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Really good video from Pure Sweat Basketball with a handful of drills that can be applied to players of all levels and competition. The list of drills include: Close Out, Box Out Chase the Ball Ball Screen On Ball Defense And probably some more I missed. Definitely a video Read More
In a past article, “Space and Pace: A Modern Perspective”, we promised some further thoughts on the simple notions of time and space in basketball. Before we do, I’d like to remind readers who are old enough to remember and enlighten those who aren’t that there have been some very Read More
Simple, zone baseline inbounds play in a line set that looks to screen in the zone defense to get a corner three point attempt for your best shooter. This might be a good zone baseline inbounds play to have in your playbook in the event you need a three pointer Read More
Full court ball handling and cutting drill that works on pull back dribbles and setting up defenders on cuts.
In a past blog post we discussed Advanced Lineup Analysis using Scoring Differential, in this post we are going to go one step further and find our best offensive and defensive lineups. To find our most efficient lineups we need to break down the points allowed, the points scored for Read More
When I was high school head coach and it came to choose starters for our first scrimmage I always gave the same speech. As a coach I was not looking for the five best players to choose as a starting lineup, I was looking for the five players that played Read More