DJ Sackmann x HoopStudy Workshop Library
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The First 15 Workbook
Introduction and Overview
The Habit Loop
The Four Laws
Why We Get Distracted
The First 15 At A Glance
Step 1: Set Your Alarm
Step 2: No Phone
Step 3: Brush Your Teeth
Step 4: Hydrate
Step 5: Make Your Bed
Step 6: Move Your Body
Step 7: The Mindset Block
Movement Routine Example
THE PATH | PARENT SEMINAR
The Path
Apply To The Path
Phase 2 5 Minute Ball Handling Thru Cross Behind
Phase 2 Ball Handling and Footwork Warm Up
Phase 2 Ball Handling and Footwork Warm Up One Side Only
Phase 2 Ball Handling and Footwork Warm Up One to Five Five to One
Phase 2 Dribble Warm Up
Phase 2 Footwork Thrus Pulling the Ball Back
Phase 2 Level 1 Backpedal Behind The Back Spin Seal
Phase 2 Level 1 Backpedal Between The Legs Spin Seal
Phase 2 Level 1 Backpedal Level 1 Spin Seal and Go
Phase 2 Level 1 Change of Direction Anchored Steps
Phase 2 Level 1 Footwork Exaggerated Lunge Takeoff
Phase 2 Level 1 Footwork Plant At Nail Thrus
Phase 2 Level 1 Push Cross Stop and Go
Phase 2 Level 1 Spin Seal
Phase 2 Level 2 Push Cross Into Runners
Phase 2 Level 2 Split Cones Cadence Focus
Phase 2 Level 2 Split Through Touch Shot
Phase 2 Level 3 1-2 Stops
Phase 2 Level 3 or Level 4 Jump and Hold
Phase 2 Level 3 Seal Into Jumper
Phase 2 Level 3 Team Shooting Driving and Kick
Phase 2 Level 3 Thru Freeze
Phase 2 Level 4 Team Drills PNR Corner Lifts
Phase 3 Level 1 Between The Legs Backwards Spin Seal Dribble Count Finish
Phase 3 Level 1 Between the Legs Backwards Spin Seal Finish
Phase 3 Level 1 Extended Arm Finish
Phase 3 Level 1 Finishing
Phase 3 Level 1 Footwork Cross or Pull and Go Thrus
Phase 3 Level 1 Footwork Getting Twitchy Stop and Go Left Or Right
Phase 3 Level 1 Footwork Left or Right Plant At Nail Thrus
Phase 3 Level 1 Footwork Pivot In Paint
Phase 3 Level 1 Footwork Punch Drag Behind the Back or Inverted Drag
Phase 3 Level 1 Same Foot Same Hand or Veer
Phase 3 Level 1 Spin Seal Left or Right with Tap Dribble
Phase 3 Level 1 Sprint to Top Spin Seal Left or Right
Phase 3 Level 2 Floater or Step Thru
Phase 3 Level 2 Split Through Touch Shot or Inside Finish
Phase 3 Level 3 Inverted Drag Behind the Back or Punch
Phase 3 Level 3 Stops Off Two Dribbles Speed Stop Jump Stop Overstep
Phase 3 Speed Stop Jump Stop Overstep
Phase 4 1v1 Initiating The Offense Change of Pace
Phase 4 Level 1 1v1 Paint Touches
Phase 4 1v1 Paint Touch 3 Dribble Limit
Phase 4 Level 1 1v1 Rip and Go
Phase 4 1v1 Spin Seal
Phase 4 1v1 Top of the Key On Dribble
Phase 4 1v2 Spin Seal with Help Side
Phase 4 3v3 Defense Touches the Ball Relocate to Wing
Phase 4 3v3 DHO
Phase 4 3v3 Paint Touch Emphasis
Phase 4 3v3 Sideline PNR
Phase 4 2v2 Defense Cross Offense to Wing
Phase 4 Level 1 Back to Back Spin Seal
Phase 4 Level 3 Drive and Lean Stop and Shoot
Phase 4 Level 3 Split Through Into Jumper
Phase 2 Anchored Step Breakdown and Drill
Phase 2 Anchored Step Series Part 1
Phase 2 Anchored Step Part 2 Change of Pace
Phase 2 Anchored Step Part 3 Hip Swivel
Phase 2 Level 1 Anchored Step Step Thru The Legs
Phase 2 Level 1 and Level 2 Anchored Step Change of Direction
Phase 2 Level 3 Anchored Step 2 Dribble 4 Step
Go inside the systems, teaching progressions and development concepts behind #HoopStudy. This library gives coaches and trainers access to the First 15 Program, an inside look at The Path, and Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4 development work from the #HoopStudy Development System.
The goal of the Workshop Library is not to hand you another
collection of random drills.
It is to help you better understand
how we organize development, why we teach what we teach,
and how individual skills fit into a larger system.
The drills matter. The framework behind them matters more.
Training harder is not always the answer. Training with more intention is. The Workshop Library gives you more context behind the work so you can make better decisions when teaching and developing players.
See how HoopStudy connects drills to development goals instead of training movements in isolation.
Learn how concepts and drills can live inside a larger progression instead of becoming disconnected workouts.
Use the system to create more intentional training environments that help athletes better understand their own development.
The library combines programming, development concepts and actual drill progressions used throughout the HoopStudy ecosystem.
Access the First 15 program and see how purposeful structure can help organize the beginning of an athlete's development session.
Get an inside look at the philosophy behind The Path and how HoopStudy approaches holistic athlete development beyond a single workout.
Understand how development work can progress through phases instead of relying on isolated drills with no long-term direction.
Review drills and teaching progressions from Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4 work taught through HoopStudy camp environments.
Go deeper into the development work taught at camp and see how HoopStudy organizes drills inside progressive phases.
Study Phase 2 drills and concepts used to continue developing skill foundations with greater purpose and context.
Explore Phase 3 work designed to challenge athletes with more advanced movement, decisions and development demands.
Review Phase 4 drills and progressions that continue moving individual development toward higher-level game application.
The First 15 gives you another look at how HoopStudy thinks about purposeful organization inside a player development session.
Player development does not stop when the workout ends.
The library also explains The Path, HoopStudy's approach to supporting athletes beyond isolated skill sessions. The goal is to provide greater context around how training, understanding, accountability and development can work together inside a larger athlete development process.
Trainers who want to better understand how drills can live inside a complete development framework.
Coaches looking for additional ideas, progressions and player-development concepts they can study.
Coaches who want to go beyond collecting drills and continue improving how they think about development.
Study the programs, phases and development concepts behind #HoopStudy and continue building a more intentional approach to player development.