Easy Zone Baseline out of Bounds Play to get a layup for the inbounder. Probably a good idea to have a taller player inbound the ball. View the PDF Diagrams of this Zone Baseline Play vs a 23 Zone and view the animation here. On the smack of the ball: The 1 Read More
In a past article, “The Realities of Playing Rotations”, we shared some thoughts for players who were either totally left out of their playing rotations or believed they deserved expanded roles. We clearly gave coaches the benefit of the doubt. Today, we’ll examine some thoughts for coaches and give players Read More
Really good individual shooting drill that can be made competitive via score and timing the drill. My wife and I think the scoring system is flawed. We think the coach’s math is off. If you watch the video let me know if we are wrong in the comments below.
In a past article, we discussed in-game adjustments. This post will focus post-game adjustments facing a quick turnaround. If one has an extended period of time-like a holiday break of some kind, almost anything can be changed or drastically altered. But, today we’re going to operate on the premise that Read More
As I write, the Detroit Pistons are 5-2 after beating the Hawks, Suns and Trail Blazers on the road and the Jazz and Bulls at home. Before losing last night at Golden St., sandwiched in the middle was a home loss to the then struggling Pacers. I was at that Read More
Now that we’ve covered on the ball defense, defending the post, shell defense and help and recover in some detail, it’s time to discuss offensive tactics that are designed to attack the guts of the defense and move defenders around to warp the shape of the shell and create weaknesses and Read More
