Cornel Merricks
@CoachMerricks
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Assistant Men’s 🏀Coach/Recruiting Coordinator for PSU Abington D3| Health/PE Teacher
Philadelphia, Pa
Joined September 2014
@LoyolaChicago runs a great offense, floor spaced, ball movement and unselfish play. They also provide great help defense! #NCAATournament #MarchMadness
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Talent is not enough to be good. It is just a starting point. Actually being good requires you to do the little things. Success is a choice but so is failure.
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Installing your Offense If you are debating how you will install your offense next season here is a blueprint. Start with the most important element & build from there.
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COACHES: Your job is not to mess with your player's heads to make them tough. Your job is to love them and speak life into them to make them strong. ~ Jon Gordon
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Add this lob play to your playbook that Coach Oded Kattash ran with Panathinaikos from baseline out of bounds.
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What does your Body Language say about you? According to Psychology Today... - 55% of communication is body language. - 38% is tone of voice. - 7% is spoken words. Coaching and Leadership is about communication. How we say things matters.
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For people who say "what's the big deal?" with Bronny being undeservedly drafted, look no further than his new teammate, rookie, Blake Hinson. Hinson played 4 years, became All-ACC 1st Team, and put in work to earn what Bronny is being gifted as a payment for fulfilling his
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Recruiting all weekend!! Very productive weekend….. Summer League team played well and just won their game! Life of a college basketball coach!
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HUSTLE IS A TALENT Hustle can be contagious. Be a spark plug. Create your own momentum. Supply the energy your team needs. Shots may or may not go in the basket, but hustle should never have an off-day. 📹 @PGCbasketball
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Flow is created by the concepts you install. ALWAYS be teaching… 1. Spacing 2. Pace 3. Angles
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Conversation with a D2 Head Coach: “I really like X player but he will not stop arguing with the refs. He does it every single time a call goes against him and I don’t have the time to correct that”. Coaches will look for reasons to not recruit you as much as they look for
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Circle Motion: Constant movement, completely interchangable positions
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As a coach, it’s wonderful to see athletes I’ve coached, trained or helped achieve success in sports or in life. Not because I helped them, but because I was fortunate enough to watch them grow, change, struggle, work, learn & achieve. Those are the things that make it worth it!
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If you don't get the backdoor in the "5-Out Upscreen Continuity," you'll probably get this shot (from helping on the backdoor)
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GREAT TEAM CULTURES HAVE: 1-Selflessness 2-Agreed upon Values 3-All-in Commitment 4-Teachable Attitudes 5-Zero Entitlement 6-Intense Work-ethic 7-Common Respect 8-Great Communication 9-Unconditional Love ~via @TeachHoopsBBall
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