Christian Husband Father, 🏀 l
@AledoMBB
| USAB | Founder WTxBC | Pound the Rock Podcast l
@aggiembk
2004-07 l 🥇2012 5A State Champ | 🥉2024 6A State Semi
No words I type can replace actions that need to take place. I do want my future, current, and former students/athletes to know that my family and I are standing against racism and social injustice.
#CoachesStandforJustice
Brian Blackburn has been named the head varsity boys basketball coach at Aledo HS. Blackburn has been the varsity boys basketball associate head coach at 23-24 UIL Class 6A State Semifinalist Mansfield Lake Ridge HS for the past year.
More:
@AledoAthletics
3 questions I ask every player:
1) Are you coachable?
2) Can I tell you the truth?
3) Are you willing to be different? Because champions are different.
Coaches please help players keep offense simple!
They turn simple addition into trigonometry
1) great spacing
2) “cheat codes”- click click drive or drive click click
3) ball is the best athlete - move it!
4) 1 sec to drive/pass/shoot
5) go where defense isn’t w/o the ball
My man
@PhilForte13
getting serious quarantine love today for his jump shot. True story- we MADE Phil take two days off to rest during HS Sr yr. Up until that point he did a 🏀 shooting workout EVERY DAY for 3 straight years. HIS SUCCESS WAS NO ACCIDENT
Lost a life long friend, roommate, and mentor in Coach Ed Marcinkiewicz. He was kind, giving, and encouraging to everyone he encountered. He leaves an amazing legacy in Texas coaching with his athletes and coaches.
Ed is in the
@TexasXCCoaches
and
@BellvilleISD
Hall of Fame.
Had a GREAT question from a D1 Asst about a class of 2023 recruit! “If he was injured and unable to practice with the team, what would he be doing during that practice time?” 🤔 👀
Happy Easter from our family to yours.
Mark 16:6 “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.”
Waking up this morning, Ask 5 questions to ourselves.
*Am I going to make today a great day?
*Who am I going to help and serve today?
*Who am I going to thank today for their friendship/mentorship?
*In what area can I grow today?
*Will others see Christ in me?
#DailyMindset
Thank you Coach Mitch and
@Legacyboyshoops
for allowing me to learn from these young men this weekend. Hope they enjoyed it as much as I did! 3-0 at the TABC Showcase - A special season ahead for this SQUAD!
@Tabchoops
@MISDathletics
@tonywmiller
Here is a team one
12-21-12
2 lines on the wing -4 🏀 - 2 each line - kind of like “horseshoe shooting”
6 minutes
12 layups in a row
21 midrange before you miss 4
12 threes before you miss 4 in a row
Restart with layups if fail
Very thankful for this
@BoswellHoops
staff!
@kennybor24
@CoachB2012
“A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back to back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple - braided cord is not easily broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12)
5 old school ways to add a challenge to end a summer individual workout
1. Swish every net before you leave the gym
2. Make 20 SIDE FTs in a row
3. “Beat the pro” full court to 30
4. Watch a move/do a move - pull up a clip from a 90s NBA player then replicate the move 10xs
BATTLE LIKE A BEAST FOR REESE
Wall HS Jr. Reese Gallant was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor on March 23. She will also be undergoing radiation treatments for 7 weeks. Any donation as well as prayers would be appreciated for Reese.
Great experience for our guys yesterday vs. Salado at
@attcenter
Thank you
@spurs
and Wall ISD for the opportunity. Thank you Wall Hawk family and community for coming to support the team.
Wall 46
Salado 55
@hoopinsider
@WallHawkHoops
Thank you everyone who helped with
@WTxBC
All Star Games today! All the coaches, administrators, and players made this year the best event yet! We appreciate you all 🙏🏽🏀
@WTXScribe
@CBryce2015
@FowlerSports14
Taking a timeout from Twitter, but before I do, I’d like to share some of the best basketball/philosophy/culture thoughts I’ve gathered this summer. Not many are my thoughts, but a collection from clinics, videos, one on one talks etc. I hope this helps other 🏀 coaches/leaders.
Ever Thankful for my wife
@Blackburn12Le
- being a 🏀coach’s wife is not easy this time of year!
She is patient and loving and supportive even when I don’t deserve it ❤️
I’m sure other coaches feel the same way. We just don’t say it enough.
#therealMVP
#happywifehappylife
We hear the phrase “players will run thru a brick wall for that coach.” It is a compliment for sure, but championship coaches want players that will run thru a brick wall FOR EACH OTHER
Those in 🏀 already know, but Coach Cornelius Mitchell was the driving force behind Drive Nation 17U EYBL this season. Mitch and
@bigbook15817
coached these guys up
Coach Mitch and
@jermaineoneal
did an amazing job putting a group of competitive people on the squad.
It has been 366 days since I first met our Bos Hoops players! We’ve come a long way in that time!
Thank you to Coach Ab, BHS admin and staff, our coaching staff, and the DFW/NFW/Saginaw basketball community for all the help in pushing Bos Hoops to be great! 🏀⬆️
As coaches/players, we need to ask ourselves “What would this team be like if everyone had my attitude?” This will be the quickest way to find out if I’m part of the problem or solution.
I’m excited to be joining my friend
@CoachBBurn_12
at
@1BosHoops
and Eagle Mountain Saginaw ISD and to be headed back to the DFW. Looking forward to building on the BOS traditions and building something special on the court w him. 🔥Let’s Get It🔥
My friend and assistant coach here
@BoswellHoops
Kenny Boren
@kennybor24
has always been family with Marcus Smart
@smart_MS3
However, Today he is family with NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart 😝
Congratulations “buuuuuuuddyy”
Happy National Coaches Day to all of the coaches and who have influenced me in the past and those who continue to help me in the present! What a great profession!
Very thankful to have worked/work with great coaches and student-athletes
#GASO
Tops in TX
LeAndre Brown (
@dredayhoops
) - 6'1 - 2022 - Boswell (
@BoswellHoops
)
📝STANDOUT‼️
Caught the eye with his shooting stroke and ability to drain the 3-ball with regularity. Found his niche and executed his role well in every game we saw.
District 3-6A Play-In Game Final:
Boswell 59
Chisholm Trail 43
The Pioneers are in the PLAYOFFS. Won 8 of our last 10 games. Face a fierce Byron Nelson team on Monday.
These guys never quit! They believe! They’re 100% bought-in. And they are ONE-TEAM !!!
No matter the talent level of your team, every team has an opportunity to overachieve.
How do we overachieve? Must have uncommon heart, work ethic, and team first mentality!
Thank you
@Blackburn12Le
for the surprise! Our last week in San Angelo and some of the
@WallHawkHoops
came by the house! Thank you for the memories and lessons you guys have taught me over the last 6 years! 🏀❤️🏆
It’s great to see
@marchmadness
again! 5 Observations
1) Lots of teams playing 2 PGs
2) increased use of flare screens on O
3) A player from TX on (almost) every team
4) Pull up Js by go to guys late in game is key
5) Team defense 1 thru 5 guarding on perimeter HUGE advantage
One of the coolest things about our end of season 🏀 meetings- we had multiple Varsity players say what they look forward to next season most is doing something Boswell Basketball hasn’t done in 30+ years/ever done.
What a Great mindset!
Getting ready for
@BoswellHoops
spring 🏀-
3 Big ?s apply to our improvement:
1) Are you coachable?
2) Can we tell you the truth?
3) Are you willing to be different?
Because CHAMPIONS are different