Sometimes events happen in such a way as to smack one in the face with a realization of an obvious premise that one has always known. Witness the following three illustrations: In a recent high-school game, the head coach and his assistants must have yelled the instruction, “Move the ball” Read More
Relatively simple baseline out of bounds play that can be used against a zone or man to man defense by adjusting the positioning and location of the screens. The play starts in a line set like the image On the smack of the ball, 3 breaks to the corner, the Read More
Structured fast break off a made free throw situation. For some reason the animation of this free throw break does not have a ball. The ball is in the diagrams and they are labeled so if you have any trouble following the animation just take a look at the diagrams. This is a good Read More
Usain bolt is the fastest man in the world because he has a unique combination of stride length and stride frequency. His length gives him an advantage as he blows by his opponents. When you think about defense the same two principles apply. How frequent you stride and how much Read More
The play starts in a low stack set As the 1 approaches the top of the key the 2 and 3 use the bigs as screen and cut to the wings and the 4 and 5 head to the elbows essentially creating a four high set The ball is entered Read More
The NCAA Division II head college coach salary survey results have responses all over the board. The high salary for a division 2 basketball coach in our survey was $110,000. The low salary was $6,000 for a part-time gig at a private school. Below are the few responses we received Read More
