Coaching Better Basketball By Sharing Ideas

Our staff at Bluff and Recover is dedicated to the development of current and future coaches for the betterment of the game of basketball.  We have years of coaching and recruiting experience to share with the basketball community.

It is our goal that this website be filled with many interesting and cutting edge ideas in order to give other coaches, of all experience levels, a place to continue their basketball education. 

If you have something you would like to share (ie. a play, defensive strategy, press offense), please join our site.  As our catalog of basketball topics grows you will undoubtedly benefit from the knowledge, experience and cleverness of coaches around the world.

Add to our site by adding your thoughts to our forum page.  You will find many basketball topics to choose from and we hope you will take the time to register and become part of our basketball community.  Thank you in advance for your participation.

Clinic Notes

We have notes from the clinics of many of the great college coaches.  Having sat through all of these clinics I know you'll find something that will help you become a better coach.  Click on any one of the following names and you'll find the notes from their clinic: Tom Izzo, Jamie Dixon, Tubby Smith, Roy Williams, John Groce, Larry Shyatt, Lon Kruger, Bob Knight/Don Meyer, Andy Enfield, Brian Gregory.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at coach@bluffandrecover.com.

High/Low Series

We found a great High/Low series and wanted to share it with everyone.  Enjoy and good luck!

Play of the Day

We are in the process of collecting plays from coaches at all levels.  Go to Coach's Blog to download our Play of the Day. 

If you would like to add to our basketball database and have your play published as our Play of the Day send your contribution to coach@bluffandrecover.com. 

Don Meyer Notes

It's our Pleasure to share notes from Coach Meyer's clinic in Las Vegas in May 2012.  It was always good to hear him speak. His clinic notes are a great reference for any coach. Click here to find the basketball thoughts of Don Meyer and Bobby Knight.

Offensive Sets

We have put together offensive sets that you can use with your team.  This is an eclectic group of plays that will allow you to get the ball to all players on the floor.

You'll find Box-Double, Slice, Gold and Gold Reverse will help you score a little easier next season. 

NEW - Scheduling Forum

NOW ADDED -  A scheduling page on our Forum has been set up for college and high school coaches, men and women, to quickly find a game, tournament or summer league.  For ease the college page has been divided by divisions and the high school page by regions. 

We know how difficult it is to finish your schedule so we decided to help coaches, at all levels, make this task easier so you can get back to coaching and recruiting.

If you have any suggestions on how we can make this forum more efficient please contact us.

Quick Hitters

You can never have enough sets/plays to get easy baskets or take advantage of match ups. 

We have some new contributions that coaches around the country were willing to share.  Hope they help your team this coming year.  If you use Stanford, Box 32 or Houston with success please let us know.