner in which coaches can understand. These videos will definitely help your coaching."

Coach Redl

"This was definitely the absolute best clinic I've ever watched. I learned so much. I have already made an outline, and prioritized the new things I have learned. The hard thing about prioritizing is - everything seems to be a huge benefit."

Coach Cain

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Never before access some of the top basketball clinicians in the world! It's here for you. Learn modern coaching ideas, not just on what to coach, but on how to coach as well, from some of the greatest minds in basketball.

Chris Oliver

A successful 17 year college coach who now helps basketball coaches get more out of their practices and players through sharing the game with Basketball Immersion and the Basketball Podcast. Learn More

Mike MacKay

MacKay is the National Manager of Coach Education and Development, as well as the Women’s High Performance Manager, for Basketball Canada. Learn More

Joerik Michiels

Michiels is the owner of Elite Athletes and Elite Academy. He has trained numerous professional players, and his academy is well known for its methods and holistic approach to training players of all ages. Learn More

Alex Sarama

Sarama is a co-owner of Elite Athletes and technical director of Elite Academy. He shares ideas for coaches and players. He is a former Associate Manager, Basketball Operations for the NBA, covering Europe & the Middle-East. Learn More

Shawnee Harle

Harle is a former college head coach, and assistant coach with Canada Basketball. Her business focuses on solutions for coaches, athletes, and business to get an edge on the competition. Learn More

Dave Taylor

As the head coach of the University of Regina’s women’s basketball program Taylor has been a national coach of the year and succeed in winning Canada West titles in both 2013 and 2018 and appearances in the 2008, 2009, and 2013 national championship games. Learn More

What makes this clinic video series unique and valuable?

The Best in the West Coaches Conference Video Series provides a blueprint for how to teach the tactics and skills associated with improving your basketball players and team. In these fascinating videos, the coaches show how to build from simple drills into more complex and varied drills. Each coach is a master at devising innovative ideas to help player learning, and to show coaches how to progressively build dynamic drills to challenge players at every level.

The video series shares vital concepts for success in today’s modern game. The creative and innovative design the coaches share will bring your practices to life. You can use the ideas in this video series to build a practice environment that is challenging, fun and highly motivating for players of all ages.

Specific, actionable advice on what to coach, and how to coach are outlined throughout the clinic series. With effective on court demonstrations to provide you with visuals, to go along with each coaches phrasing, you will be able to incorporate ideas into practice on a daily basis.

Each coach is meticulous in his breakdown of the ‘why’ behind the things they share. Coaches will learn how to load or de-load drills to build skills and decision-making in players at every level. This video series demonstrates an impressive approach to illustrating and improving concepts that carry over into games. If you are looking to accelerate improvement and build better players and teams faster, these videos deliver value. We know the learning you achieve will be an integral part of your players’ and teams’ progress for years to come.

Get access to this exclusive coaching conference line-up of some of the most respected basketball coach educators in the world.

Get all 11 videos for just $90. Normally a coaching DVD‌ can cost as much as $39.99 for just one video. You get all 11 for less than $10 per video.

This video series delivers the value. You will get access to valuable insights and education on how to coach the modern game of basketball.

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VIDEO TOPICS

Mike MacKay

Video 1: Coaching in Competition
Video 2: Being a Transformation Coach vs. Transactional Coach

MacKay shares ideas around game day coaching, and transforming your coaching to connect more deeply with today’s players. Among the highly valued skills coaches will learn in these videos:

Specific ways to develop leadership and accountability in your players.

How to build a foundational base that your team can build on over time.

The two key decisions you need to make as a coach to make the “get” action work for your team.

Why, at higher levels, the offense needs to incorporate deception in addition to basic action.

For coaches who have limited practice time available, Coach MacKay demonstrates a key way coaches can improve their offensive decision-making while, at the same time, improving defensive skills. Coaches at every level will benefit from this meticulous presentation of basic actions, higher level variations, and weakside actions that ensure purposeful movement and spacing of all five players.

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Chris Oliver

Video 1: Developing Defensive Decision-Making
Video 2: Connecting Ideas from a Year of Sharing the Game

Coach Chris Oliver is one of the world's leading basketball clinicians and coach educators. His Basketball Decision Training (BDT) is globally known, and now he takes this same approach to teaching defensive decision-making. As a bonus, you get a full video of Coach Oliver sharing ideas from the Basketball Podcast, studying the game globally, and Coach Oliver comes in with great tips and tricks to get your players to think of defense in a new way. Among the highly valued skills coaches will learn in these videos:

The value of communication and player led coaching

Learn how to connect, transfer and practice with evidence based coaching ideas.

Gain defensive insights into match-ups, inbound defense, defending screens and so much more.

Coach Oliver gives practical ways to develop your coaching, your players and your team. Each coach will take something actionable from back to their team.

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Alex Sarama

Video 1: Developing Conceptual Play with Small-Sided Games
Video 2: Using Small Sided Games To Teach Decision Making

Alex worked in basketball operations for the NBA in Europe for three years, including managing the Jr. NBA League program and the execution of camps and clinics for the NBA in over 20 countries. Ideas from all these experiences help shape the learning he shares with us. In these fast-paced and content-intensive video, Coach Sarama demonstrates:

How to create and attack off double-gap spacing.

Key principles for reading by both the passer and cutter.

How adding defenders and constraints can ramp up drill intensity and decision-making.

This video is different from other run-of-the-mill coaching videos. Coach Sarama excels at engaging athletes in the organization and execution of drills. Coaches will further benefit by observing the impactful ways he teaches the subject matter by connecting skills and drills.

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Joerik Michiels

Video 1: 21st Century Skill Development
Video 2: A Different Perspective on Skill Development

Coach Michiels helps you increase your players’ finishing percentages, skill development and game applications in these in-depth videos by:

How to create and attack off double-gap spacing.

Showing the importance of using eyes, timing and outside-the-body finishes to increase your players scoring proficiency.

Showing players how to maintain balance and offensive control through footwork, pivoting and strong ball positioning.

Coach Michiels’ emphasis on a game’s approach also helps to ensure that the moves and skill players develop in practice will transfer into better finishing against your team’s toughest opponents.

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Joerik Michiels and Alex Sarama

Video 1: Small-Sided Games and Passing

Coaches Alex Sarama and Joerik Michiels do a great job of shining a light on the under taught skill of passing. While seemingly simple, Coaches Sarama and Michiels bring a content heavy 50 minutes of instruction, adding layers of read based decision making, to simulate each athletes thought process. These videos will cover:

Passing progressions from on-air to small-sided games.

Teaching points around skill and team development.

Small-sided games that make sense, and connect ideas from practice to games.

This is a great video for coaches to add some intentional passing work into what they already do.

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Dave Taylor

Video 1: Rebounding Concepts and Drills

Coach Taylor gives you the what, why, and how his University of Regina Cougar Women's Team frequently leads the country in rebounding. Coach Taylor discusses and demonstrates the following:

Three ways to go to the offensive glass.

Six different rebounding drills from 1-on-1 to 5-on-5.

Small-sided games that make sense, and connect ideas from practice to games.

Coach Taylor takes a deep dive into what makes his teams such great rebounders, and his daily commitment to this shows year after year within his program. Learn from one of the countries best rebounding coaches, and from the most winning all time University of Regina Coach in this 60 minute drill, concept, and philosophy packed video.

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Shawnee Harle

Video 1: Plays Don’t Work, Players Do

Coach Harle provides a template for player learning in this video. Some of the key takeaways that coaches can implement immediately to increase the effectiveness of their next practice:

How to identify, create and attack double gap spacing.

A simple decision-making concept for when to finish off one foot or two feet. You’ll see players become more effective finishers almost immediately.

How to improve player-to-player communication and increase focus and attentiveness in practice.

This approach also helps develop player-led teams and camaraderie among players. Coach Harle’s video demonstrates an immersive approach to illustrating and improving decision-making skills and building skills that carry over into games. Coach Harle gives coaches a foundation for player development that they can build on to challenge beginners up through elite athletes.

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Lisa Thomaidis

Video 1: Q and A Culture, Identity and Roles

This rare video captures Coach Thomaidis in a candid, open forum Q and A. Thomaidis shares insights from the Canadian National Woman’s Senior Team from the previous Olympics to Olympic qualifying. Coaches will learn in these videos:

Ways to instill culture, to build identity and to define roles.

Discusses her dynamic, relentless, together philosophy.

Ideas that shape the pre-game locker room.

Coach Thomaidis answers numerous questions. She is detailed in her responses. Each coach will gain an inside look into one of the world’s top national programs.

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