Building Champions: Blueprint for Holistic Basketball Development
This presentation will dive into the training principles and environmental design behind the mental, physical, and emotional development of collegiate basketball players. The audience will gain access to the overall philosophy and approach to development and how that blends seamlessly with the culture and needs of the program. The big picture structure will also be broken down into concrete examples of assessments and interventions, as well as training methods that can be manipulated and incorporated into any training environment.
Molly Binetti brought her athlete-centered coaching philosophy to South Carolina in June 2018, and the Gamecocks immediately responded to her focus on a holistic development of mind, body and spirit. Binetti joined the Gamecock staff after four seasons at Louisville working with volleyball, softball and women’s tennis. She spent the first three of those seasons as the secondary sports performance coach for women’s basketball as well. At Louisville, she focused on power development and applied sport technologies, a trend she continues at South Carolina. Prior to her tenure at Louisville, Binetti served as the sports performance coach for Purdue’s women’s tennis, men’s and women’s diving and cheerleading teams (2013-14). The Eau Claire, Wis., native has her Strength and Conditioning Coach certification from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and is listed as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a Registered Strength and Conditioning Coach by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She has contributed to two articles published in the?Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, both focused on the performance of elite women’s basketball athletes. After earning her bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from Marquette in 2012, Binetti completed her master’s in kinesiology and exercise science at Minnesota in 2013.
