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🏀 Unlock Chaos: How the Buzz 2-3 Zone Can Transform Your Defense

🏀 Unlock Chaos: How the Buzz 2-3 Zone Can Transform Your Defense By Coach Kevin Furtado In a game where speed, spacing, and offensive creativity dominate, coaches are constantly searching for a defensive system that can disrupt rhythm, force turnovers, and energize their team. Enter the Buzz 2-3 Zone Defense — a dynamic, high-pressure system designed to turn passive half-court defense into an attacking weapon. In my Championship Vision eBook — The Buzz 2-3 Zone Defense, I share a complete...

🏀 Building Championship Culture: The Kevin Furtado Coaching Collection In every locker room across America, there’s one word that separates the good from the great — culture. For over three decades, Coach Kevin Furtado has dedicated his career to rebuilding programs, redefining standards, and reigniting belief in teams that once struggled to win. Through his Championship Vision platform, Furtado has captured those lessons in a powerful trilogy of books that every coach, leader, and program...

🏀 Building Championship Culture: The Kevin Furtado Coaching Collection In every locker room across America, there’s one word that separates the good from the great — culture. For over three decades, Coach Kevin Furtado has dedicated his career to rebuilding programs, redefining standards, and reigniting belief in teams that once struggled to win. Through his Championship Vision platform, Furtado has captured those lessons in a powerful trilogy of books that every coach, leader, and program...

Transform How You Coach with LKRM — The All-in-One Platform for Smarter Program Management In today’s game, success isn’t just about the plays you run — it’s about how efficiently you run your program. That’s where LKRM steps in. LKRM is an all-in-one web app designed to make every coach’s life easier by blending live stats tracking and real-time analytics with powerful administrative tools that keep your entire program organized and efficient. With LKRM, you can handle scheduling, roster...

The "Missing Piece" “The Missing Piece” Mental performance isn’t a luxury anymore — it’s the missing piece in athlete development. We spend hours on skill work, strength, scouting…but almost no time training the mind, even though it controls every decision on the floor. What I love about the Mental Edge program is that it gives coaches a simple, science-backed system to build grit, focus, and resilience in their players — without adding more to your practice plan. The brain is a muscle, and...

Jerry Finkbeiner's Twilight Zone Press Video Series Here’s a breakdown of what I found on Coach Jerry Finkbeiner and his “Twilight Zone / Buzz / Zone-press” defense: Jerry Finkbeiner — Biography & Coaching Career Early Life & Education / Playing Background Finkbeiner attended Southern Nazarene University (Oklahoma) as a player from 1975–1980, where he was a four-year letterwinner. (Apple Podcasts) He was selected as a Christian Collegiate All-America in 1978. (Apple Podcasts) He earned a...

Every championship program starts with more than talent — it starts with a vision. In The Championship Blueprint, veteran coach Kevin Furtado pulls back the curtain on what truly drives success, sharing insights from eight master coaches who have built elite cultures, developed unstoppable habits, and led their teams to sustained excellence. From locker room leadership to on-court execution, this book dives deep into the systems, values, and daily standards that separate the good from the...

Tradition Never Graduates" - Building a Championship Vision Culture I want to share with you my #2 Book in my Program Builder Series called "Tradition Never Graduates- Building a Championship Vision Culture": The book will be out very soon, but I want to share with you some excerpts from the book that I hope you like and can use with your program. Introduction — Why Culture Wins Championships aren’t built on talent alone. They are forged in the quiet moments — when no one is watching, when...

"The Grind Formula" Here is a section from Coach Gene Durden from my new ebook called "The Championship Blueprint" The Grind Formula Durden’s teams aren’t flashy; they’re fundamentally relentless. Practices are meticulously organized, up-tempo, and efficient. “You play the way you practice,” he insists. “Tempo matters. Expectations matter. No walking, constant communication — that’s our standard.” He describes his approach as “the grind formula”: ● Relentless Development — Daily work on...

New Ebook is Here: "The Championship Blueprint"- How Master Coaches Build Elite Teams and Cultures I am so excited to be presenting my new ebook Championship programs aren’t built by accident — they’re built by design. In The Championship Blueprint, veteran coach Kevin Furtado pulls back the curtain on the habits, systems, and culture frameworks that elite basketball coaches use to win consistently — on the court and beyond. Drawing insights from eight master coaches who have built powerhouse...