Look no further that Coach Jeff House
when it comes to learning to play or coach the game of
basketball. I was fortunate enough to work under Coach
House when I served as a Strength and Conditioning
Assistant with the New York Liberty in 2002. Besides
being the assistant coach he also had the extremely
difficult responsibility of producing the team’s game
tapes. Watching and working with Coach House taught me
that creating a winning environment in basketball takes
a great deal of knowledge, being overly prepared,
extremely organized and having a big commitment to be
involved with the day to day development of your
players. Coach House’s practice ran like clock work as
each practice was detailed in a training log that he
strapped to his shorts. The players left each and every
practice with a complete understanding of what was
necessary to win and a video of their next opponent that
Coach House would put together. Before and after games
and practices I’d always see Coach House working
individually with players to make sure they’d learn
those fine little points that could help them get that
edge. Coach House would say it’s all about that edge and
being involved. Leave nothing to chance. He would also
consult with me to make sure everything was okay on the
strength and conditioning end and make sure that I’d
give the players their workouts when they were on the
road. All I can say is that if you’d like to learn from
a true professional what it takes to get your players
ready to play, then you’ve come to right place. That
year the New York Liberty went to WNBA Finals and Coach
House was a big reason
why.
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