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June 2, 2008 - Added a detailed "Triangle Offense" animation to the CD and downloads (not on the web-site). This animation shows the many ways to establish the triangle set, multiple options (including options off the triangle set, post options, options off the weakside two-man game, and options off the strong-side two-man game), and important concepts on reading and reacting to the defense. This animation will really help you and your players to understand the Triangle offense, while taking the mystery out of it. - (version 2.84)

May 26, 2008 - Added the "Triangle Offense" article to the CD and downloads (not on the web-site). Animation to come soon! - (version 2.83)

May 20, 2008 - Updated "Supplements" to include a discussion on the use of human growth hormone (HCG) by athletes - (version 2.82)

May 18, 2008 - Added "Basketball Coaching in the Off-Season" (version 2.81)

May 12, 2008 - Added pdf files (for printing) to the Player's CD (version 3.00)

May 12, 2008 - Added "Memphis Breakdown Drills" to the CD, downloads, and upgrades only (version 2.80)

May 1, 2008 - Updated "1-3-1 Zone Defense" and animation (version 2.79)

April 29, 2008 - Updated "2-3 Zone Defense" and animation (version 2.78)

April 17, 2008 - New Coach's Clipboard Basketball Store inaugurated at basketballstore.coachesclipboard.net. Come in and browse! If you like the free content on the web-site, please consider our store when you are in need of basketball DVD's, books, equipment, apparel, shoes, clipboards, and many other items. Thanks!

March 23, 2008 - Added "Miami" play and animation (version 2.77)

March 9, 2008 - Added "Wissel's Shooting Series", a set of shooting articles by Hal Wissel. New articles include "Coaching Shooting", "Shooting Mechanics", "Confidence and Rhythm", "Correcting Shooting Errors", "Developing a Quick Release", "3-Point Shooting, Rhythm and Range", "Shooting Free-Throws", "Shooting a Hook Shot", "Basic Lead-Up ShootingDrills", and "Off the Dribble Shooting Drills" (version 2.76)

March 6, 2008 - Added "Shooting a Hook Shot" by Hal Wissel (version 2.75)

February 24, 2008 - Added the "Dribble-Drive Motion Offense" and animation (version 2.74)

February 16, 2008 - Added "35" play and animation to Attacking the 1-3-1 Zone Defense (version 2.73)

February 16, 2008 - Added "OSU" play and animation (version 2.72)

February 14, 2008 - Added "Chicago" zone play to 2-3 Zone Plays and updated the animation (version 2.71)

January 20, 2008 - Completely revised "Attacking the 1-3-1 Zone Defense" with three offensive sets and new set plays, and updated the animation (version 2.70)

January 13, 2008 - Added "Triangle Defense" for defending a star perimeter player (version 2.69)

January 6, 2008 - Added animation for "Pack Line Defense (Sagging M2M)" (version 2.68)

December 30, 2007 - Added language translation function (Google) to the web-site, enabling the web-site to be viewed in multiple languages.

December 23, 2007 - Added review of Jay Wolf's "Star-Shooter Program"... http://www.coachesclipboard.net/StarShooterReview.html.

December 3, 2007 - Added "3-Man Half-Court Weave and Shooting/Close-Out Drill" to Weave Passing Drills (version 2.67).

November 18, 2007 - Added "More Fast-Break, Transition Offense Drills" from Coach Sar (version 2.66).

October 18, 2007 - Added new play "Stack-2" to Sideline Out-of-Bounds Plays" and updated the animation (version 2.65).

October 3, 2007 - Added drill "Charge/Loose-Ball Drill" to Hustle Drills (version 2.64).

September 3, 2007 - Added play "W4" to Weave-Screen Plays and updated the animation (version 2.63).

August 29, 2007 - Added "Pack Line Defense (Sagging M2M)" (version 2.62).

August 13, 2007 - Added "Athletics and the Student Athlete" by Tom Emma (version 2.61).

July 29, 2007 - Added "The Basketball Assistant Coach" (version 2.60).

July 6, 2007 - Added out-of-bounds plays "40-3", "40-2" and "Flat-2" to 4-Low OB Plays, and updated animation (version 2.59).

May 11, 2007 - Added "Teaching by Progression" (version 2.58).

May 10, 2007 - Updated "Shell Drill, Half-Court Defense Drills" and added three new "live" drills (version 2.57).

April 18, 2007 - Updated "Tenets of Team Man-to-Man Defense" and added a long-awaited detailed animation (version 2.56).

April 14, 2007 - Added the "Amoeba Defense" and animation (version 2.55).

April 13, 2007 - Added "Rebound-Outlet-Repost Drill" to Low Post Breakdown Drills (version 2.54).

April 12, 2007 - Added "Side-Fist" (trapping defense) to Tenets of Team Man-to-Man Defense (version 2.53).

April 8, 2007 - Added three practice plans (first season practice, a mid-season practice, and a tournament-time practice) to Planning Practices (version 2.52).

April 4, 2007 - Added "Arizona and Back" to Basketball Plays for Your Shooting Guard (the 2-Series) and updated the animation (version 2.51).

April 2, 2007 - Added several options to the "Zone-2" 1-2-2 zone offense... "back", "middle cut", "back with skip pass", and "flex cut" options. Animation also updated (version 2.50).

April 1, 2007 - Added "Scissors" to 1-4 Low Stack offense and animation (version 2.49).

March 26, 2007 - Added "Georgetown", "G-town and Back", "Hoyas", and "Hoyas-21" to 1-4 Stack offense and animation (version 2.48).

March 25, 2007 - Added 1-4 Low Stack "Double-Cross" play and animation (version 2.47).

March 18, 2007 - Added "Wisconsin" play and animation (version 2.46).

March 17, 2007 - Updated "End of Game Defense" (version 2.46).

March 14, 2007 - Added "Building a Basketball Program". Detailed article on how to build your school's basketball program (version 2.45).

March 11, 2007 - Added "Basketball Coaching Philosophy". Detailed article on developing your own style of coaching (version 2.44).

March 8, 2007 - Added "51-Curl" play for the "4-Out Motion Offense", and animation. (version 2.43).

March 1, 2007 - Updated "4-Out Motion Offense" to include tips on how to counter-act teams that double-team our low post player. (version 2.42).

February 27, 2007 - Updated "91" and added "94" and "95" plays to the "90-Series", and updated the animation (version 2.41).

February 26, 2007 - Added baseline out-of-bounds play "Gator" to "More Out-Of-Bounds Plays", and updated the animation (version 2.40).

February 25, 2007 - Added "Feeding the Low Post Passing and Shooting Drills" on the "Guard-Breakdown Drills" page (version 2.39).

February 24, 2007 - Updated the "Close Seam and Recover" drills on the "Man-to-Man Defense Drills" page to include a 2-on-2 option and also a "roll-out" option (version 2.39).

February 22, 2007 - Added baseline out-of-bounds play "Wildcat" to "4-Low Out-Of-Bounds Plays", and updated the animation (version 2.38).

February 18, 2007 - Added the "1-Series" of plays (for your point guard O1), and animation (version 2.37).

February 12, 2007 - Added the "2-Series" of plays (for your shooting guard O2), and animation (version 2.36).

February 11, 2007 - Added "Redhawk" plays and animation (version 2.35).

January 28, 2007 - Added "Escaping the Trap" (version 2.34).

January 23, 2007 - Added "2-1-2 High-Post Offense" and animation (version 2.33).

January 23, 2007 - Updated "Defensive 1-on-1 Drills", adding a drill for defending in the open court ("Speed-Dribble at Run With Drill") (version 2.33).

January 21, 2007 - Updated "Attacking the Box and 1", with more for when either O2 or O1 is your star (version 2.32).

January 20, 2007 - Added "UConn" play and animation to 2-3 Zone Plays (version 2.32).

January 20, 2007 - Added "5-Out Zone Offense" and animation (version 2.31).

January 16, 2007 - Added all the pdf files (a pdf file for each page) for cleaner printed documents (Deluxe CD only, version 2.30).

December 30, 2006 - Updated "Match-up Press", including discussion on "run & jump", "run & double", and cut & double". Added "2-on-2 Run and Jump" drill to "Match-up Press Drills" (version 2.20).

December 21, 2006 - The animated play diagrams on the Deluxe CD and downloads can now be re-sized up to full-screen size (version 2.19).

December 21, 2006 - Updated, improved 1-3-1 Offense and animation. (version 2.18).

December 17, 2006 - Added "Full-Court Buzzer-Beaters" with "Maryland", "Split", "Hail Mary", and "Duke". Grouped half-court buzzer-beater plays into "Half-Court Buzzer Beaters", which includes "DePaul", "Chicago", "Pairs", "Stack", and "Line-1". (version 2.17).

December 16, 2006 - Added "Zone Rebounding" (version 2.16).

December 14, 2006 - Added "Sideline Plays" with old plays "Box-1" and "Box-2", and five new plays including "Circle", "Stack", "Pairs", "Line-1", and "Line-2" (version 2.15).

December 10, 2006 - Added "Coaching Forms" with stats sheets, shot charts, scouting forms, player eval, practice planner, appendix, etc. now all available in three formats - MS Word, Flash and pdf (version 2.14).

December 3, 2006 - Added "MSU" play and animation. Updated Guard Breakdown Shooting Drills. (version 2.13).

November 30, 2006 - Web-site graphics and colors revised, giving the entire web-site a new, more friendly "look".

November 22, 2006 - Added "2-on-1 Continuous Transition Drill" (version 2.12).

November 18, 2006 - Revised all the passing drill pages and condensed them into the following pages: Fast-Break Passing Drills, Full-Court Weave Passing Drills, More Full-Court Passing Drills, Half-Court Passing Drills, and Press-Break Passing Drill (version 2.11).

November 12, 2006 - Updated Guard Breakdown Shooting Drills. Added "2-on-2 Cut and Double Drill" to Match-up Full-Court Press Drills. Added "Skip Pass, Deny Cutter Drill" and "Skip Pass, Box-Out Back-side Drill" to Man-to-Man Defense Breakdown Drills. Updated Rebounding 2-on-2 Drills (version 2.10).

November 11, 2006 - Added "Back" option to 3-2 Weave-Screen Plays and animation (version 2.10).

November 9, 2006 - Added "45" and "54" to 2-3 Zone Plays and updated animation (version 2.09).

November 5, 2006 - Added 5-on-0, 5-Trips Drill and updated Secondary Numbered Break and Planning Practices (version 2.09).

November 4, 2006 - Added "Corners-52" to 2-3 Zone Plays, revised Attacking the 2-3 Zone (and animation), and updated Zone Offense (version 2.08).

November 2, 2006 - Added 2-3 Zone Offense Plays and animation (version 2.08).

October 29, 2006 - Updated Team Shooting Drills, 2-Man Shooting Drills and Full-Court Dribbling Moves Drills (version 2.07).

October 23, 2006 - Updated, improved and/or consolidated all of the out-of-bounds plays and pages, including all the animations. (version 2.07).

October 19, 2006 - Updated "3-2 Slip Play" (version 2.06).

October 19, 2006 - "32 Reverse", "Red-White-Blue", "Play 23" all consolidated into "32 Motion Plays", and animation updated (version 2.06).

October 8, 2006 - Added "Guard Breakdown Shooting Drills" (version 2.06).

October 8, 2006 - Revised the old "Post Power Drills" as "Low Post Breakdown Drills" including a more complete listing of drills, including drills for the short corner and high post. (version 2.06).

October 8, 2006 - Revised the old 3LineLayUps.html page (now LayupDrills.html) and added the "2-minute lay-up drill" and "2-line lay-up drill" (version 2.06).

October 5, 2006 - Added "53" to the 3-Out, 2-In Motion Plays page and updated the animation (version 2.06).

October 5, 2006 - Updated Man-To-Man Pressure Defense page (version 2.06).

Sept 30, 2006 - Added "6 In-A-Row" drill and "Guts Free-Throws" to the Free-Throw Shooting Drills page (version 2.05).

Sept 30, 2006 - Updated "1-2-2 Zone Offense" to include "zone-2", "45" and "54" (version 2.05).

Sept 24, 2006 - Added "3-Man Full-Court Weave with 3-Point Shot Option" drill to the 3-Man Passing Drills page (version 2.05).

Sept 24, 2006 - Added "Loyola-2" play to the Loyola page and updated the animation (version 2.04).

Sept 17, 2006 - Added "High-2" and "High-3" plays to the 3-2 Hi-Lo Plays page and updated the animation (version 2.04).

Sept 10, 2006 - Added "Texas" play and animation (version 2.04).

Sept 4, 2006 - Updated instructions to include tip on how to print the entire playbook, or sections of the playbook, at once... rather than separately printing each page individually (version 2.03).

July 31, 2006 - Updated entire Deluxe CD to auto adjust for user's screen resolution (version 2.03).

July 27, 2006 - Updated "Motion Offense" (version 2.02).

July 15, 2006 - CSS print files added to allow for standardized printing, regardless of the user's screen resolution or browser (version 2.02).

July 5, 2006 - Added "Loyola" play & animation (version 2.01)

June 25, 2006 - Added "Kentucky" plays & animation (version 2.01)

June 17, 2006 - Major Upgrade... new format. Also added "80-60-40 Press Offense and Animation, "Selecting Your Press Offense(s)", "Selecting Your Press Defense(s)", "Selecting a Few Plays", "Teaching Fundamentals", and "Numbered Break" updated (version 2.00)

June 6, 2006 - Added "Match-up Press Defenses" article & animation, "Match-up Press Drills", "Selecting Your Offense(s)", "Selecting Your Defense(s)" (version 1.06)

April 16, 2006 - All new animations for "4-Out Motion Offense", including "4-High" and "4-Low" sets, and many play animations added (Big Series, Topside & Counter, 53, 34, 14, 13 & 24, Black. (version 1.05)

April 16, 2006 - A complete redo and update of "4-Out Motion Offense", including a complete 4-out offense with "4-High" and "4-Low" sets, and many plays added (Big Series, Topside & Counter, 53, 34, 14, 13 & 24, Black. (version 1.05)

March 29, 2006 - Updated "Post Moves" (version 1.04)

March 13, 2006 - Updated "Rebounding Tips" (version 1.03)

March 9, 2006 - Added "Flex Offense" (version 1.02)

March 9, 2006 - Added "Flex Offense" animation (version 1.02)

February 26, 2006 - Added 2-on-1 and 3-on-2 defense to "Transition Defense" (version 1.01)

January 1, 2006 - Added "Corners-52" to "4-Out Zone Offense" and animation.

January 1, 2006 - Updated "The Hook Shot"

January 1, 2006 - Updated "Close-Out Drills"

December 11, 2005 - Updated "Attacking the Defender" (1-on-1 and 2-on-1 drills)

December 03, 2005 - Updated "Man-to-Man Pressure Defense" (added "Red" option)

October 30, 2005 - Updated "Low Post Offensive Drills"

October 30, 2005 - Updated "Team Shooting Drills"

October 9, 2005 - New "4-Out Zone Offense"

October 9, 2005 - New "4-Out Zone Offense" Animation

Sept 25, 2005 - Updated "4-Corners Delay Offense" and added new animation.

Sept 25, 2005 - Updated "Motion Offense Drills"

Sept 25, 2005 - Updated "Press Break Passing Drill"

August 27, 2005 - New "1-2-2 Viking Half-Court Press"

August 27, 2005 - New "1-2-2 Viking Half-Court Press" Animation

July 1, 2005 - Updated "Attacking the Full-Court Press"

July 1, 2005 - Updated "Footwork Fundamentals"

July 1, 2005 - Updated "Learning the Jump Stop"

June 24, 2005 - Updated "Man-to-Man Pressure Defense"

May 29, 2005 - Added "Quote of the day" to Players CD

May 29, 2005 - Added "Quote of the day" to Deluxe CD

May 29, 2005 - Added Coach Gels audio intros to Players CD

May 29, 2005 - Added Coach Gels audio intros to Deluxe CD

May 3, 2005 - Updated "Box and 1 Offense" Animation

April 30, 2005 - Updated "Man-to-Man Pressure Defense"

April 30, 2005 - Updated "Basic Man-to-Man Defense"

April 30, 2005 - Updated "Box and 1 Offense"

April 25, 2005 - Updated "Pre-game"

April 24, 2005 - Updated "Rebounding"

April 24, 2005 - New - "Quotes"

April 23, 2005 - Updated "Practice Plan"

April 23, 2005 - Updated "1-4 Stack" and added "42"

April 23, 2005 - Updated "1-4 Stack" Animation

March 30, 2005 - Audio added to video clips on CDs

March 20, 2005 - New - "4-on-4-on-4 Transition Drill"

March 20, 2005 - New "The Hook Shot"

March 20, 2005 - Added new "Free-Throw Shooting Drills"

March 20, 2005 - Updated – "1-on-1 Defense Drill"

March 20, 2005 - Updated "Hustle Drills"

March 10, 2005 - New "90 Series"

March 10, 2005 - New "90 Series" Animation

Feb 21, 2005 - New - "Team Shooting Drills"

Feb 19, 2005 - New - "Tight Chairs Dribbling Drills"

Jan 9, 2005 - , 2005 - New – "Fast Break Drills"

Jan 2005 - All video clips converted to Flash format

Nov 29, 2004 - New "OB Play Box-Around"

Nov 29, 2004 - New "OB Play Box-Around" Animation

Nov 29, 2004 - New "OB Play 3-Down"

Nov 29, 2004 - New "OB Play 3-Down" Animation

Nov 28, 2004 - Updated "Press Breaker" Animation

Nov 11, 2004 - Added new "OB Plays vs 2-3 Zone"

Oct 31, 2004 - New – "Weave-Screen Plays"

Oct 31, 2004 - New – "Weave-Screen Plays" Animation

Oct 31, 2004 - New – "Blazer"

Oct 31, 2004 - New – "Blazer" Animation

Oct 14, 2004 - New - "Man-to-Man Defense Breakdown Drills"

Oct 14, 2004 - Updated - "Learning How to Shoot"

Oct 14, 2004 - Updated - "Outside Perimeter Moves"