The Roles That Earn High School Playing Time
NBA Champion Jalen Brunson spends 80% of the game without the ball in his hands. Here’s what you can learn from it and how it applies to your youth and high school game.
High School Basketball
How important is recruiting and spring ball during the high school season?
If you take care of having the best high school season possible, recruiting and spring ball will take care of themselves.
If you focus on or prioritize the future, your current opportunity is going to suffer.
Making varsity, playing time and injuries
Did you make your varsity team? Are you getting your fair share of playing time on the court? Is the threat of injury slowing you down? We share our thoughts on all these topics and more.
Four basketball tips for Christmas break
Around the country schools are about to send their students home for 10-14 days during the holidays. For basketball players this means you are going to get extra opportunities to work on your game and make yourself better when you get back to school. Here are four basketball tips for Christmas break that will make you …
Idaho Select Coaches, Year Round Professionals
Generally, we like to keep the focus of Idaho Select attention on the players – how they are doing, their recruitment, etc. But this post is change of pace. We’ve always been proud of our Idaho Select coaches. They are great for our kids, help their players develop and give them opportunities to be successful. They …
Five things to help prepare for basketball season
The start of high school basketball practice is about one month away. At this point, serious basketball players have probably put in a heavy offseason of training. But this is not the time to slow down! With one month to go, there are still some important things you can do to prepare for basketball season …
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Idaho All-State Teams
Congratulations to the 7 Idaho Select players that were named to the Idaho All-State teams this year, including 2 Players of the Year. There were also two out of state Idaho Select players that were chosen to their respective all-state teams, making a total of 9 Idaho Select players that were recognized for their talents. …
Nebeker named Idaho Gatorade Player of the Year
Today, Gatorade announced that Melba’s Joey Nebeker was selected as their 2011-12 Idaho Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Nebeker, who was recently selected as the Idaho All Star Game MVP in Coeur d’ Alene, is the ninth Idaho Select player to win the award since 2000. Download the Gatorade press release here (.pdf) The …
2012 Mythical State Tournament starts Wednesday
This is fake. Totally unreal. This is a fake tournament. Having stated that, what if it was real? The truth is every year you are going to hear from a smaller school “we could beat that bigger school”. And every year you know that there are some great small schools that could hang and even …
20 Idaho Select players make it to state
Congratulations to the following Idaho Select players (click to see spring and summer rosters) that have helped their high school teams make it to their state tournament. Jared Allen, Twin Falls, 4A Seth Anderson, Post Falls, 5A Myles Brewer, Skyview, 4A Tyler Dubowsky, Kuna, 4A Sheldon Field, Skyview, 4A Stefan Gonzalez, Highland, 5A Thomas Hamilton, …