When working with guards I always keep a few teaching points and skill emphasis:

1. Jab steps create separation.

2. Teach the shot fake when defender is closing out.

3. Kyrie Erving has a great change of speed and get by defenders. Very tight handle.

4. Rip Hamilton had a great change of speed off the ball, he would sprint, stop then sprint again to get open.

5. Creating great cuts off post entry. When possible, throw overhead pass into the post to get defenders hands high then sprint cut for a good chance to get open.

6. Come off screens shoulder to hip of screener.

7 learn to use screener twice on all screens even grabbing the arm of screener.

8. The best guards are the guys who do the little things.

9. Have multi finishers around the around.

10. Never know when there will be a mismatch - develope a post game!

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, 

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill, 

When the funds are low, and the debts are high, 

and you want to smile, but you have to sigh. 

When care is pressing you down a bit, 

Rest if you must, but don't you quit. 

Life is queer with its twist and turns 

As every one of us sometimes learns, 

And many a failure turns about, 

When he might have won had he stuck it out;

Don't give up though the pace seems slow, 

You may succeed with another blow. 

Success is failure turned inside out, 

the silver tint of the clouds of doubt, 

and you never can tell how close you are, 

It may be near when it seems so far; 

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, 

It's when things seem worst, 

that you must not quit.  

-unknown

Although it was almost six years ago, it seems like just yesterday when I met Jayare on the couch of our dorm common room at Trine University.  Our first conversation ever we discussed our goals and plans for the future.  I told him about how I wanted to be a basketball coach, and be a positive role model and influence on kids from my neighborhood.  He told me about his plans to start a clothing line with a goal to help people in need.  

I am happy to say not only are we both doing what we talked about over five years later we are also helping each other along the way.  I am the the assistant coach at Cincinnati Christian University, and founder of SHA, and he has given away over $25,000 through the sale of T-shirts, and is now re-branding and working to take the new line nationwide.  Thanks to cell phones and the internet, we are able to maintain our friendship.  We are still able to talk almost daily and are very much involved in each others projects.  

The mission of Equange is to make people AWARE of the fixable problems in this world, INSPIRE them to change those problems for the better, and to HELP those who are less fortunate than most.  The vision is to CHANGE the world or AWARE + INSPIRE + HELP = CHANGE.  This is called the "equation for change."    

From the sale of clothing and accessories and promoting the core values of the business Jayare is raising money through Equange to put together kits for underprivileged and homeless Americans.  These kits can have anything from blankets and clothes, to toiletries and food.  The Equange website has been officially launched and products will be available soon.  Like, follow, and share Equange's website and social media for for information, updates and more!

Instagram/Twitter: @Equation4Change
Facebook: Wuo Wear (the name will be changing to "Equange" April 7)
Website: www.equange.com

1. Score - winner and loser in every drill. "Losing is not acceptable"
2. Time - not too much time for players to get bored but enough time to get good reps
3. Rotation - guys know where and when to go
4. Whistle - indicates tempo and "your out"
5. Emphasis - the more emphasize the less you get 
6. Teaching - correcting guys mistakes, do not allow guys to get away with bad habits
7. Communication - Everyone on the court is talking
8. Involvement - the guys not in the drill are still involved in the drill on the sideline, being another coach
9. Purpose - every drill has a purpose to your team success (don't practice trapping if your not a trapping team, unless it's in the scouting report)