Brian McCormick founded the Playmakers League in 2009 after the positive feedback that he received for his books Cross Over: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development (2006) and Developing Basketball Intelligence (2008).
Brian has coached CYO, AAU, high school, junior college, college, and professional basketball and created the playmakers curriculum to bridge the gap between the more common technical practice (shooting, ball handling) and the typical team strategy practices (set plays, out of bounds plays, press breaks).
playmakers uses the idea of random training as opposed to the more prevalent block practice to teach the important tactical skills that form the foundation of any offensive system. Whereas block practice leads to immediate performance improvements, random training promotes long term retention and transferability of skills from setting to setting. playmakers is not just a season-long league, but preparation for the players’ next season, league, or program.
playmakers’ goal is to introduce the concepts and train the skills to help players in the developmental process and to provide a learning-oriented environment for youth basketball players that bridges the gap between fun-oriented recreation leagues and more competitive club or school teams.
the playmakers curriculum is designed as a resource for coaches to develop players as move to their next team, coach, or league.
Brian is currently coaching the u17 for Trefl Sopot in Poland this upcoming season.
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