Pack Line Defense with Coach Chris Mack
Short video of former Xavier and current Louisville Coach Chris Mack talking philosophy and principles of his pack line pressure defense.
Memphis – Weave to Flare Screen Play
Man to Man Set that uses a weave action to setup a ball screen or skip pass to a wing player coming off a flare screen. All of the movement sets up the a ball handler with an option to score off the ball screen or skip the ball back Read More
A College Coach’s Impressions of Travel Basketball
I recently had the opportunity to involve myself once again in what used to be termed “AAU” basketball and what would now be more appropriately called “travel” basketball, because for various reasons we don’t need to get into-many tournaments are no longer run under AAU auspices. While I am helping Read More
Staggered Back Screen Out of Bounds Play
Man baseline out of bounds play with a staggered back screen for a cutter and an elevator screen for a shooter following the initial cut. There are two pretty good options to get an open look with the added possibilities of one of the two screeners diving to the bucket if their Read More
If Tom Thibodeau can get fired, can you?
I’ve had a lot of thoughts rattling around during this whole Tom Thibodeau mini-series and most of them don’t have anything to do with the particulars of the story. For instance, I really don’t “have a horse in this race”. Normally, I would support a coach in these types of Read More
